Ok, so you have your brand-new bike! Congrats! Now where will you ride it? 

Toronto is full of parks, roads, trails and hidden places that make it a joy to explore by bike. With most of the city boundary falling within a 10km of Lake Ontario, pretty much everything is within bikeable distance! 

We've collected our staff's favourite places to ride our bikes in this list. Read on to follow our tire tracks to some of the coolest trails in Toronto! 

HIGH PARK AND THE RONCESVALLES NEIGHBOURHOOD - BLOOR & PARKSIDE 

This is a great place to get your feet wet and ride quieter roads while taking in the sights. High Park is a favourite early-morning ride for roadies completing lap intervals, but it's also a wonderful place to bring your kids and see some amazing nature along the way in its 400-hectare footprint. 

Visit the High Park Nature Centre, the High Park Zoo, or the amazing Jamie Bell Adventure Playground with little ones, or take your four-legged friend to the Off-Leash Dog Park. If you're after some quiet and solitude, the High Park Labyrinth provides a great respite from city life.

Roncesvalles is known for its main street with tons of cute shops, but it's also a gorgeous neighbourhood full of century brick homes with carefully-tended gardens. Take a meandering ride on the side streets along Indian Road to enjoy all this area has to offer.

For after-ride snacks, treat yourself to Tibetan momos in the northern section of Little Tibet in Parkdale, along Queen between Sorauren and Brock.

THE LESLIE SPIT AND CHERRY BEACH - LESLIE & COMMISSIONERS

Tommy Thompson Park, lovingly known by locals as the Spit, started as a breakwater built from Toronto's construction waste to protect the downtown shoreline from erosion damage. Left to nature, the brutalist concrete and rebar jetty is now home to grasslands, young forest, and tons of birds. As the site is still being built out, it's only open to the public on weekends, and the significant wildlife population means no pets are allowed on the property.

Be sure to ride both sides round the lake in the middle, making time to visit the fingers along the eastern edge where you can see the foundation of the Spit made of bricks, telephone poles and 1930's building facades. The southernmost tip features a small lighthouse and the western side of the jetty offers great views of the city and Toronto Islands. 

On your way back to the city, follow the 3km Martin Goodman Trail to Cherry Beach, which takes you through a forested path and feels reminiscent of a Vondelpark cycling path in Amsterdam.