Archive For The “group ride” Category
We meet at Rooster Coffee House at King East and Parliament, grab a coffee, ride the Martin Goodman Trail along the lake from the east side to the west side of downtown, stop for a bite in Mississauga (place TBA) and then head all the way to Port Credit for some really good gelato. And [...]
Do you like Portuguese Custard Tarts (or egg tarts if you prefer)? If so, you need to join me on this upcoming Pastel de Nata Ride! We’ll be meeting at Brazil Bakery, heading up the West Toronto Rail Path and then stopping at another bakery and possibly end at a park! full event listing: Toronto Bike [...]
We’ll start at Tori’s Bakeshop a spot we visited at last year, a wonderful vegan bakery, bike west on Queen St and then down Coxwell to take the Martin Goodman Trail over to Tommy Thompson park. We’ll loop through Tommy Thompson aka the Leslie Spit, bike along the lake and then back up to Queen [...]
Yes, this week is the first week of BikeMonth, but it’s also TheGrid’s 3rd annual Burger Week! What better way to honour this momentous occasion than by touring some of Toronto’s finest eateries on two wheels to enjoy their delicious hamburgers! Burger tours will run from Wed, May 29th to Sat, June 1st. The [...]
via facebook: The Grid is doing Burger Week again! What better way to honour this momentous occasion than by touring some of Toronto’s finest eateries on two wheels to enjoy their delicious hamburgers! Burger tours will run from Wed, May 29th to Sat, June 1st. The route lengths will get progressively longer as the week [...]
Announcing the first Cupcake Ride for 2013!! We are co-hosting this ride with Councillor McMahon’s Office (thanks for all your help Kristin!) to celebrate Ward 32 during our upcoming Bike Month in Toronto! Date: Saturday, June 8th Time: 1:00pm Start place: Tori’s Bakeshop (2188 Queen St East – between Maclean & Balsam Ave) read full [...]
Commuters from around the City meet to ride together from start points and converge at Yonge and Bloor for 7:30a.m. City start points are staffed with ride coordinators and a Police escort to a celebration and pancake breakfast at Nathan Phillips Square. Riders will receive a Bike Month t-shirt as well as complimentary breakfast at City [...]
Great news! The planning is already beginning for the 2013 edition of Bells on Danforth! Please join us for the initial planning meeting for the 2013 edition of Bells on Danforth, a family-friendly group bike ride along the Danforth. We welcome parents, kids, schools, local groups, businesses, and BIAs to help us make this a [...]
Earlier today we linked to Hyedie’s recap of the Poutine Ride this past Sunday. A couple of great gals from Torontoist (Hi Racheal! Hi Gillian!) came out to ride with us, learn about our Sweet Rides and take photos. Here is their piece: Is there a best way to celebrate the last beautiful Sunday of [...]
Earlier today we linked to Hyedie’s recap of the Poutine Ride this past Sunday. A couple of great gals from Torontoist (Hi Racheal! Hi Gillian!) came out to ride with us, learn about our Sweet Rides and take photos. Here is their piece: Is there a best way to celebrate the last beautiful Sunday of [...]
Earlier today we linked to Hyedie’s recap of the Poutine Ride this past Sunday. A couple of great gals from Torontoist (Hi Racheal! Hi Gillian!) came out to ride with us, learn about our Sweet Rides and take photos. Here is their piece: Is there a best way to celebrate the last beautiful Sunday of [...]
The latest of our 2012 Sweet Rides took place on Sunday (we savoury’d it up with some Poutine), and Hyedie has a great re-cap of the ride up: The last Sweet Ride was originally set for mid-October so that we could take in the fall colours, but the weather didn’t cooperate so we postponed the [...]
The last Sweet Ride for 2012 is happening this afternoon! Will you join us for this last group ride? DATE: Sunday, November 11, 2012 TIME: 3:00pm START: Uncle Betty’s Diner 2590 Yonge St END: Smokes on Dundas 203 Dundas Street East ROUTE: – Head west through the side streets of North Toronto – Follow the Beltline through [...]
via Cycle Toronto: Like you, we were extremely disappointed by the 24-19 loss at City Council on Oct 2nd to save the Jarvis St bike lanes. Cycle Toronto organized, held community meetings, held 2 large rides, launched a legal challenge and submitted a large petition. Community members wrote their councillors and demonstrated against the decision. [...]
Originally posted on the Toronto Tweed Ride page. Follow the Toronto Tweed Ride on Twitter at @TweedRideTO and on Facebook at facebook.com/TweedRideTO This past Saturday saw a dashing Tweed Ride in Toronto! Here are just a few fine photographs from the event, with more to follow soon! Images by Rannie Turingan, Jason Chan and Emma [...]
(Originally posted by the Cupcake Ride Blog) Come one, come all! The CO-ED August Sweet Ride is a week away and the food theme is ICE CREAM! Everybody is raving about the Bakerbot’s ice cream sandwich and apparently it’s quite big so make sure to bring your appetite to the ride as well! DATE: Saturday, [...]
(Originally posted by the Cupcake Ride Blog) Come one, come all! The CO-ED August Sweet Ride is a week away and the food theme is ICE CREAM! Everybody is raving about the Bakerbot’s ice cream sandwich and apparently it’s quite big so make sure to bring your appetite to the ride as well! DATE: Saturday, [...]
Vegans can rejoice! We are starting at Tori’s Bakeshop a vegan and refined sugar free bakery and ending at the all new Le Dolci (across from Trinity Bellwoods Park). Despite the late notice, hope you can make it out!! I’ve planned out 2 possible routes. We can vote on which route to take when we [...]
This past Saturday was the latest edition of the co-ed Sweet Rides I plan with Hyedie of the Girls Cupcake Rides. We did it up with Frozen Yogurt Style and it was a great day! Perfect weather, a great group of people, and great frozen yogurt businesses. We even ended the ride with full on [...]
Tomorrow (Sat, June 23, 2012) is our latest Sweet Ride, and this one has a Frozen Yogurt theme (it’s hot out there!). Come on out for good bike riding and great frozen yogurt eating (and awesome people to do both with). START When: 1pm Where: Menchie’s (Annex location) 511 Bloor Street West 2nd DESTINATION Where: Gurt’s 283 [...]
Earlier tonight I took part in the Ride for Jarvis, organized by Cycle Toronto. It was smaller than last year, but there was still several hundred people there. Here are some of the better photos I took with my phone (which doesn’t handle deep shadows well): Gathering at Allan Gardens: The Ride! [...]
START When: 1pm Where: Menchie’s (Annex location) 511 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON M5S 1Y4 2nd DESTINATION Where: Gurt’s 283 Roncesvalles Avenue END Where: Bike Fest Distillery District ROUTE We’ll be taking a longer route from Menchie’s and Gurt’s so that we can ride down the West Toronto Railpath (Joe and Hyedie’s fav!) and also [...]
START When: 1pm Where: Menchie’s (Annex location) 511 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON M5S 1Y4 2nd DESTINATION Where: Gurt’s 283 Roncesvalles Avenue END Where: Bike Fest Distillery District ROUTE We’ll be taking a longer route from Menchie’s and Gurt’s so that we can ride down the West Toronto Railpath (Joe and Hyedie’s fav!) and also [...]
Just a reminder that the BikeMonth Group Commute goes tomorrow morning. May 28th. 2012. 7a.m- 10 a.m. Commuters from around the City meet to ride together from start points and converge at Yonge and Bloor for 7:30a.m. City start points are staffed with ride coordinators and a Police escort. Riders will receive a free Bike [...]
This was originally posted over on Hyedie’s Cupcake Ride Blog… if you are female and looking for something fun and delicious to do tomorrow, you really can not beat this! Announcing the details for the 2nd Cupcake Ride of the third season! Hope you can make it out! Date: Saturday, May 26th Time: 1pm Start: Swirls Cupcakes [...]