the beat bike blog

Is it right to say that I missed the boat? Maybe if it's a hybrid boat-bicycle the idiom would make more sense. Really, I do not know h...

It has been a while since we've gone downtown for Bikes Outside, so this morning finds us a stone's throw from the northeast corner ...

Can you think of a more fitting mascot than the Incredible Hulk for a bike shop? Wait, do bike shops sell eggs?

This Independence Day edition Bikes Outside brings us to the Firebox Restaurant at Billings Forge in NoFroHo. Huffy is an unmistakably Ame...

In case you're asked to check your bags at the front desk of the oldest art museum in Hartford, you can use this photo as proof that you...

With my recent trip to Oregon came all the excitement and uncertainty of plunking myself down in a completely unfamiliar place. I knew I wou...

The past few days have been discouraging on a number of fronts, and my oft-chosen pick-me-up of a bike ride has been robbed of its comfortin...

Everybody likes the Hartford Bike Tour. And, it's back again this year. Perhaps you're not just content to ride it, but would like t...

Recently, a friend asked me if I could take a look at an old bike she had. It had been sitting neglected for a long time before she got it a...