Mother's Day Recumbent Cruiser Ride

A spur-of-the-moment production: Sunday May 13, Mother's Day ~ Toronto, we rode down to Sugar Beach at Sherbourne and Queens Quay, then west on the MGT @ 2pm to
Ontario Place. After sunning by the Liberty Grand it was back east to Sugar
Beach and north on Sherbourne to the pit stop at Richmond street, then home.
12km, 5 hrs.

Practice Ride To Eastern Beaches

On Sunday May 6 a practice ride was held by the Custom Cycle Society for their upcoming Toronto Ride & Rally weekend June 23 -24, 2012. We met 10 other riders at Dundas Square for 11:30 and after a couple of hours of scoping out what others were riding, we headed out on Dundas to River street and down through the Distillery District to the Martin Goodman Trail and east to Cherry street. After stopping to let some people water the trees at Cherry Beach we continued east to Ashbridges Bay and then east to Balmy Beach near Vic Park and Queen. Heading west to the lunch stop most of the pack headed up to Queen street to get some lunch while we kept going to the pit stop at Leslie & Lakeshore. After snacking, we took the lower Lakeshore trail back west to Sherbourne and headed for home. All in all a good ride. 14km, 6.5 hrs.

Upcoming Ride

1st Annual Toronto Island Custom Bicycle Show & Rally

Saturday June 23, 11 am Cherry Beach parking lot in Toronto: custom bicycle show till 1pm followed by a 4 hour ride downtown, and the eastern beaches with many stops along the way.

Sunday June 24, 11am Cherry Beach parking lot. Leaving at 12 noon for
the Centre Island Ferry to Centre Island for a rally with multiple
events including bicycle drag races. Ends with a cruise around the
islands. Final bicycle show and Chopaderos Norco Chopper Raffle and
award ceremonies.

Sponsored by Chopaderos Outlaw Bicycle Club and Custom Cycle Society.

All proceeds will go to the Canadian Cancer Society



All bicycles welcome: so come on down and show off your customized
choppers, trikes, lowriders and cruisers.

More info contact Mitch 416 962-9991

Short Ride To Ontario Place

Sunday March 18/12
We were down at Harbourfront and rode west to Ontario Place. Stopping for some pics and then over to visit Carey at the Marina West Quay, then to the pit stop and home. 8km.

Short Notice Ride Sunday March 11, 2012

Meeting at Sherbourne Common (just east of Sugar Beach) at Noon on Sunday March 11.
Sherbourne Common is at Lower Sherbourne street and Queens Quay East (near the water park).

We will be leaving at 1230 and riding the Martin Goodman Trail east through Cherry Beach and onto the eastern beaches at Vic park for the turn around. Anyone driving down can park for free in the far east parking lot at Cherry Beach, and meet us on the trail there.
The lunch stop will be on the return leg of the ride at Leslie & Lakeshore with several choices for you, Burger King, Wendy's, Tim Hortons, Boston Pizza, Starbucks etc.
After lunch we will be taking the Lakeshore trail to Cherry and back to Sugar Beach.

Weather is going to be sunny and 16* (61F). This ride will be a test ride for the Can-Am Weekend Toronto Ride in July.
Hope to see you all out Sunday.
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Not quite as warm as they said it would be, but a nice day for a ride anyways. I rode my Phat Cycles XC-3 chopper, Kate on her bikeE, Greg brought his Rat Fink, and Larry stopped by to visit (riding his bikeE) on his way to the parasail park. Greg's Rat Fink looks cool with those white "Thick Brick" tires on it! We had a great ride and stopped at the pit stop at Leslie & Lakeshore to watch the cyclists going by on the path.Then Lakeshore trail to Sugar Beach and then home.

Family Day Ride 2012

"Family Day" is observed in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan on the third Monday of February. This holiday celebrates the importance of families and family life to people and their communities.

It is also the first 2012 good-weather ride for Iron Horse members to take part in. Bright sun and a high of 4*Celsius (40*F), saw Kate and I riding down to the Music Garden at Harbourfront to visit with a friend who lives out the winter months on his sailboat in the marina there. I took the Phat XC-3 chopper and Kate took her bikeE recumbent cruiser. We visited about an hour and then headed to check out Sugar Beach and then up Sherbourne to the pit stop for coffee and then home. 3 hrs, 10km.