Biking in Toronto
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I just read a CBC article about how Toronto might get 2-4cm of snow today. Accompanying the article is a pretty picture of a cyclist in the snow. I often see such pictures when organizations write about snow in Toronto, and I always zoom in to see if it's me
For the first time in my life, I've cycled over 1000km a month for eight months in a row. If Mother Nature cooperates, I hope to do it again in November!
Earlier this summer, I went off on a bike rack I use outside the Costco in South Etobicoke. Well last night I biked to SVP Sports in Etobicoke and encountered what is actually the most useless of bike racks.
I always bike to concerts at the Budweiser Stage, at least I've been doing so for the past decade. I used to lock my bike up the fence just outside the main gates, but then a bunch of proper bike parking showed up. Much better! When I biked to Barenaked
Last month I wrote about Toronto's new park. It's called Biidaasige Park and it's a little east on Commissioners Street from Cherry Street. If you just take Cherry Street, you'll miss it, at least I did, and you'll end up at Cherry Beach. Be sure to turn off Cherry at
From CBC: An Ontario court has deemed the province's plan to remove three major Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional. The judge ruled Wednesday that Cycle Toronto and others "have established that removal of the target bike lanes will put people at increased risk of harm and death, which engages the right
When having to cross the QEW on bike, the Ogden Ave pedestrian bridge that took you to Insley Road on the north side of the QEW was always a trusty fave. Then, they closed it and I found alternative routes (Dixie, Hurontario, etc.) As a creature of habit, I just
This summer, I've been biking more Mississauga streets and trails. When you do so, you can't help but notice shared bikes and scooters are seemingly everywhere. I mean, they're just parked there, not at all attached to a bike station or rack. I found the release about the program launch
It was actually over ten years ago that I first blogged about the Idaho stop. 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.
It's 32°C right now in Toronto, but it feels like 42°C, unless you're by the lake. If you're find the heat oppressive and see relief, I'm here to tell you my 40KM bike ride along lake Ontario in the west end of Toronto into Mississauga came with a
If you cycle this city, and lock your bike up outside of stores or restaurants, you know there are good bike racks and bad bike racks. The picture above was taken by yours truly outside the Costco in south Etobicoke. That's where I score my drugs. This style of bike
For the first time in my life, I cycled > 1000 km in the month of April. In April 2025 I racked up a total of 1143.67 km. #biketo
I got a call from my oldest daughter yesterday. She was walking home from a McGill library in Montreal. It was a particularly cold night, and she asked what I was up to... "I just biked Jarvis home from his soccer practice," I said. "Before that I was biking Morgan
It's cold in Toronto right now. Like, real cold. As I type it's -19 with the windchill. Tomorrow will be -29 with the windchill. As my wife would tell me, those are Edmonton temps! I won't even bike in -29, but I did get in three rides yesterday. You have
I biked more in 2024 than in any other calendar year of my life. I set personal bests for KMs cycled in every month except one. The final tale of the tape had me just missing 14,000km for 2024. My previous best year of cycling was 2023, and I
With 10 days to go... I'll post my final tale of the tape on January 1, 2025.
Bike lanes. I dig them (obviously), but more so for my kids. I like knowing they have safe protected cycling infrastructure, considering I've raised all four to be Toronto cyclists! But for me personally? Whatevs... I biked this city in the 90s. I'll take a lane or whatever, but I'll
As a Waterfront Trail addict, I noticed this structure appearing by Humber Bay Shores just west of the Humber Bay Arch Bridge that crosses the Humber River. This installation is called "Campfire", and although it's currently surrounded by an ugly chain link fence, I'm assured that won't always be the
I just completed a brisk and fun 36km bike ride along the Humber Trail that put me over 1500km for the month of August. This is the first time in my life I exceeded 1500km in a calendar month. Here's how the month of August looked. I recorded 1527.71km
I just surpassed 1400 KM cycled in a single calendar month for the very first time. My previous personal best of 1387 KM was achieved merely one month ago in July 2023. With a couple of days to go I"m going to try and hit 1500 KM for the
I biked 1,377.55 km in June 2024. That beats my previous monthly PB of 1364.97 km set in September 2023. If all goes according to plan, I'll never top this record, as I intend to cannibalize my cycling time with kayak trips on Lake Ontario and nearby
Humble and Fred HQ is on The Queensway just east of Islington on the north side, and Humble Howard wanted to go biking this afternoon. Specifically, he wanted to get from his residence to the Waterfront Trail. At 2pm, I met him at his back door and we took a
This past week I took a ride to High Park to check out this year's Cherry Blossom bloom. These beauts are called sakura in Japan and they typically bloom in late April into May, except for that one year they didn't bloom at all. Mother nature can be fickle.
Way back in January 2023, I unboxed the David Kines boxes. FOTM David Kines had sent over some boxes of DVDs, CDS and more. Here's the two unboxing videos. The David Kines Box, Part 1The David Kines Box, Part 2Over the past 13 months, I've biked these gifts to people
