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It's raining today and in copious amounts. I have a rain coat and I have fenders, but that doesn't prevent my shoes, then socks and ...

Hiking is fun and so is cycling. Generally, though, the hike a bike is not something the people seek out. It's good for character ...

The Hockanum Trail is still a bit wet. This past weekend was an explosion of cyclists getting back out on the road after a long winter ...

I'm working on a secret project in Keney Park. In order to do research on it, my friend Marko invited me to go mountain biking in Ne...

*** Meet at 6pm on Monday, April 7th at Fire and Spice.  Hartford specific bike, walk, bus advocacy group is forming.  *** What is with a...

You probably don't read the beat bike blog for weather news. I'm starting to doubt there's even a such thing as reliable we...

I like cars. The reason I prefer bikes is that you generally can't drive cars in cool ways on public roads like you can ride bikes. Same...

Spring is in the air.  Tires are springing leaks, falling victim to the unswept glass shards that are indistinguishable from left over rock...

I wish I had more to write about lately, but there hasn't been a lot happening on the bike front. I suppose that may still be true...

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The question I'm pondering is, "Does car-centric infrastructure drive suburban development patterns and car-centric behavior, or is...

So, I was at this conference at Yale over the weekend. I had originally wanted to go by bike, because I like the ride down to New Haven...

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...