Twenty-two years and 3,500 copies later, it was time to see how well the original tours have held up in the face of urban sprawl. It is necessary to ride a little further to get that out-of-the-city feeling, but eight of the original tours have held up and the two that didn’t got replaced with rides that are better. Since then, the book has been revised twice to keep it up-to-date.

Ten Bike Tours In and Around Toronto was always a book with the mission of getting cyclists out enjoying the smaller, quieter roads in the rural areas around Toronto because anyone can be a bicycle tourist if they start with a few short rides in spring and then graduate to longer day treks like The Sharon Temple Tour by summer. Overnight camping and the fantastic feeling of freedom that comes with having the only possessions you will require for the next two or three days securely stowed in your panniers, that was the ultimate goal of this book. The first few tours are designed to build up muscle mass until you can comfortably ride forty-or-fifty miles in one day, after which the adventure of the open road is yours for the taking.

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