the beat bike blog

While enjoying an otherwise beautiful family weekend in northern Michigan one of my uncles repeatedly heckled me about the gay pride parade ...

The weather was looking iffy on Thursday morning, but the sky held itself together for our sake.  Had about 50 cyclists check in, and the Ma...

Heads up.  Free food for bike commuters.  Thursday in East Hartford, and Friday in downtown Hartford.  See you there. Free water bottles an...

Colleen was run over by a box truck last year.  She died.  Twice.  But somehow with modern medicine and lots of donated blood she survived. ...

Today!  July 14th. http://www.charteroakcenter.org/index.php/2012/07/indie-fest/ Come out to the Charter Oak Cultural Center and catch ama...

Google had an interesting ad for me based on a search: Colnago Bikes at Walmart Walmart.com/Bikes·Save on Colnago Bikes at Walmart....

Connecticut government is much maligned. Rightly so, for the most part, but the General Assembly and Government got their shit together ...

photo: DirtRag Join some of your fellow Hartford bike folk this Tuesday evening at 7:30 PM for a showing of Klunkerz at La Paloma Saban...

Brendan properly celebrates America's Saturday by bailing before the good parts of a fixed gear century (or so).  I'll finish t...

July 4th, no matter what calendar day of the week it is, is Saturday. On such a hallowed day, it's important to show America how great i...

For machines that have been essentially unchanged for the past several decades, bicycles suffer from a remarkable amount of planned obsolesc...

So, we only had four posts in June, which is a low point for our venerable blog. And, that is forcing me to write another excuse post. Damn!...

As I continue not to write blog posts, my thoughts turn to other things. I've been working in City Place II and I'm impressed that ...

So.  Tomorrow evening (Friday, June 29th) I'm going to ride around Hartford and nearby environs to peruse some choice graffiti.  ...

The beat bike blog means a lot to me. Riding a bike means more. So, I've been pressed for time as of late and I haven't been wr...

I was on my way to my East Hartford community garden on Saturday morning trailering some fencing and posts (both dumpster dive items) when...

9/11 Truth.  Beat Bike Blog.  Our stickers adjacent on the Charter Oak Bridge railing.  Which group is more fringe? Has anyone met the nutt...

The first third of my recent Northeast bike tour was on the coast and much of that portion was on the East Coast Greenway .  The ECG has gra...

Formulated these guidelines for Maine drivers while recently touring through that fine state. 1)  Things are really far apart so drive your...

I rebuilt my dad's old Mongoose Alta and rode out to Case the other day. While 34:16 is not too bad along the way, with flat pedals...

I rode up to Boston on Friday for my friend Joe's birthday. I don't know the area between there and here that well passed Vernon...

Get on your bikes and ride down to the Old State House  in downtown Hartford for some camaraderie and free breakfast.  I'll see you all ...

Put back up a couple of ghost bikes on Burnside Avenue in East Hartford.  The CT DOT removed the originals last winter before one of the ...

There aren't any bears in BJ and the Bear, but I saw a bear yesterday at the Reservoir. It was awesome. I was coming down the fence...