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I figured out some additions to the earlier map.  Hope to see you tomorrow morning. A teaser from yesterday's walk on tomorrow'...

Back in May, I went for a bike ride and ended up in this weird network of dirt bike trails north of Day Hill Road in Windsor. It was pre...

Inspired by Brenden's most excellent Eel-venture, I finally sat down and figured out a route through Manchester's myriad of parks, p...

Hockanum River, a few miles upstream from the below mentioned wall.   I generally try to keep non-bike related aspects of my life off o...

A couple of weeks ago Brendan made the national news cycle when he went through the hoops associated with the Affordable Care Act, tweeted ...

Now I don't know much about these recovery rides where you did or something and then the next day you ride like 20 miles slowly or ...

 Photo credit: Daniel As someone once said, The Eel is a ride of attrition. From its humble beginnings, as a wet race in origina...

Brendan put on a great Eel and there was much bike diversity and trail diversity.  Only at an Eel will there be a Huffy  and a  Peter Moone...

But did we stop riding?  No.  We did not stop riding. It's pretty time. In doing my part to extend fair weather cyclists and commut...

Remember when some people and me put together a ' cross race at riverside par k? It was pretty awesome, but a ton of work. Since I'm...

First of all, I want to thank the participants of the river cleanup this year. Lots of Trinity students + Joe, Greg and Rich. We cleane...

Since I live here, I ride in Hartford a lot. It's not really new and interesting any more. Last night, diverging my usual form, I we...

Hey, you! Hey martial arts fans . You are reminded that the beat bike blog's pretty much annual Source to Sea Cleanup is this Sat...

NEW ROAD ADDED! Like six months ago, I decided that I was going to make a list of cool roads in Connecticut. I started, but the projec...

As a visionary thinker, I like to start off my day with really good ideas. My first good idea was I should start a hip hop news site. Th...

Went out for a spin this weekend, initially with the intent of camping near the Barkhamsted Reservoir after exploring some of the dirt roads...

I've been 30 for about a week and boy do I feel old. Last night, I was angry at the dehumidifier for shutting off randomly, so I ki...

I know have written any beat bike blog things for a long time and this has nothing to do with bikes. For the fifth year (though not fi...

This past weekend was a veritable orgy of bicycle events , with a heavy dose of walkable community .  Then this week while wandering by the ...

A guest post from Dario about the D2R2, because I wasn't there to see how it was: The ride couldn't have begun better. Sandy Whi...

I'm trying to get my head around the behavior of  cyclists in Connecticut, or perhaps this is a larger New England phenomenon.  The situ...

In a previous post, I waxed on about the overwhelming bicycle packed weekend approaching in September .  In this post I'll break it down...

Salem and I rode up to Massachusetts yesterday. We felt that it was a pretty expressive ride. We felt marginally protected by the Const...

Before: My bike was oh-so-sleek. It seems my heavy hoisting ways have caught up with me, in the form of a pair of inguinal hernias. Thi...

At one point, I was a man who had nothing made by Campagnolo. Then, I bought this old raincoat off of eBay. Now that I'm rich, I...

In the last two weeks, I've gone through the sidewalls of four tires. Can this be explained? Two weeks ago it was Maxxis Xypher (roa...

 Appalachian Gap. No pictures of Lincoln Gap, my camera wouldn't work because it was too steep. I've been a delinquent here, b...