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Favourite Rides: Vallter 2000

July 7, 2020

By Ashlin Barry My parents and my grandparents taught me that a good ride becomes a great ride when you add an element of adventure to it. Some of the...

These five teens took on the 100 km in the Don challenge

June 20, 2020

And they think you should try it too Cycling has been an important physical and mental health outlet for many people throughout the Coronavirus pandemic. With school moving online, extracurriculars...

Improving lives with each shovel full of dirt.

May 5, 2020

Michael Barry Twenty paces from the concrete sidewalk the land gives away and plunges into a forest ravine. The forest is rapidly coming alive after six months of winter. Dead...

Luke, Nestor & A long day in the saddle

March 11, 2020

In the neighbourhood, snow remained on the lawns in spots where the sun had yet to hit, or where it had been piled high after the last storm. Buds were...

Adventures Off The Beaten Path In the Pyrenees

October 9, 2019

Away from the traffic and into the green mountains I can quickly find the serenity that is elusive within the city. We climbed for an hour or so, up to...

Favourite Rides: Hell And Back

December 3, 2018

by Michael Barry Photography by Walter Lai The route was marked up with a highlighter on a map spread over the dining room table. A few nights before the event...

Favourite Rides: A Snowy Adventure From Boulder to Eldora Ski Station

November 21, 2018

By Michael Barry A novel adventure turns any ride into a good ride. Quite often, the greatest rides are when the adventure is shared with others. The Rocky Mountains outside...

Favourite Rides: Rides Under 50K

September 12, 2018

We each have a spot or two where we ride that we consider magical. These are the kind of places where we feel at peace, where we feel free on...

Favourite Rides: Gates Gully and the Doris McCarthy Trail

August 17, 2018

We each have a spot or two where we ride that we consider magical. These are the kind of places where we feel at peace, where we feel free on...

Favourite Rides: Don Valley Trails

August 8, 2018

By Michael Barry Photography by Walter Lai and Michael Barry Out on a bicycle, we discover. We find little nooks of the countryside or the city that become our own...