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63xc.com is a cool website, even if it's defunct. It went dormant right around when everyone started riding fixed gear things, whic...

As you may be aware, we've been in a crazy drought. With rain the last two days, all of the sudden I'm losing my mind with the absen...

The dawn of this week finds me sick, so today's Bikes Outside post, slotted in between long-overdue stretches of sleep and home remedies...

So, I did the race at the Dog Park. It was ok. The officials were a little intense and the course wasn't too fascinating. But, turnout w...

I don't like dog parks. Many people know this. There was once a consideration to do this in Elizabeth Park. I became very angry. Dogs ar...

Several months back, I was invited to vend and do a bike demonstration at the Coventry Farmers' Market 's "Green Up, Connecticu...

It's important to have a good sandwich at some point during the day. Sometimes it's breakfast and sometimes it's another time. T...

You may recall that two years ago Johanna and Brendan rode a long way . Since then, we've ridden other long ways, but this weekend, in ...

As autumn comes and the weather gets cooler, my attentions must turn to battening down the battered hatches of Casa 'Statement before pi...

We all had a blast during the last Real Ride hARTford and this Saturday evening, it's time for another. They're calling this one Th...

I won't actually be able to attend, but I encourage everyone else to go to catalogue this weekend: Hello All Hello Autumn, Announcing ou...

It's been a weird week. Last weekend I was in San Francisco for Lex & Dan's wedding. While there, my parents called to let me ...

The 2010 Discover Hartford Tour, reviewed nicely here on Real Hartford was just one of three events that brought a bunch of people downtown...

The 2010 Discover Hartford Bicycle & Walking Tour is happening (and I do mean happening ) this coming Saturday, September 11. Online r...

If you ride BMX in Hartford, you probably go to New Ross, County Wexford Park and have arguments with skateboarders. TJ and I sit on the ska...

In observance of Labor Day, this week's bike outside was pushed to Tuesday morning. Today, we look at a former British subject leading a...