the beat bike blog

This weeks Hartford Advocate features a cover story on how lousy Connecticut is about accommodating cyclists, showing that they are right o...

MDC trail access advocates have launched a new site where you can learn more about efforts to fight threats to public access to the reservi...

My bike is a big Keats fan . As stated in previous posts, sometimes I ride my bike around the abandoned Cedarcrest buildings. They're pr...

I've always thought Paul Components are awesome. When I was a middle schooler, my dream was to outfit my mountain bike with Paul Compone...

This Monday's bike outside was spotted downtown on Pratt Street. I was enjoying a Sunday morning coffee at Jojo's when someone in ou...

I rode my bike a lot this week, but the quality has been sliding the last few days. Yesterday, it was the weather and today, well, it was th...

Biking in the rain provides many surprises, especially when one is loath to check the meteorologists' predictions for the day. Needing t...

What's up with all this rain? My shoes can't dry fast enough to keep up. I'm gonna have to get some SPD sandals soon! Well, no, ...

This time it's macaroni and cheese. So, anyway, I've decided that I'm not really in favor the Windsor bike path because it invol...

Early this spring, the bombshell was dropped that the Central Connecticut Bicycle Alliance's familiar name would be no more. The organiz...

I'm sure people assume that I'm always pro-bike path. I'm in favor of most bike paths- old railroad right of ways, separate bike...

When I last left off , I had a pile of parts that contained the makings of two wheels for the Trek. Not one to miss an opportunity to over-a...

This past weekend was a great one for Bikes Outside. Nothing short of the last Discover Hartford Tour put as many bikes on the street as t...

My Jenny would have been the perfect conversation starter if that's what I was looking for at this year's PRIDE. She got a lot of lu...

And I didn't see any fairies. :( I also got caught in a thunderstorm in the Glastonbury Meadows. Spring is nice there; there's less ...

Look! I put a giant tire on my bike and made it very heavy. And outfitted it with some big cranks and a king cage. Deluxe!