Toronto

Santa cycles from the North Pole (aka North York) to Toronto City Hall with his entourage of pedal-powered reindeer and elves.

We hadn’t yet done a big bike trip this year, so when a friend asked if we wanted to bike all the way to Paradise Beach in Ajax, 50km east of Toronto, we said sure!

We are obviously big fans of folding bikes, and though our Bromptons can haul quite a bit of stuff, sometimes one needs a cargo bike. So we headed to the inaugural Cargo Bike Toronto meetup to test ride some bikes!

2020 has been a lonely year of pandemic-induced isolation—except when we got outside on our bikes. So when a friend invited us to the Santa For Safe Streets ride down Yonge Street this month, we were thrilled to join in!

On what will probably be the last warm “coats-optional” weekend of 2020 in Canada, we cycled the Beltline Trail in Toronto.

We took our Bromptons to explore the wild juxtaposition that is The Spit – half construction dumping zone, half protected wildlife park – in the heart of downtown Toronto.

We haven’t cycled much on Toronto’s east side, so we took the GO train to Rouge Hill station and checked out the eastern edge of the Waterfront Trail and the Highland Creek Trail.

On Toronto’s 100th day of coronavirus lockdown (in Stage 1 of reopening), we marked the occasion by cycling to IKEA and picking up some patio furniture.

Check out our video of Cycle Toronto’s Coldest Day of the Year Ride!

Toronto is a huge city with lots of bike routes we haven’t explored – like the Finch Hydro Corridor. So this weekend we checked it out!