It's bad when you're biking, but I'm quite certain that motorists are even more aggressive when they see ebikes on the road. I was going up Dovercourt, with car traffic ahead of me. I was keeping up with traffic easily. This guy in a sedan tried to pass me on the yellow line in excess of the speed limit (where was he going to go anyway?), and then settled tailgating me when he couldn't push me out of the way. He hurled insults at me at the intersection, and threatened to run me over, but stopped following me when I tried to flag down a police cruiser going the other direction.

Was really annoying before to have to look up the cycle network on the city’s website, which, as many of you may know, is a disaster to view on mobile. Love the new app!

i’m upgrading from you standard typical vintage road bike for something that was made in the last 5 years. my knowledge is fairly entry level.

i’ve used my current bike (vintage raleigh challenger) for many commuting rides but from time to time i dabble in riding 40k+ rides at least once a week. it’s my daily driver basically.

should i be looking at gravel bikes or the newer generation of road bikes? i’m asking in this subreddit specifically because of how our roads are, and typically run these rides thru downtown pretty often.

Greetings all,

I'm trying to devise a good time trial loop within an hour of Toronto. The route should be conducive of continuous carried speed. Some criteria:

-Car light

-No traffic lights

-Stop signs acceptable if it's a right turn

-Decent paved surface

-Not too hilly (less than 10 metres of elevation gain for every kilometre travelled)

-At least 5 kilometres per loop, at most 40 kilometres

I have been using an 11.3km loop between Brooklin and the hamlet of Myrtle, but a stretch of it is on Provincial Highway 7/12 and it's too much traffic.

Thanks for any help. I know this subreddit is mostly about commuting but I suspect there is some good overlap of regional knowledge for this kind of purpose.

Is it possible to bike this trail starting at Lake Ontario and going north up to Caledon without going on the main roads?

Happy Monday, everyone!

I just found out from Walk Toronto's Twitter feed that there will be a Lake Shore Boulevard West Avenue Study meeting on Thursday, May 23 (6:00 - 8:30 PM) at Lakeshore Collegiate (350 Kipling) which will cover Brown's Line to Dwight Avenue. It's important for the cycling community to show up to demand that protected bike lanes be included along the entire corridor. Not just the painted lines that currently exist on a small part of Lake Shore.

https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/lake-shore-boulevard-west-avenue-study/

Makes it harder to navigate as well. I don't recognize the trails anymore. I think this is related to the Ontario line? Not sure why they would need to cut down a forest.

I just moved to Toronto and would love suggestions for nice areas to bike (areas that are not downtown) I have a gravel and road bike so open to anything

Hey, I need help. I’m an amateur that just likes taking casual rides out on weekends, maybe commuting every now and then, and I mostly stay on paved roads. I have a herniated disc in my lower back, and doctors orders are even though I can ride my bike, my torso/chest should be in an upright position rather than horizontal. To do this I think I need a bike where the stem/handle bars are adjustable and can go higher.

I see a lot of road bikes where the seat is higher than the handle bars and I cringe in pain thinking of riding them. I’m leaning more toward hybrid bikes than road because drop bars are uncomfortable to me and my wrists go numb.

I went to Sweet Pete’s today, I had my eyes on the Giant Escape 3 but I took it out for a test ride and it was a little uncomfortable. I described what I was looking for and the person helping me just looked at me with a blank stare. Other than adding a small riser to the stem it’s all he could do and it would run me an extra $50.

Is there a bike anyone can recommend to me? I’m 5’5 male if it helps. Mountain bikes at Canadian tire have adjustable seats and handle bars, but I don’t want a mountain bike or a cheap bike at Canadian tire. Any advice?

If I get a bike cover for weather and a really good lock, is that sufficient? Or is my bike just gonna get stolen eventually no matter how good the lock?

Twice today, on Bloor, south side between Dundas and Stirling. About an hour apart. Motorcycle (like an actual gas powered motorcycle!) goes into the bike lane to pass motor traffic then merges in at Stirling. Holy crap!

I want to start biking to work to save time off a 20 min walk using the rideshare bikes from union to spadina on front st. I’m just nervous about cycling on the street. The rule that no one over 14 can use the sidewalk has kept me off bikes for years.

How do I stay safe cycling along side cars?

Is there any other advice you guys can provide that might help a noob?

Hey, I actually live on the border of Mississauga and Brampton but I go downtown Toronto quite often and ride fixed gear bikes.

I am unable to sign up for any major delivery companies such as Uber, SkipTheDishes, Instacart and Etc due to my age of being under 18. I also am unable to work for https://www.senditcourier.ca/ due to my school schedule.

Im really only free on weekends. Yall know anything about making money while riding.

Mississauga mayoral hopeful Dipika Damerla's pledge to stop the Bloor Street project not only led her to being attacked on Twitter/X by road safety advocates in Mississauga and Toronto, but also by some of her council colleagues. Councillor Chris Fonseca - who supports the Bloor project - even called her out for a lack of integrity by undermining council approved decisions.

Let's hope mayoral candidate Carolyn Parrish is right in which she said "a reversal won’t pass and that the issue’s dead”.

https://mississauga.com/news/nasty-changes-mississauga-mayoral-hopeful-under-fire-for-promise-to-reverse-planned-27m-bloor-street/article_971da59f-665f-5336-b157-529926202c81.html