Saturday, October 29, 2011

Chopaderos Annual Toronto Halloween Ride

At the Oct. 28 Critical Mass we heard about some ride being held the
next day on Saturday starting from Dundas Square at Dundas & Yonge
Streets. We were told that the ride was for choppers and cruisers only
(so it was our kind of ride). When I got home I checked online and
could not find anything posted about it. At 4:15 pm on saturday we
arrived at Dundas Square to find a small group of Chopaderos and other
riders (15 of them) there with their choppers and cruisers, for the annual Chopaderos Toronto Halloween Ride.
We left the square about 4:30 and headed west to Bay Street then south
to City Hall on Queen, over to Bathurst Street and south to the Tim's at Lakeshore and Bathurst for our first stop and photo op, then down to the harbour at Bathurst Quay for another stop. Then it was up to the Martin Goodman Trail and west past Ontario Place, through Sunnyside to the Humber
River bridge for another stop and photos. After a while we turned
around and retraced our steps to the pedestrian overpass at Palais
Royale and over the Gardiner to Queen and Roncesvalles to the Easy
Rider Cafe where we stopped for a meal.
After our meal we went east on Queen Street to the Horseshoe Tavern at
Spadina & Queen where we left the 'Deros and headed home. We would like to thank the Chopaderos for holding the ride here in Toronto on such a chilly day and for inviting the Iron Horse Cruisers to join them. 5hrs, 15km.