Launching the season

TBN's Spring Kickoff, a great social event that will open the 2024 cycling season, is set for the morning of May 4. That evening, to continue the celebrations, the club's inaugural Spring Fling will feature a buffet-style Middle-Eastern dinner and dancing to live music by The Junctioneers, one of the best cover bands in Toronto. For more information and to register for the Spring Fling, go to the Social Events page. Registration for the Spring Kickoff will open very soon.

GEARING UP FOR CYCLON 2024

TBN cycling season is just around the corner and the Cyclon committee is hard at work planning for Cyclon 2024, which this year will be held Aug. 2-5 at Trent University in Peterborough. Trent has a beautiful campus (pictured below) situated on the lovely Otonabee River. Enjoy rides each day for all classifications, a Friday night reception, hosted Saturday night dinners and the Sunday night banquet and dance. Cyclon registration will open in mid-April. Stay tuned for more info. 

New: TBN fees may now be paid via e-transfer 

Invoices for membership applications and renewals are now payable in two different ways. If you select "Pay Online" you will pay via PayPal. If you select "Invoice Me" you must pay via an e-transfer to treasurer@tbn.ca. Be sure to include the invoice number within the comment field of your e-transfer. Note that online payments are registered immediately, but e-transfer payments require a manual processing step to update our payments database. Please allow 48 hours for processing. 

Seeking nominees for TBN Communications Director post

Joey Schwarz is no longer serving as TBN Communications Director. As a result the Board is seeking volunteers to be considered for that position. Those interested are asked to email TBN President Gord Irish. This is a two-year term. Visit our Volunteer Positions page for brief descriptions of the various Board members' roles, including this one.

Seeking volunteers for Bike for Brain Health

TBN is aiming to recruit 30 ambassadors and 30 marshals to take on special roles during this year's Bike for Brain Health, June 2 along a friendly, closed Don Valley Parkway/Gardiner Express. These volunteers, who must be TBN members, will ride in pairs to perform their duties, and all will be invited to a buffet lunch after the ride. TBN’s coordinators for our involvement are Terry Walsh and Jerry Finch. To register as a volunteer for this ride, click here. For more information, email touring@tbn.ca.

Free CAN-BIKE classes For TBN members

Andrew and Martin will be teaching the CAN-BIKE level 3/4 classes for TBN members, April 12-14. Do you want to boost your cycling skill level? Be a safer and more defensive rider on the road? Increase your confidence about riding on city streets? Whether you are a new or a long-term rider, there is always something to learn, some skills to improve, and, admit it, some bad habits to unlearn. Perhaps you are a TBN ride leader, but you are uncertain about what skills/behaviours to demonstrate and encourage as you lead your ride. CAN-BIKE provides structured classes to help you with all this and more! CAN-BIKE provides a Canada-wide skills curriculum as defined by Cycling Canada, and is recommended by provincial governments and many Canadian cities. Note that anyone can take the April 12 CAN-BIKE Zoom session, but they will not get a CAN-BIKE certificate for taking part in only that one online session. For the certificate, the entire weekend program must be completed. Currently, there are two spots available for the in-person sessions. Once they are filled, others will be on a waiting list. For information on this TBN educational offering, see PROGRAMS/EDUCATION/CAN-BIKE LEV 3 / LEV 4 EDUCATION or https://www.tbn.ca/CAN-BIKE-Classes

New Tourist Ride coordinators for 2024

Many thanks to Danny Harvey, who is departing as Tourist Ride program coordinator this year. We wish him the best with his new-found time to explore the wide world beyond TBN. The program will be run this year by Frank Piazza, Terry Walsh and Sam Bootsma. TBN is grateful to them for stepping up as volunteers. Members who are interested in participating in Tourist Rides this year, or trying out a ride, are asked to please complete this Survey. There is currently no closing date for this survey. However, we urge everyone to complete it as soon as possible as a closing date could be implemented in the coming weeks without warning 

UPCOMING RIDES AND EVENTS

Next 20 rides/events

See all rides and events on the main calendar and also check back two hours in advance in case of last minute updates or cancellation due to weather. You can also find past rides on this calendar. 

HOW TO CANCEL A RESERVATION FOR AN EVENT

Due to an issue we have discovered on Apple devices, we have had to revert to the original wording for the link used to cancel your reservation for an event. If you need to cancel your reservation for an event, see the Cancel-my-registration page for details.

Most Recent Newsletter

Chain of Events is TBN's e-newsletter, featuring up to date info about upcoming rides and events. Click here for the most recent Chain of Events.

Share your blogs with TBN members

TBN member Jun Nogami has an informative blog on Facebook, which includes summaries and photos from club rides. Check it out here. If other members would like to request that we share similar cycling-focused blogs with members via tbn.ca, contact the Communications Director.