Here's a plan... (BTW I got everything from our CycleCanada Directory
except for bike friendly accommodation, but I am working on that.)

Stay: Roehampton Best Western Hotel and Suites.
http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwest...ertyCode=66068
This is a smallish and reasonably priced hotel in a really nice
residential area of Toronto. Steps from the famous Chicken Deli Jazz
club on Mt. Pleasant and an easy walk to a number of outstanding
restaurants on Yonge at Davisville like Granos, Stork on the Roof.
It's also close to the bike rental shop. You'll be a little north of
the downtown but not far from the ravine recreational paths.

Rent Bikes: CyclePath (Yonge north of Davisville)
http://twowheeltravel.ca/

Getting around: You should be able to get a cycling map of Toronto at
CyclePath which will help make sense of the route below. But any
detailed map of Toronto will do as well. There is a pdf version of the
cycling map he http://www.toronto.ca/cycling/cyclingmap_2003.htm

Roughly the route: Head east from the hotel to Sunnybrooke Hospital.
Mostly on residential back roads for 10 minutes or so, then you'll be
on Bayview a bit where you head north to get to the hospital (5
minutes or so). From the hospital you work your way through the
hospital grounds and head down to the ravine. The ravine has a network
of shared parths that are popular with cyclists. You can get to
Edwards Garden from here and also follow the path south to the
Lakeshore. At the Lakeshore you can head east to the Beaches on the
Martin Goodman trail or west towards downtown, take the ferry to the
island or keep going west along the lake.

Heading home you can retrace your route on the paths or simply head
north Sherbourne, following a marked bike route (it used to be better
before they striped it with a bike lane but that's my personal view).
This will take you through Rosedale, which is very pleasant and onto
Bayview again. Heading north on Bayview for a short distance you can
either deak thorough the Mount Pleasant cemetary to Mount Pleasant
Ave. (if the gates haven't closed) or take Moore. At that point you
aren't far from the hotel.

If you find that once downtown you have had enough riding you can
always hop on the Yonge subway to Eglinton and it's a couple of blocks
to the hotel. As long as it's not rush hour, no problem getting the
bikes on the subways. You'll find our subway system quite pleasant.

It's easy to navigate in Toronto because of the CN Tower, which is at
the Lake at the south point of the city and viewable from just about
anywhere.

Regards
Margot

p.s. After that, join us on our trip to Montreal. It's a classic http:
www.cyclecanada.com/bique.html








1. Restaurants and/or places to stop for a pint along the way
2. Cool stuff to see and do, like the Canadian Exhibition Center, etc.
3. Toronto
4. Places with bathrooms
5. A place to rent bikes
6. A decent hotel at which to leave our baggage
7. LOTS and LOTS of waterfront!!!

Thanks!

Tom from New York www.geocities.com/NYRides