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

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

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

On Wednesday, a cyclist was struck by a minivan and killed near my home.  She was 51-years old.  I couldn't find her name in any news reports about her death. Although I feel terrible whenever someone loses their life in a traffic accident, this cyclist's death has affected me more

When I first started writing 5 Toronto Biking Tips, it was titled "10 Toronto Biking Tips and Observations", but I decided to cap it at five in an effort to make it more digestable.  That meant leaving a few key tips on the cutting room floor.  It's time to remedy

When I was a kid, I'd watch Benny Hill on WUTV.  I think it aired weeknights at 6pm and it was just crude and rude enough to make this ten year old laugh out loud. I remember one skit where Benny Hill played a German professor who taught us never

As a teenager, I practically lived on my bike.  If I could bike there, that's how I got there.  I biked to university, I biked to work, I biked for fun, I biked everywhere possible. This past year, I rediscovered my love for biking.  This summer, I've been trying to

There's a trend emerging that I'd like to nip in the bud.  I'm an avid user of Toronto's bike lanes and trails, and recently I've seen people using these lanes while riding an electric bike. It saw it again today on Royal York.  E-bikes belong on the road with automobiles,