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Thanks! I got lucky with the lighting at just the right time :)

Yep! The start of this trail (Finch Ave./Staines Rd.) is along Morningside, but the trail diverges south of Morningview.

@@scarboroughcyclist thank you, I will try this one day!

Thank you so much! Your channel looks great as well - lots of cool footage on your end! It would be great if you could visit Toronto, but in the mean time enjoy the videos! :D

Thanks so much - I appreciate that!!

This was shot in mid-afternoon on a Thursday

@@scarboroughcyclist thank you, I tried Reesors yesterday, it was ok but not great.

Thank you!

Thanks!

Cool!

Thank you!

Thanks! It was a lot of fun (when it wasn't raining). haha

More like Goatmeal Crisp, but it got the job done either way!

@@scarboroughcyclist as long as it got the job done man 😂👍

It's the toughest I've been on! The hills on Twyn Rivers and Bluffer's Park are pretty bad, but I can at least make it up both without taking any breaks. The Doris McCarthy hill is just loose gravel - it's so hard to get any traction on that. And if you are in a stopped position, getting any momentum is crazy tough.

Good times! I remember seeing the torches on the hill. It's much more enjoyable from a recreational standpoint now. lol

@@scarboroughcyclist And the smell is better to 😂👍

@@S416RE 😂

That's great to hear, John! I'm glad I could help with your Smart Trainer ride :)

Thank you!

Cool, I'll definitely have to check them out! You're referring to the trail that heads to East Point Park, right? That area has been on-and-off under construction for some time. I like biking that way, passed the softball diamonds.

Thank you - glad you enjoyed it!

@@scarboroughcyclist They can be relaxing at times lol👍🏻

August 13 to be precise. The trees are too green, too. Footage in the summer is way more colourful than what we get at the beginning of March.

Yep, it was a tight corner and tough to see around, but thankfully I saw the cyclist coming the other way, so I could delay passing. The trail that runs alongside Bayview is pretty narrow.

Thanks! It's definitely worth a ride! :)

Thanks!

@@scarboroughcyclist do you want thousands of views on your videos? There i found some issues and that's why views are not increase

Isn't it, though?! Eastern Ave. is an odd road - it looks like the strange offspring of Queen St. and Commissioners St.

@@scarboroughcyclist Its does have that feel once you mentioned it now everytime i see that road its the sopranos 😝 Yea dude very odd lmao such a strange road 😂

It's good to hear from you! I hope your winter is going alright - it's been a surprisingly good one for cycling.

@@scarboroughcyclist Respect brother, yea its been not to bad on the Talaria winter wise alot colder on that bike then my mtb 😂 Yea i was gonna say how as it been for you hope you are still able to ride in winter spring and summer just around the corner man LETS GOOOOO🤣

@@S416RE Definitely looking forward to some spring riding! I've gotten the odd ride in this winter, but it's never pleasant compared with spring weather 😂. I'm actually looking forward to checking out the Port Lands, since a lot of the new infrastructure is open to the public.

@@scarboroughcyclist I was down there like few weeks ago they have the double bridge up now dunno have i feel about the new cherry st i miss the old cherry st man lol should be interesting to see when its all done.

@@S416RE I've seen a bit of footage of the new Cherry St. I think it will look good when it's all done and plants have grown in. The old Cherry St. wasn't much to look at anyway, so I'm optimistic about this project.

Kennedy was literally the last 401 crossing that I had yet to complete. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but I did this ride on a weekend morning, so it was okay. Birchmount is my favourite 401 crossing (at least in western Scarborough - Conlins Rd. is my favourite in the east). Midland would be right up there too, but that crossing has been under construction for a long time, and lighting through the underpass is poor.

@@scarboroughcyclist that is funny Collins would be my second choice but I'm rarely near it. Its kinda crazy that along the entire 401 in the city I can only think of 2 places to cross while not on a road by North York hospital and by the Humber around Weston, are there any more?

@@BGRANT777X None in the east end of Toronto, anyway. You kind of have to pick your poison and go on-road - some options are better than others (Progress and Meadowvale aren't bad options, given the relative lack of traffic). It would be great if there were a couple of bike path crossings in Scarborough, but I doubt this has been given much thought.

Totally agreed - there is a ton of room for bike lanes. Much of the road is in rough shape, so hopefully bike lanes are added when resurfacing takes place. It would make sense since there are already bike lanes east of Morningside.

It isn't ideal for cycling, but there are worse roads. The stretch from Kingston to Meadowvale has little traffic, so it doesn't feel too tough. The stretch from Morningside to Orton Park is hilly, but the white curb line creates the feel of a bike lane, even if it isn't a real one. The bike lanes between Orton Park and (almost) Markham Rd. are pretty good. West of Markham can feel intimidating, due to the traffic. For what it's worth, this isn't a ride I would typically do for leisure - I mainly wanted to capture footage, so that my viewers could enjoy this stretch on a stationary bike or trainer without having to bike on Ellesmere :). I captured this footage on a Sunday morning to make things as easy as possible for me. If I was biking later in the day or on a weekday, I would probably take a route like the Meadoway across.

The addition to almost Markham Rd. is relatively new. I hope there are plans to extend it, because it ends in an awkward spot - right at the entrance/exit of an apartment building. It would take some work to get this trail through the Markham/Ellesmere intersection, which already has a lot going on.

I'm mixed about the development. On the one hand, the area will be much more visually appealing when the construction is complete, and it will be a very bike-friendly area. On the other hand, I'm not that enthusiastic about many condos going up, but beyond that it will be a busy environment. Biking in the Port Lands (pre-construction, anyway) had its own quiet appeal, as there was never a lot of traffic, and there was plenty of space for cyclists. It was an underappreciated area where one could enjoy a little more open space, while still being close to downtown.

I think I know the one you're talking about... I passed her once on this section of trail (just east of McCowan Rd., actually). On this day I was lucky, but I got a nasty vibe from her on another ride.

@@scarboroughcyclist Thats the same lady that likes to hang outside of the schools and watch kids walking home i caught her a few times at the schools fence watching kids shes always in the school areas only. i see her mostly everyday on my bike but i never she her on the path after school its always when the kids are going home from school she got bad and sketchy vibes all over her

@@S416RE That's really unfortunate (and kind of disturbing). I've only encountered her once to my knowledge, so in that sense I have been a bit lucky.

Thanks as always!

I'm looking forward to the finished product, too! I think the new trail segment will go all the way to Morningside, and then a new segment might be linked with Conlins Rd., which would allow continuous travel all the way to the zoo.

@@scarboroughcyclist Yea there doing the whole hydro field. From Neilson it's gonna continue across over into the fields cross over from military there also connecting it to Morningside and thru collins it's gonna be huge man so sick 👍🏻

The construction didn't help, but it definitely could have been worse. :)

Thank you! It was much more pleasant than I expected - not too much traffic, and very few red lights.

I don't find Steeles to be too bad - just long and kind of dull in stretches. In this video I only went as far as Don Mills Rd., before turning and completing the subsequent video.

Thank you!

Thanks! We certainly have a really nice trail network. Hopefully there are more incremental improvements to come. I know trail work is taking place which will ultimately connect the Morningside Park trail with the Gatineau Corridor.

@@scarboroughcyclist yes they have made some read addition recently. I know its technically not scarborough but have you ridden the extension to the lower Don trail finished in the last two years? I haven't seen that trail on your video list.

@@BGRANT777X I actually have a video on the lower Don trail, which you can see here: th-cam.com/video/TYTmWsR-DRY/w-d-xo.html Granted, the southernmost point of that trail was closed due to redevelopment of the Portlands and mouth of the Don River, so I've avoided biking that stretch over the past year. My footage for that ride was captured in June 2022, and the construction sign said the trail would be closed until December 2023.

@@scarboroughcyclist oops among the many strange typos I made in that I meant upper don. The extension they built from wigmore park. Not as extensive as the morningside park addition but still very nice.

​@@BGRANT777XThat I haven't done... I'll definitely have to get some footage out. I would like to link that with my Lower Don footage.

Luck was on my side on this day! Of course, Lower McCowan is naturally much quieter, and I didn't go north of STC, so that helped!

That's difficult to say... probably around 23 km/h for this stretch. I'm going faster down the longer stretches without stops, but there are frequent stops along most of Woodbine.

I still have some 2022 footage (I got a boatload last year lol), but I wanted to upload a spring video with actual spring footage for a change 😂. It was a great day for a ride, and thankfully I didn't have to dodge tons of traffic and/or construction.

@@scarboroughcyclist Dude how many videos do you have man right on 🤣👍yea a bit of change is good eh man 😂 Yea man it looked like a good day kingston is pretty good with traffic I do have to say of all the times I've ridden Kingston haven't had an issue with traffic yea not like the construction downtown 🤣🤣

@@S416RE I've still got a bit of a stockpile left, though most of the footage I took last year is up now. All the more reason for me to get back on the road - I need to keep the stockpile up. ;) Kingston has been good overall. There were some construction-related lane closures last year (particularly between Brimley and Midland), but cycling on this road has been good so far this year (watch, as I say this, orange and black construction cones will go up...)

There are some nice places to ride in the area. Of course I'm not including the various fragments of Passmore Ave. or Littles Rd., but they're worth exploring in their own right. 😂

I wish that squirrel made it across (I was urging it on), but it hesitated and was struck by a car 😢. I didn't see if it was just a glancing blow or not, but I would like to think that the squirrel could have survived the incident (this is probably wishful thinking). That subdivision is springing up quickly. That part of Markham really is a boom town. Overall Denison was a decent road to bike on. The western stretch felt pretty industrial, but the more residential eastern stretch was quite pleasant.

This was actually one of the most fun rides I did all season. It really felt like I was going through a meadow, and thankfully I didn't have high winds to contend with on that day.

@@scarboroughcyclist that's what I like about the borough no matter where you ride always come up to beautiful places.