Matt_1

hey,

for those of you in toronto ontario...here are some great places to bike if you're looking for something different:

bloor west - Go south down windermere road - from bloor its downhill and there is a round-about on this road. If there is no traffic you can go through the S-Turn style really fast. its a lot of fun.

High Park: Huge area, the park can be a little annoying unless you know the area (dirt paths mixed with paved). This place is heaven in the residential area. Smooth roads..Loads of hills, both enormous and steeeeeep. Beautiful area.

Harbour Front: For obvious reasons...long, smooth, cyclist friendly.

St.George/Beverly street: Nothing special, but quite roomy near queen street, which is nice during rush hour

anyone have any of their own favourite spots?
im guessing someone will say temprence? (couriers)

Matt

clausen

I like the trail along highland creek it starts at the lake and runs about 10km. It gets busy on the weekends during the summer tho, so I only ride it during the spring and fall or during a week day. My other favorite and a know alot of other cyclist as well is the roads north of the zoo traffic is not that bad.

qqy

After getting really sick of the MUTs, I developed a love for bombing along Lakeshore out to Oakville and Hamilton. As long as you're very comfortable in traffic, it's a great route that allows for long stretchs of high-speed riding. Especially now that they've repaired a lot of the road past Oakville.

For hard, fast crit style riding, I like the roads around the Docks during the weekends. Large stretches of road all to yourself which form a nice 5km loop. Great for LT intervals and meeting other like-minded cyclists.

henesse

im trying to get some guys in toronto area to get something going.
help if you can by joining our site.
https://www.battleone.com/

Matt_1

i use the lakeshore path frequently, its a nice place to bomb down at high speeds, especially the one hill next to the tennis courts. i need a computer to record my top speeds on that hill...!
hey henesse, do you ride an r500? I ride a caad5 r500 too in black/white.

ewitz

North on Keele up to King Sideroad Rd. west to Concession Rd. 8 and up to Aurora-Stouffville bacK east to Weston Rd. and south back to the city. Nice roads, good scenery and a fair amount of cyclists.

fore0121

That's my area. I live at Bathurst and Bloomington. Great quiet country roads wherever you want to go. Decent hills through King City to the West, through Markham/Stoufville to the East. Though they are probably speed bumps for many others here on the Forum.

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qqy

Anyone done the Doughnut run recently? It is attracting 100+ riders yet? It's a lot more fun with fewer riders who work together in groups, compared to the usual free-for-all hammerfest in the summer.

qqy

Just wait until someone (at worst, a child) blindly walks in front of you. Seriously - TO's MUTs are more dangerous than you'd think. I'm not trying to preach, as I use that very trial daily on my commute from Etobicoke to downtown, but I've seen and experienced so much pedestrian stupidity that I just get too nervous when taking them any faster than a nice 28km/h cruise (except the small hill you mentioned - the pavement is too smooth not to!). Most people don't even realize that it's primarily a bike trail.

fore0121

That trail is not 'road cycling' friendly. Great for a leisurely touring ride, but not for any serious training IMHO.

It is very senic, however.

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ghettocruiser

Story about Waterfront bike trail.

Summer 2001, I am riding my old mountain bike along the lakeshore path near ontario place, maybe 12 kph tops, when some kid, maybe three or four, wrenches her hand way from her mom and runs perpendicularly across the trail in front of me. I brake and cut behind her, only to have her suddenly change her mind and try to run back to her parents, back into my new trajectory. I slam the brakes and the bike kicks up, I endo, and I dive off the front of the bike completely over top of her, and bike falls back behind her. Nothing from my wreck even touches the kid. I land hard on my forearms on the pavement.

As I sit there bleeding, mom comes and quickly leads away junior, who was standing untouched and suprised in the middle of my train-wreck. "You must be more careful." she says, maybe to both of us. She had no inquiries about my obvious injuries.

As I am picking up my bike, some guys in "overkill" beachwear walk by. "Dude, how did you manage crash riding the bike trail?"

Since I didn't have an answer, I guess it was a good question.

operator

Should've just owned that kid. Or bunnyhopped over his ass.

operator

Work, Together and Donut Ride don't mix.

Hammerfest, ffa and Donut Ride does.

qqy

Hey, it does happen. Try communicating with people, sometimes (okay, rarely) they'll work with you and take turns pulling.

henesse

sweet, I thought i was the only one around here with the r500.
I've never been down to the lakeshore path on my bike but i drive by all the time.
nice area. I ride with some of the guys from dukesonqueen

operator

Not to derail, if you guys want to come, organizing a BF gettogether this Saturday.

https://www.bikeforums.net/rides-races/96956-toronto-fixed-4.html

Matt_1

awesome, I got my bike from there too...Those guys are great, very helpful. When is the next ride, I'd like to come along.
going to toronto island sounds great too...center island is even better imo...much more to do.

operator

Haven't decided when the next next ride is. If you can hop along this Sat.

earth

Best place to bike in toronto if you have a mountain bike is downtown period. Lots of stuff to trick off of. In the summer you can find me wrecking the crap out of my mountain bike jumping off the numerous stairs and docking ramps.