2011 ottawa Season

Distance	Route	Starting time	Starting location
60 Populaire	Almonte Ottawa	Sat March 12 2011 09:00	Cheshire Cat
133 Populaire	Osgoode Ottawa	Sat March 19 2011 09:00	Osgoode
117 Populaire	Mississippi Ottawa	Sat March 26 2011 09:00	Ashton
186 Populaire	Elphin Ottawa	Sat April 9 2011 08:00	Ashton
200 Brevet	Merrickville Ottawa	Sat April 16 2011 07:00	Cheshire Cat
200 Brevet	Maberley Ottawa	Sat April 23 2011 07:00	Ashton
300 Brevet	Vennachar Ottawa	Sat April 30 2011 05:00	Cheshire Cat
300 Brevet	Animalathon Ottawa	Sat May 7 2011 05:00	Cheshire Cat
200 Brevet	Wakefield Ottawa	Sat May 14 2011 07:00	Britannia Bay
160 Populaire	Bancroft Ottawa	Sat May 28 2011 09:00	Hardwood Lake
400 Brevet	Foymount Ottawa	Sat June 4 2011 05:00	Cheshire Cat
133 Populaire	Osgoode Ottawa	Sat June 11 2011 09:00	Osgoode
600 Brevet	Kingston Ottawa	Sat June 18 2011 05:00	Britannia Bay
160 Populaire	Bancroft Ottawa	Sat June 25 2011 09:00	Hardwood Lake
1000 Brevet	Coureur du bois Ottawa	Sat July 2 2011 05:00	Hornets Nest
400 Brevet	Westport Ottawa	Sat July 16 2011 05:00	Carleton University
600 Brevet	Placid Ottawa	Sat July 30 2011 05:00	Cornwall

About us

Randonneurs Ontario is an ultra-distance cycling club. We've been riding long distance rides from of Toronto and southern Ontario since 1982.

Randonneurs Ontario is affiliated with the Audax Club Parisien, the parent organization governing the qualification of riders wishing to participate in the 1200K Paris - Brest - Paris Randonnee. The club is also affiliated with Les Randonneurs Mondiaux, which provides recognition for brevets other than Paris - Brest - Paris that are longer than 1000K.

Recent member reports

A tale of two Fleche Teams: Randonneurs Ontario Fleche 2023

This ride report is co-narrated by Fred Chagnon and JungAh Hong, two randonneurs representing each of the participating teams in the 2023 Randonneurs Ontario Fleche Event. In this event, two teams departed on the evening of Friday May 19th, and rode for 24 hours until the evening of Saturday May 20th. Though coming from opposite directions, the two teams would aim to meet at the predetermined destination of Belleville, Ontario. =-=-=-=-=- The Teams –=-=-=-=-= Fred, Marc, Brenda, Tim, Dave, Rob Team: Les Quintuplets de Belleville (Huron) Members: Fred Chagnon, Dave Cole, Marc Deshaies (SAG...

The Great Canada Bicycle Tour 600km brevet ride report by Martin Cooper

The Great Canada Bicycle Tour 600km Introduction On May 6-7 I participated in an amazing 600 km bicycle tour of southern Ontario first undertaken by the Chicago Bicycle Club in 1883. Of course, their ride pre-dated the invention of the inflatable tire and was done on heavy steel penny-farthing bicycles. While they spent more than one-week touring Ontario, we had to complete the same route in under 40 hours, including time spent stopping for food and sleep. In addition, the Chicago wheelmen were fully supported, while our ride was self-supported except for the overnight. The route began in ...