Biking in Toronto
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I measure all my bike rides with MapMyRide, so I'm challenging myself from a year ago. Here are the results from September 2014 and September 2013. September 2014: 560.75 kmSeptember 2013: 242.61 kmNo doubt about it, I biked a great deal more in this September than I did
On June 7th of this year, I biked 123.95 km to Hamilton as part of the Ride to Conquer Cancer. My previously longest ride was a little over 60 km. That means I doubled my longest distance ever and I felt great. My legs weren't sore, I wasn't overly
I've biked 2266.42 km so far in 2014, but today I did something for the first time. In fact, today I did something for the first time in my life. Today, I killed a bird. It was completely unintentional. The little bird flew into my spokes while I was
In the spring I wrote about the stretch of the Waterfront Trail between Norris Crescent and First Street. This is really the only part of the trail that's not off-road, not on quiet side streets and doesn't have a designated bike lane. Since then, I've cycled this stretch with my
John F. Kennedy"Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride." Ernest Hemingway"It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best." Albert Einstein"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving." Arthur Conan Doyle"When
Now that the big ride is behind me, my go-to route is a brisk 14 km ride that takes me 30 minutes. I strapped on my GoPro when I went out this morning so you can follow along at home.
In 1982, the state of Idaho made it legal for cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs. Essentially, if it's safe, you can slow down a little and blow right through the stop sign. I consider myself a safe cyclist. I signal, I respect vehicles on the road and,
In late January, I decided I needed to do something epic. My friend was battling cancer, and I was turning 40 in June, so I registered for the Ride to Conquer Cancer and started collecting pledges. At the end of this email are the names of the 86 people who
I finally took a look at the routes I'll be biking this weekend in the Ride to Conquer Cancer. It's 125 km there and 100 km back. Day 1 View RCTO 2014 - Day 1 - 125km (Toronto to Hamilton) in a larger map Day 2 View RCTO 2014 -
I went for a nice long ride along the Waterfront Trail, making my way to downtown Oakville before heading back. Here's a taste of my journey on the Waterfront Trail in the west end, starting in Long Branch and ending at Port Credit.
I went for a 60 km bike ride yesterday. Maybe you're snickering because you went for a 200 km ride this past weekend, but 60 km was an important milestone for me. It was the longest ride of my life. You don't just hop on your bike one day and
There's only one month to go before my Ride to Conquer Cancer. Here's a little update on my progress and another plea for pledges as I gun for $5,000. I chose to ride this 220 km on June 7-8 for my dear friend Mike Kic, who was battling stage
This is my first spring living by Lake Ontario. Today during my mid-day bike ride, I must have consumed a pound of bug flesh before finishing the ride with my shirt pulled over my nose and mouth. There are swarms and swarms of these bugs along the bike trails parallel
Our Waterfront Trail is pretty awesome. I'll ride as far east as Ashbridges Bay Park and as far west as Rattray Marsh Conservation Area. The Waterfront Trail actually runs from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Brockville, but I primarily use it in Toronto and Mississauga. Most of the trail in Toronto and Mississauga
I'm training for a 220km bicycle ride in early June, so I'm trying to increase my daily distances. Yesterday, after a nice ride at lunch, I declared via Twitter that the trails were completely snow-free. I just completed a 22.22 km bike ride. The trails are now completely snow-free!
I saw this ad for Certified General Accountants on Twitter last week, and it's still irking me. It insinuates anyone of status would not bike to work. Only lowly, poor interns bike. The premise is that CEOs don't have to bike because they're important people who make good money. And
During my bike ride today, I passed a sign at the eastern entrance to Marie Curtis Park that I don't believe I've ever seen before. It reads "Bicycle Friendly Community". As I passed it, I chuckled. Marie Curtis is a fantastic biking park for most of the year but it's
Last fall, I promised myself I'd bike through this winter. Sure, there'd be the odd deep freeze and snowfall in the way, but Toronto winters are typically pretty good for winter biking. Not this winter. This winter has sucked. It's wave after relentless wave of polar vortex windchill warnings and
On June 7-8 I'll be embarking on a 220km bicycle ride across Ontario in support of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. This means a great deal to me personally for two reasons: 1. It's the month I turn 40, so a monster physical goal like this is the ideal way
Back in June, I shared my thoughts about e-bikes in bike lanes. I thought it was a bad idea. I still do. A newly released city staff report recommends that the city make it legal for e-bikes to ride in most bike lanes. This is a very bad idea. If
When the weather started to dip in early November, I hit the market looking for a good balaclava. I picked one up at Mark's Work Warehouse, which was just fine until the temps dipped again. At that point, I started preferring a fleece balaclava from Costco. That's the one I
I normally don't bike this late into fall. Even when I biked regularly as a much younger man, I would usually give it up for the season in early November. This year, I've decided to bike until I can't. That means no matter what the temperature, or how much snow
Don't let the temperatures fool you. It might be 0° out there with a chance of flurries, but it's quite warm if you layer up and go for a bike ride. I just finished a 14km route along the waterfront and snapped these pictures of a cool and crisp afternoon
On September 20, I wrote about the memorial for the unknown cyclist who had been struck by a car and killed on Lake Shore and Dwight Ave. By the time I awoke the next morning, my entry had comments from her sister and friend telling me how wonderful a person
