the beat bike blog

I was reminded this week why Hartford is such an amazing city, especially if you give a damn.  There are so many opportunities to get engage...

There's this big park in Tolland called Crandall Park . I went there yesterday as part of my explore-the-trails-between-Storrs-and-H...

I work across the street from the amazing engine of development that is Goodwin College and regularly take the short walk from Pratt & ...

This past week is best described as a wintry mix.  Midwest, and the Northeast.  Small towns, no towns, tents in the wilderness, and back to...

Riding on leaves can be difficult. They're slippery and unpredictable. I was riding with Salem the other day and he was cruising th...

In case you missed it (ICYMI), Chris Brown has filed a lawsuit against the DOT for shutting Flower Street in contempt of the hearing of...

Run red lights in support of a good cause this Saturday. I only had this flyer as pdf, so I'm not sure if the screenshot I took of ...

I like to think I'm a tough guy and that I'm a fairly in shape one, too. I'm not so sure. At the Hartford 'cross race l...

  Broad and Farmington today   The Broad Street Problem   Broad Street looking northward Broad Street has a well-earned reputatio...

I used to be part of the Hartford Landfill Post-Closure Citizens' Advisory Group . Because of that, I rode my bike up the landfill once....