Toronto Bike Meetup

Pic of Rouge Beach in Rouge Park.

48 KM Don Mills to Kennedy Subways Via Rouge Valley, Waterfront, Highland Creek Trails.

Start 11AM End 5PM.

Rides can end earlier If we maintain a speed of 14 km per hour versus 8 km then 6 x 4 / 7 is 3.75 hours of riding plus 1.25 hours total stop time.

Finish 1 hour early at 4PM requires early start, keeping 14km pace, budgeting stop time.

Near the end of the ride 5 KM from Kennedy Station we pass near the Scarborough Museum. Entry fee is free. I suggest a collective donation (10 x $2.0 = $20).

Try to reach Scarborough Museum before 3PM

The Scarborough museum reminds me of a miniature Pioneer Village :
https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/history-art-culture/museums/scarborough-museum/

Longish 50 km slow 6 hours bike ride. Go slow through ravines, faster on roads.

Mostly through paved bike trails.

Gather at SW corner of Godstone Park, 45 Godstone Rd, Toronto, ON M2J, 45 Godstone Rd, Toronto, ON, just north of Don Mills subway station.

Bring water and snacks

Route Map:

https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/13333358/

Chris cell 647 453 3327

We'll take the Waterfront Trail all the way out to Oshawa. We'll start at the Kennedy subway station and ride out as far as the Oshawa GO station (about 65 km), then take the GO train back into the city.

Most of it is on dedicated bike trails next to the lake, or on quiet residential streets, with some great scenic portions, especially around Ajax and Rouge Hill.

We'll start this ride from the Kennedy Subway Station, the SOUTH parking lot, at 9:00 AM. You can take your bike on the subway on the weekend. Go up one flight from the subway level and exit the station at the extreme west end. From there we'll take some side streets to connect to the Waterfront Trail for the ride out to Oshawa.

If you drive out to the subway station, on the way back you can get off the train at the Eglinton GO station, which is a few km east of the subway station.

The ride will be on trails and quiet streets, suitable for all types of bikes. I'm looking at a pace in my usual 20-22 km/hr range. Be advised that the route is full of twists and turns (map is available at the Waterfront Trail website at http://www.waterfronttrail.org/) and not well marked so you will need to keep with the group if you don't want to get lost.

Once we get to Oshawa we can take the GO train from there back to the city (the trip is about a hour back to Union Station, it's about $10), or people can backtrack if you feel like it. We'll be passing GO stations the entire way out so people can drop out early and return if they need to. We can have lunch in Pickering, which will be about half-way there.

My cell is 416-824-7019.

This is a great ride so please try it out!

Donald Simmons

Slow 31 km 4 hour bike ride from Vaughan station to Kleinburg Via William Granger Greenway - Humber Trail, Boyd and Kortright Conservation Areas

Start 1PM End 5PM.

Rides can end earlier If we maintain a speed of 14 km per hour versus 8 km then 4 x 4 / 7 is 2 hours and 20 minutes of riding plus 40 minutes total stop time.

Finish 1 hour early at 4PM requires early start, keeping 14km pace, budgeting stop time.

Much of the trail is gravel and there may be some steep upward hills

We will return by same route taken toward Kleinburg

Gather on pavement at the North West corner of Millway Avenue and Applemill Road near Vaughan Metropolitan Bus Terminal, Millway Ave, Vaughan, ON L4K 4R6

Bring water and snacks:

Route Map:

https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/13531689/

Chris Cell 647 453 3327

If bad weather Saturday then ride will proceed next day, Sunday same time same place.

**These rides are for people who do not wish to bike very fast, but like to socialize and look around.
This will be a slow ride from the entrance to the Earl Bales Park, pass the community centre, and down to the parking lots at the bottom of it. Continuing northbound, we fly under the Sheppard Ave bridge through the winding streets toward Bathurst St. We cross and enter the JCC grounds and take the dirt trails behind it all the way north west to Finch- Hydro Corridor. Then we ride back.

Most of the roads we take on this trip are paved except the dirt trails leading from the JCC to Finch. All roads are inside either parklanes or woods. The entire trip is an unconditional immersion in Green—you will forget you live in the city. The picture above is from our last week's trip there. The trail runs along this beautiful creek.

***Come as you are, but don't be late.

Please, DO CANCEL your RSVP on time if you can't come, it is very disrespectful if you don't. If unsure, do not RSVP just SHOW UP (on time).