You must register to participate in all Freedom Friday rides. If you have not registered, you may NOT join the ride.
Not a member, but you want to try this out? Sign up for our 30-Day-Trial membership and you can try out multiple TBN rides. See https://tbn.ca/join for details.
Driving directions: click here Weather: click here
Routes 62km (Preferred), 77km , 95km: click here
(Please note, the 62km option includes a steep hill on Mount Pleasant Road)
This is a Tourist level ride. If you are uncertain whether this level is appropriate to your riding level, click here.
Ride leader: Robin Silverstein
Starting in Schomberg, you'll take quiet country roads to Caledon for a lunch/washroom break. The lunch stop is the Four Corners Bakery in Caledon East which has an outside sitting area.
Washroom facilities: portable toilets are sometimes available in the parking area. Alternatively, there are Tim's & McD's on Hwy 27. Pre and post ride coffee is also available at Grackles on Schomberg's Main Street.
Check the website 2 hours before the start time - the ride could be rescheduled or cancelled at the discretion of the organizers.
Cancellations – if you register and later decide you cannot ride – please, please cancel as soon as possible so the ride leader has an accurate list of participants.
The Ride Leader has requested that this ride start at 6:00PM.
We are accepting Guest rider registration.
If you have not registered for the ride, you may NOT join the ride.
Be advised this is an Urban Roller class ride. It isn't a slow, or beginner ride. You should be able to cruise at about 20 km/h for 15 minutes at a stretch, and be comfortable riding grouped with other riders on city streets.
If you are uncertain whether this level is appropriate to your riding level, click here.
Start & end location: Kings Mill Park
Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27239743
Leader: Albert W.
Distance: 30 km.
Weather forecast: click here
Driving directions: https://www.google.com/maps/place/King's+Mill+Park+North/@43.6509388,-79.4917981,15z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x882b368aa69618dd:0xc06aba21c467f937!8m2!3d43.6509388!4d-79.4917981!16s%252Fg%252F11f0kvjhcg?entry=ttu
Always bring a helmet & a spare inner tube. Also, depending upon the time of the year, it may be dark for part of this ride, or while you are riding home, so have working front & rear lights. It also may be quite chilly, so bring some warm clothes.
Check the website 2 hours before the ride for last minute info. in case the ride may be rescheduled or cancelled (e.g. bad weather). More on FNR and upcoming rides.
This event is a Backroad Rambles repeat of Country Cruise's Ancaster Ascension, which includes Clara's Climb. Thank you, Country Cruise.
View from Sydenham Lookout on Country Cruise ride, Sept 29, 2024
These Country Cruise routes offer rail trail riding and hill climbing in the countryside northwest of Hamilton. All routes go on the unpaved Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail on the way into Dundas; and all routes do Clara's Climb out of Dundas.
The long route has lunch in St George; and the short and medium have lunch at Tim Hortons in Ancaster. An alternate lunch spot in Ancaster, with "designer coffee" and baked treats is Caniche French Bakery (just before arriving at Tim Hortons).
Start: Hidden Valley Park, Aldershot. There are public washrooms at the parking lot.
Routes: 50 km, 86 km, and 94 km
Ride Leader: Reg Shoji
Everyone must register to join this ride. If you do not have a regular TBN membership, you can purchase a 30-Day-Trial membership for $10 - click here.
If you are unable to attend please cancel your registration.
Check the website 2 hours before the start time in case of updates.
This is a Tourist level ride. To check if this level is for you, click here and scroll down to RIDE CLASSIFICATIONS / Tourist.
Plaque about Clara Hughes, Olympic gold medalist, seen at Sydenham Lookout.
Caniche French Bakery, 346 Wilson Street, Ancaster
The ride starts from the passenger pick up/drop off building at Kipling subway station north parking lot (access from Dundas St West) and meanders through pleasant parts of Etobicoke to Eglinton Ave (warning: some gravel trails) and north to Weston for a coffee/washroom break. The route loops back to the start mostly along attractive Etobicoke streets. About 33kms- should finish about 12:30 to 1pm.
This is an Urban Roller level ride. If you are uncertain whether this level is appropriate to your riding level, click here.
RWGPS link to route: Click here
To join the club rides, you must be a member. For more information on various types of membership, follow this link = click here We are accepting Guest Rider registrations. Guest riders must be registered and the $10 fee paid prior to checking-in with the ride leader.
If you have registered but can't attend, log in, click on "Already registered", then cancel.
Come at 9:15 to be ready for a prompt 9:30am start. Remember to bring your helmet and spare inner tube. Unregistered riders CANNOT ride with the group. PLEASE REGISTER: If you have not registered for the ride, you may NOT join the ride. For all TBN rides a helmet is mandatory.
Distance: 33km Classification: Urban Roller Ride Program: Saturday Morning Ride Starting Point: Passenger pick up/drop off building at Kipling subway station (access from Dundas St West). Start Time: Come at 9:15 for 9:30am prompt start Online Map: click here
Ride Leader:
REMINDER: DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER!
Weather: The ride will be cancelled if there is bad weather (e.g. too cold, too wet, etc). If the weather looks doubtful, check the website after 8am on the day of the ride.
This ride for experienced riders will be run at speeds from around 20 to 26 km/hr (although faster riders are welcome as well!). For additional details on Sunday Tourist rides, please click here.
Click the Register button on this page to register for the ride.
Three ride lengths (80 km, 93 km and 105 km) are available. The 80km ride stops in Ballantrae for lunch (hwy 48 and Aurora Road). The long and medium rides stops at the excellent Annina's bakery in the small community of Goodwood. A washroom stop should be possible at the gas station on the SW corner of Elgin Mills and Leslie (around km 17.5), as well as at the lunch stops.
The beginning portions of the three rides are the same. The longer ride is essentially a "loop" off the shorter ride. This means riders can choose during the ride to do a long or short distance, if they wish. This means you should also bring cue sheets for all routes you think you might ride. Likewise, for GPS units, you should download all routes you think you might ride. The 93km ride to Goodwood diverges from the short and long routes just past 23km (short and long go north on Warden, the medium route continues east on 19th Avenue). The short route diverges from the long route at 32km (short turns right on Vandorf Sideroad, the long continues north on Warden).
The short and long routes take all streets back to Finch. The medium route takes paved multi-use trails back to Finch (the last 8 km of the ride). These paved trails start south from John street just west of Leslie.
Meet at Finch Subway Station, "Finch" west parking lot on the north side of Hendon Ave, just west of Yonge St.
N.B. If you are travelling north on Yonge St, keep going past Finch Ave and turn left onto Hendon Ave. The parking lot is on the right near 18 Hendon Ave, North York.
Ride leader: Sam Bootsma
Distance: 80 km (to Ballantrae) OR 93km or 105 km (both to Goodwood)
PLEASE PRINT THE CUE SHEETS & MAPS, OR DOWNLOAD THE GPS FILES BEFORE ATTENDING THE RIDE. (The ride leader does not provide maps or cue sheets).
Helmets are required.
Ride may be cancelled up to 2 hours before the start of the ride if significant rain is forecast with moderate or higher likelihood for any time during the ride. Ride could be cancelled if weather is not suitable due to rain, snow, too cold, or salt on roads and/or trails.
COBOURG to RICE LAKE RAMBLE
This is a Tourist Level ride.
PLEASE NOTE: All riders, including "30-Day-Trial"/guest riders, must register to participate in this CC. Please read registration details on the CC webpage
ATTENTION: This CC marks the return to a 9:30am start time for all CCs now through to the end of Sept., unless otherwise announced.
This is one of the prettiest rides of the summer, spinning over hill and dale throughout the Northumberland countryside. With three route options, no one misses out on this truly spectacular terrain. Bring lunch for a picnic on the shore of Rice Lake. Store with picnic tables also available in Harwood.
Start: NB: Later start time of 9:30am - Covert St. parking lot, Cobourg, ON
Driving directions: Drive east on Hwy.401. Exit 474 – signed County Road 45, Cobourg / Norwood. Go south on C.R.45 (Division Street) for 2.8 km. Turn right (west) on Covert Street and in 100 m park in the large lot on the left. Although the sign reads "two hours free parking", there is free parking there all day on Sundays. Washrooms located in the park (a 2-5min walk).
Distances: 63km, 75km & 89km
CUES and Maps:
RWGPS link to all routes: Cobourg Rice Lake Ramble CC - 63km, 75km, & 89km
Ride Leader(s): Barry Pinsky
REMINDER: DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER.
We welcome new ideas and suggestions to improve CCs!
Enjoy your ride!
Remember: Have your tires fully inflated, wear your helmet, and bring a spare inner tube for YOUR bike.
Weather: If this ride needs to be cancelled because of inclement weather, please check the website after 7:30 AM
Arrive at 9:45 AM, 15 minutes before the start of the ride so that you will not keep your group waiting- (Allow for unforseen construction, parking problems, getting your bike ready, using a washroom on the way, etc.)
A pretty ride along the shores of Lake Simcoe from Keswick to Sibbald Point Park and back. Bring lunch for a picnic in the park. Bring a swimsuit to check out the water.
St. Thomas Aquinas School - Northeast corner of Old Homestead Rd. and Metro Rd., Keswick.
Directions by car to start: Take 404 north. Turn left on Woodbine Ave. (Regional Rd. 8). Go north to Old Homestead Rd. (Garden Centre on right, church on left). Left (west) on Old Homestead Rd. to St. Thomas Aquinas School-262 Old Homestead Rd. Turn right into parking lot on west side of school.
Distance: 44 KM
Leader: Roy
RWGPS: Leisure Wheeler Country Cruise
Map and Cuesheet: Click HERE
Driving Directions: Click Here
You MUST be registered for the ride, in order to participate. Registration will be open for 6 days beginning on the Monday before the event
Not a member but you want to try this out? Sign up for our 30-Day-Trial membership and you can try out multiple TBN rides. See: https://tbn.ca/join for details.
Unsure of your level section?
This is a Leisure Wheeler level ride. If you are uncertain whether this level is appropriate to your riding level, click here.
