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Update - For those looking to follow BiCi Co., there is a Facebook group to Like and Share.  The Fall Build-a-Bike / Earn-a-Bike program ...

It raining bicycles with a chance of infrastructure improvements.   Get out and ride.  Get others out riding.  Take a class.  Teach some you...

Starting next week I'm going to kick off an approximately six week bike tour from Hartford, CT to Southern Indiana and back.  It will be...

Before - Dead? Yesterday was a fabulous Summer Saturday in Hartford.  I spent most of the day transforming my crushed touring bike back ...

Having trouble with a clever title for this post, I reached back a couple of years and shared my favorite "pedestrian shout out."....

East Hartford will do pretty much anything to lure developers and tax money into town.  There are plans for outlet malls in the old airfiel...

The weather is going to be perfect for the first hartford rally cat tomorrow. Beginners to experts welcome, ride any bike, there's so...

Kate and I got out for a small bike and transit tour of Connecticut this past weekend. If you're a visual learner or appreciate big...

Next month Hartford will host not just one but two alley cats. Both are special, in their own unique way: the Hartford Rally Cat on May 9 ...

Hey y'all.  Wanted to share the following, since you're starting to think about bikes again.  The Spring Bike Frenzy is a seasonal d...

I don't know if anyone still reads the beat bike blog, but if they do and read it awhile ago, they may recall that I used to write...

Tired of the snow?  It's almost gone! First, I'd like to remind folks that Spring is coming, and with Spring I expect that the t...

Last week I had my bike in the basement to wipe off the salt crust and install much needed fenders.  Despite year round commuting, I'll ...

Winter is Connecticut has arrived.  That said, so what?  It happens every year and doesn't take that much ingenuity and gusto to figure...

Hardy cyclists riding through the winter have been socializing monthly in East Hartford for breakfast at Maddie's and this month we'...

Cross racing.  Have you seen it?  Not a horde of queens sprinting in heels , although that would be equally awesome.  Cyclocross is a newer ...

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Don't put your bikes away yet.  Ride them all year long.  It's just a question of appropriate outerwear and lights.  It blows my min...