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Here's a question to get you thinking.  How did you learn to cross railroad tracks at a ninety degree angle?  Did you learn about the sa...

Not a lot of bike talk lately. The snow is high and the roads are unpleasant. So, the hearty have transitioned to skiing for re...

Cycling and Hartford: Coda So where do we go from here? I don't know, because the big picture looks (note "looks" in ita...

Cadenza/coda to come tomorrow. Cycling and Hartford: Pt. IV: Build it and they will come? But they don't have to, of course....

More from Dario: For the love of the bicycle But before I explain what I mean by "And it gets worse", let's double bac...

Dario continues: Cycling and Hartford: Pt. II: Col. Pope and the Paradox of Progress Hartford. 1895. Albert Augustus Pope, a Civil Wa...

Heya bike folks.  I know you are jonesing for your bike that was put away months ago or is perhaps suffering with you through the winter on ...

In a departure from the junk I usually write about cold feet, some slight by a faceless driver or comparisons of eggs and pedals we wil...

Chris Brown's argument on the motion to dismiss in Brown v. Redeker  and the hearing on the mandamus was today. As you can imagine,...

As you know, in violation of a hearing officer's order, the DOT decided to close Flower Street in Hartford to all users of the str...

I went for a hike yesterday with Johanna and Marko in the vicinity of Bash Bish Falls upon the Taconic Trail. For someone reason, everyon...

Some people have those weddings with themes. Those people where people ride up on horses, or skis, or or dolphins or, well, bikes. I gu...

I was waiting for some emails today and I got tired of waiting for them, so I went for a bike ride. As you may recall, it was cold. Here ...

For New Year's Eve and the few days before it, Johanna and I went to New York to visit her friend. Since Johanna is nice and all and ...

What are your plans and goals for 2014 ye loyal readers of the Beat Bike Blog.  Simple stuff or grand schemes?  Were you happy with your 201...

It's that time of year again when folks at work look at the bicycle commuter with a head tilt and ask, "You didn't ride in toda...

Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Magazine publish these stupid lists that rank towns in the area. As you can imagine, Hartford is alwa...

You either engage or enrage.  Pick one. What an amazing community showing at the third and final public info session .  The pitch from t...

I was looking for a good map of Nepaug last weekend and I stumbled upon this . Now, I pay for racing sometimes and sometimes I'll e...

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 & ...