Cycling Outside Waterloo Region

[Canard]

I did some more riding in Toronto this morning. I parked at Humber Park and rode in mostly along the trail there by the water, before heading up onto city streets to run some errands.

• Turning left off of a main, 4-lane street with streetcar tracks onto a side street is hard. First time I've actually thought "Well, if I was ever going to die riding, this is going to be it".
  
• I feel like at least cars a bit more aware, since there are a lot more bikes, here, so they're probably a lot more on the lookout for them here.
  
• I love how the bike paths are separate from sidewalks - but still kind of go "hmm" at joggers using the bike paths. They're certainly wide enough it's not really an issue, though.
  
• Nobody, and I mean nobody rings their bell. If they have one. I do when passing and I get weird looks. One lady jerked her dog so hard out of the way it barked, and scowled at me while I rode by like a "maniac" at 16 km/h! I can't figure out if it's just a Toronto thing (some aversion to using them) or it's just totally not even on the radar.