Practice Sessions
We practice every Thursday from 7:00pm to 9:30pm at Laretto College on Brunswick Street, near Spadina and Bloor. Call Darren Bedford at 416-767-4742 for details.
Your unicycle must have a non-marking tire with rubber ended pedals.
Usually about 15 of us come out to practice. There are the "skills/tricks" people and there are the "basketball"ers. Or simply try a bit of both.
Keiar Renaud is our tester and is willing to assist anyone who is interested in improving their skills.
Possible Places for Weekend Outings
Do you have a favorite spot to ride that you think the club would like? Please tell us and we'll schedule it in. We need to have a backup plan if the weather's bad.
- High Park: Paved. Here's a map fron Cyclepath
- Toronto Island/Centre Island: Paved. Map from Cyclepath
- Leslie Street Spit/Tommy Thompson Park: Run by the Toronto Regional Conservation Authority, this area is a sanctuary for birds and wildlife. Dirt path
- York University: Keele Street Campus. There's a strike and picketing going on, so maybe not. And I can't find out if parking is free on the weekend. Paved
- Centennial Park: large park by the airport. Map
- Centennial College: Progress Ave Campus. Parking is free after 5:00pm and on week-ends
- Central Tech and area: 725 Bathurst. St., on the north east corner of Bathurst & Harbord. Paved. Map
- Financial District: Paved.
Weekend Outings Completed
- Toronto City Hall and area around Dundas/Yonge Street: Done this once
- Harbourfront: Done Oct '00
- L'Amoreaux Park: Oct '00
- Edwards Gardens: map of bike path Done Oct '00
Weekend Outings Toronto Weather
Central Tech & University of Toronto, Sunday November 4, 2000 at 2:00pm
The Central Tech School has a nice track that you can practice your lane riding, sprinting and backwards riding, all while staying within the lines. There are various other neat places to go around the school. University of Toronto's inner sanctum is nearby and we can see all those old and interesting buildings. Meet at Central Tech's track. Central Tech is at Bathurst and Harbord, two blocks south or bathurst/Bloor. Parking is on Borden Street. Map, or source.
Mount Pleasant Cemetary, Sunday October 29, 2000
The Halloween themed ride was great, with 11 riders showing up at the cemetary. Hats off to those who rode in costume. Some of the tombs were amazing, with a mix of old and new, wealthy and not so. Of note was the Eaton Cript, and the Massey "house". We did not locate Glenn Gould's grave. We paid tribute to a number of people, inlcluding Nick's mother. Pics
Edwards Gardens, Sunday October 22, 2000
Johnathan came with his 36" Coker, a real mother of a large uni, and it goes pretty fast too. We attracted lots of attention by going down the large grass hill, traversing so we wouldn't pick up much speed. We did most of the trails. Johnathan tried the really steep killer hill, but he couldn't make it up. Off we went on the bike path, which was mostly paved, but there were some sections where the pavement was buckling or washed out. There was a sand trap or two that added to the variety of the ride. We stopped at Sunnybrook Park and headed back. The ride was about 2 hours long and lots of fun. There was one large uphill at the end of the ride.Pics
L'Amoreaux Park, Sunday October 15, 2000
It rained cats and dogs, but after an hour it let up and 6 of us had a good ride. Nice paved hills to climb. One large dirt downhill run was most challenging. Lots of paved area to practice. Then there was the off-road section, which was hard on the legs but lots of fun. Pics
