Originally Posted by
elTwitcho
Flim - got out of downsview and found keele wasn't actually as sketchy as I expected it would be. Took that down to Davenport which has to be one of my new favorite cycling roads. Traffic is calm, 40kph speed limit and nobody gave me crap for ignoring the bike lane that was 100% in dooring range of all the parked cars. Then Bloor/Danforth all the way across which isn't one of my favorite roads at all but seems to always be a great way to get east quickly.
Riding up I didn't realize Keele had a split and I ended up out at the end of friggin Weston Road of all places
Nice - when I went north on Keele the first time I ended up going toward Black Creek/400 on Tretheway as I didn't know of the Yore Road thing after Eglinton... doh
I like Keele, it's not so bad, and heading south is pretty fast/awesome - I like Dupont as well as Davenport for east/west from there, Davenport is definitely useful so you can get over to Bloor/Church - I always duck east just before Weston and go down some side streets to get to St. Clair West and then Lansdowne/Caledonia to get to Davenport or Dupont - the mess around Keele/Rogers/Old Weston Rd. can be a pain in the ass so I skip it all, and St. Clair West is a warzone right now with the construction so I keep that to a minimum.
I don't think there's much more choice for heading east, unless you go east when you're further north and then drop down Yonge and into Leaside to come through East York from the north (over the Millwood bridge, etc.) - so Bloor/Danforth is probably your best option anyway. I personally won't do the Eglinton thing there, and as much as I do like the hill climbs, Pottery Road isn't on my well-travelled/preferred routes - in fact I've not climbed that hill since last year.