Applewood Probus Biking for 2026
Welcome all to our 2026 season. We welcome the new members to our group: Mario Furtado, Jacob Vandermark, Fraser Campbell, John Paterson, Ed Cloutier and Bob Leeder.
Our format, as in the past under my "leadership", is to enjoy the ride and enjoy the company. We average 20 km. of biking in each outing, but those that want to go further always have the option to ride further before we start our ride or after we are finished having lunch together. They are morning rides normally starting at 10 AM, in an attempt to avoid the afternoon rush hour(s) and involve having lunch as a group at a pleasant restaurant at around noon time. On occasion we may start a bit later if it makes sense to have lunch at the 10 km. mark of our ride before returning to our vehicles. I drive times to the meeting point become more and more of a problem as the traffic on the roads in the GTA continues to get worse, but I am always open to suggestions as to how far we as a group are prepared to travel in order to get to a different bike trail. I also tend to select trips along designated rail trails and avoid riding along busy roads (although crossing somewhat busy roads is generally unavoidable).
For the last number of years, we have had the majority of our rides on Fridays, but that is a problem for some of our members. So, this year I have a bit of a mix of weekdays, hoping that most of you can make most of the rides.
The dates that I have chosen are as follows:
Thursday, April 30th
Thursday, May 28th
Thursday, June 25th
]Friday, July 17th
Wednesday, August 19th
Wednesday, September 16th
I will also try to get a bike trip in in October. Our first ride will likely occur along the Humber River, starting around Bloor Street and going up to the Eglinton area before returning.
Details will follow later on this month.
For more information, please contact Joseph Reid at dierhjski@yahoo.ca
