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Durham East (Pickering, Ajax) - part of the waterfront trail system
7 reviews
4.43 of 5
The waterfront trail system starts from Niagra Falls, ON, Canada and extends 740Kms North East. When it's completed it'll be 1,000Kms long and is planned to end at the Ontario/Quebec border. The "Durham East" part of the waterfront trail system is located in Pickering & Ajax, ON, Canada. In Pickering, travel to Brock Road, then head South all the way down to the last intersection (Brock Road/Mongonery Park Road). Follow Montgomery Park Road East and then South, just short of the dead end/look out point/parking lot for the trail. The entrance to the path will be on your left hand side (see red marked on map). It is comprised of a group of connected paved park routes that's 30Kms long (one way). Along the route are - one elevated, one vaulted and two flat/ground level bridges. Right after the elevated bridge is a very short fine gravel/sandy section (50m) due to blowing sand a few meters in from the lake and covers the path to a depth of 5cms. The trail has the odd short distance steep hill to climb with two longer hills of a lower incline. No trail markers show what your travelling on nor the next connections location. From 2003-2006 a lot of permanent park benches, chained garbage cans (oil drums), a few dozen young trees and two large waterfront trails signs were installed (mainly in Ajax). These items can be a hazard to cyclist while travelling West, especially at night as they are located immediately off the path.
Summary: REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER!!! (again)
Sadly I was NOT able to ride this path today due to rain.
This trail was excellent for 2009 with no broken glass spotted!
Again the dips, ruts, cracks, bumps are getting bigger each year.
The weeds filling them do help to cusion the ride incase you do go over them.
The painted blue line (seperating traffic in Ajax) has held up well.
A few more park benches were added along with a gazebo to reduce the cleaning & path extension budgets, oh well!
The security patrol was never spotted during the long summer months where the next crop of criminals are cutting their teeth.
Police were spotted only once during the early part of the Spring.
Wild animals were kept to rather a minimun, but with plenty of snakes spotted & nearly run over, IEE!
One dead golden eagle was spotted along with a turtle in a park attempting to cross the road.
The drug dealers from near the end of the path in Ajax have not been spotted for 2yrs now, hurray!
I did manage to get 2 flat tires in one day, believe it or not but both within 12hrs to be specific.
The first was due to my rear side tires rubber cracking & the innertube burst through.
The read headed girl at the Child Day Care was very friendly in allowing me to make an emergency phone call home - Thanks, your a life saver!
The nafter buying a new tire & innertube, I joined my friends for a nite bike ride.
The second flat tire was caused a mere 100m before the day-time flat location and this time was caused by the innertube pushing away the rim strip and puncturing in the spoke hole.
Big thanks go out to: my fiancée, CasH & Timon escorting me safely out from the non street lighted road for 4Kms to an Esso Gas Station.
Some of the usual characters from previous were not spotted like a guy who prefers to wear DH clothing, the silver haired gent and the guy with no helmet but wearing and mp3 player.
One group of 3 race cyclists one day were fun to pace off of.
Idiot pedestrians still persist to litter the path.
Mainly due to walking into on-coming traffic even with a clearly marked painted blue line.
This year many new people opted to shout-hey, slow down! or slow down!
The odd fool who still thinks there dog can be anywhere on the path as long as it's on a leash.
Recommended Route: I had a bike frame fail/brake on me on Sept.06.
Luckily I was able to ride it home upto 20Kms/hr for 14Kms.
The weld right above the re-inforced area where the seatpost meets the bottom bracket let go!
With my dads help over 2 days & 15hrs each we took the parts off this broken bike and put it onto an older bike.
I hope I can meet the guy I showed my broken frame to (on a silver full susp. bike with left mirror) my new bike one day in 2010!
A few times I managed to spot then catch upto & ride with the cute, busty, young white lady from last years posting on a black 2001 Trek Fuel 90 Disk full susp. mtb.
WOW! She is cute as heck, firm yet jiggly & a tight little bum, sweet!
Apparently she got herself a new ride, a 2009 Trek Fuel EX7 full susp.
So look for her on a TiTanium coloured bike if you don't like riding alone at approx. 12-2pm.
Now we move onto our 2009 Cash Contest...regarding how long it will take the idiot next door & his mom take to earn a drivers license?
Well friends, I can tell you NEITHER has earned one after 2 calendar years!
The WINNER of the $500 Prize($20/person)is no other then - Timon. Please, mail me your winning ticket & I will mail your cheque!
Other recommended trails in the same area: At this time I'd like to give a shout out to many of my fellow day & night bike riding peeps:
The Rock (John)
Mushpin (Robert)
Mr.F1 (Jürgen)
RingMaBell (John)
Chooks (David)
Type-R (Paul)
Mr.VW (Ian)
Mr.Huddersfield (John)
Mr.Sexy (CasH)
Kiwi (Phil)
Sexy John (My fiancée)
Mr.Don't Lift (Timon)
Haako (Stu)
lil Mia (shouldn't you be asleep? giggles!)
DSC (Nick)
Descent (Jay)
Kute Kate (Kate)
Fisico (Jody)
Eric The Red (Eric)
GP1MAX (Max)
TBBucsFan (Drew)
Mr.Toth (David)
O.B. (FreeThinker)
XeekeoO
AxeVibe
Pedrolk
Bdasilva
Diogo
P.Acevedo
Big Frank (Robert's Older Brother)
Lissie (The Dog)
Big Daddy (John Sr.)
Jack Rabbit Vibe (Kathi)
Pandie/Nutelly/Sweet Sunshine/Amanda/Kitty (Me)
No other trail/s of this length (30Kms) one way in Pickering or Ajax for a fast ride on a paved trail for day or night riding exist.
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Summary: REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER!!!
After not having ridden this path for 6 weeks (during daylight hours) & 8 weeks (during night-time hours).
I went out on...THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER!!!
Apparently the cool/cold temperatures did nothing for the mindless pedestrians on the path. Why do people with dogs always opt to look behind themselves when I approach?
I'm getting a little sick & tired of the dog leashes that block off the entire width of the path!
The newest A-hole to watchout for apparently only appears during the hours of 12pm-2pm as he likes to have his shirt off and carry it in his left hand with his right hand empty. Yes, I hear you asking yourself does this mindless Russian looking fellow walk a dog? Well you are correct! This canine is very easy to distinguish as it's a British Bulldog WITHOUT a leash. His owner is un-mistakeable as his neck is physicaly thicker then his head - the thick muscle head!
Recommended Route: Now we move onto our Cash Contest...regarding how long the idiot next door can drive until he next damages his car.
Well friends, I can tell you he is true to form & damaged his car on July 30,08.
The WINNER of the $260 Prize($20 entry/person)is no other then - CasH. Please, mail me your winning ticket and I will mail to you your cheque!
The newest development is that his wife now drives his vehicle. You should of seen this...It took her 6 tries of going forward-backward-forward-backward before she was able to park the car on her driveway parallel to the cement curbing.
Other recommended trails in the same area: At this time I'd like to give a shout out to my fellow day & night bike riding peeps: The Rock (John), Mushpin (Robert), Mr.F1 (Jürgen), Ringmabell (John), Chooks (David), Type-R (Paul), Mr.VW (Ian), Big Frank (Robert's Younger Brother), Sexy John (My fiancée), Pandie/Nutelly/Sweet Sunshine/Amanda/Kitty (Me), Lissie (The Dog) & re-instated - Jack Rabbit Vibe (Kathi) Hiey! Departed cycling member - Big Daddy (John Sr.), Hey! The Utmost Newest member - CasH, welcome!!!
No other trail/s of this length (30Kms) one way in Pickering or Ajax for a fast ride on a paved trail for day or night riding exist.
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Summary: My fiancee was assaulted/attacked by an Oriental person, male, +40yrs old, black hair (like you were expected something else, giggles!), 5'6" - 5'8" tall, about 150lbs, wearing a blue and white horizontaly stripped polo shirt, khaki trousers while walking his blonde/brown coloured little dog.
The first law he was breaking - was walking on the south side of the path while heading West (in other words on the left hand side/into on-coming traffic). He was walking with his left foot on the grass and the right foot on the path - come on Jung Wa make up your mind & make your play!
The second law he was breaking - was to have his little dog on one of those irritating re-tracktable leashes that was 10 feet out and by law (in Canada) your dog must be kept within an arms length.
The third law he broke - was to make contact and attack/assault my fiancee. At the last second the Oriental guy opted to throw his right arm into my fiancees right arm while shifting his body weight to help do so. The result...my fiancee actualy laughed it off as he just swered to the left (due to contact) and then back to the right to continue travelling East while going uphill.
Recommended Route: I'm able to tell you all this as I was right behind him at the time and was looking up as we were traveling uphill.
We were thinking to wait for him to return to his vehicle at Millenium Park (on our return trip after we passed him from behind) to see what car he drives & get his license plate to report him to the police.
Instead, were planning to show up on April 27,08. between 12-2pm. Between Millenium Park and Shoal Point Road - take photos of him, his dog, his car and license plate. Email me if you'd like to see who to aviod.
Other recommended trails in the same area: At this time I'd like to give a shout out to my fellow day & night bike riding peeps: The Rock (John), Mushpin (Robert), Mr.F1 (Jürgen), Ringmabell (John), Chooks (David), Type-R (Paul), Mr.VW (Ian), Big Frank (Robert's Younger Brother*), Sexy John (My fiancée), Pandie/Nutelly/Sweet Sunshine/Amanda/Kitty (Me), Lissie (The Dog) & re-instated - Jack Rabbit Vibe (Kathi) Hiey! Departed cycling member - Big Daddy (John Sr.), Hey!
No other trail/s of this length (30Kms) one way in Pickering or Ajax for a fast ride on a paved trail for day or night riding exist.
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Summary: My 2008 season finaly started on Sunday April 07,2008. It was still wet in 6 places, but I knew this already as there are wooded sections and other places due to bad water drainage. The asphalt surface has plenty of bumps, dips, cracks & the ruts are getting worse with plenty of them having moss growing in them. The Ajax section has new Waterfront trail markers/posts - atleast we now know where the grass cutting & clean-up budget (2007) went towards! Get this...the city of Ajax has also acquired the last 2 properties/plots of land at the end of Shoal Point Road on the south side of Lakeview Blvd. I just hope "our" tax dollars didn't go towards purchasing them at premium prices (the city couldn't buy them from the owners for the past 2 years).
Recommended Route: The Oriental guy still has not received his Lexus from the damage he caused to it on Feb.13,08. and is still riding around in a black, 4dr, Hyundai. The Indian got his SUV fixed, so...place your bets, place your bets as to when he'll crack it up next, hehe! They finaly got the backyard raked clean of leaves this past Thursday (should of been done before the snow fell) + left the plastic underbumper on the front lawn for the garbage men to collect for 19 days. They finaly picked up all the shingles the previous winds blew off there roof just last week. Arg, I lost my bet! I had $10 on them not moving it until cutting the lawn by the start of June 2008. Atleast another member of my night biking group won the pool of $.
Other recommended trails in the same area: Please be careful (angry) pedestrians, we came across 2 people with a belief of a "god given right" to walk on the left hand side of the path/both directions. One person (I can't call him a gentleman) as he didn't act like one. I guess he doesn't know that Canada is not the U.K., Australia or whatever that Oriental nation is that drives on the left hand side of the road. I guess you could say he & I were playing a game of "Chicken". Well, guess who flintched first...did you guess? Nope, he did - haha!
I need to write the assault/attack on my fiancee in the next poting as my number of words are all used up.
At this time I'd like to give a shout out to my fellow day & night bike riding peeps: The Rock (John), Mushpin (Robert), Mr.F1 (Jürgen), Ringmabell (John), Chooks (David), Type-R (Paul), Mr.VW (Ian), Big Frank (Robert's Younger Brother*), Sexy John (My fiancée), Pandie/Nutelly/Sweet Sunshine/Amanda/Kitty (Me), Lissie (The Dog) & re-instated - Jack Rabbit Vibe (Kathi) Hiey! Departed cycling member - Big Daddy (John Sr.), Hey!
No other trail/s of this length (30Kms) one way in Pickering or Ajax for a fast ride on a paved trail for day or night riding exist.
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Summary: Well the falling & melting snow for the 4th time this year (winter 2007/2008) still covers parts of the waterfront path. I wish "someone" up there would make up his mind - regarding snow OR no snow for the path. Oddly enough widelife realy doesn't like to come out during the snowy + ice cold winter months as almost no footprints have been spotted.
Recommended Route: Well it's happened yet AGAIN! The idiot next door drove his 2004 Honda Pilot, black, 4dr, SUV on a snowy & icy day and this time Hit & Killed a snow angel. He did this on St.Valentine's Day and say - well atleast it's only the front bumper. A sweet $1,000 in damages no-less, giggles! He's also driving with the front license plate missing, correct me if I'm wrong but here in Canada isn't that illegal? (as you need 2 plates at ALL times, shame, shame!)But wait...it gets better: The day before, his neighbour Hit & Killed a snow angel aswell with his 200? Lexus, black, 4dr, sedan and must of hit a chunkier angel with front bumper & hood damage. I'm now worried for my life during the upcoming 2008 cycling season as we use the exact same road/s, IEE!
Other recommended trails in the same area: At this time I'd like to give a shout out to my fellow day & night bike riding peeps: The Rock (John), Mushpin (Robert), Mr.F1 (Jürgen), Ringmabell (John), Chooks (David), Type-R (Paul), Mr.VW (Ian), Big Frank (Robert's Older Brother), Sexy John (My fiancée), Pandie/Nutelly/Sweet Sunshine/Amanda/Kitty (Me), Lissie (The Dog), Hiey! Departed cycling members - Jack Rabbit Vibe (Kathi), Big Daddy (John Sr.), Hey!
No other trail/s of this length (30Kms) one way in Pickering or Ajax for a fast ride on a paved trail for day or night riding exist.
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