2016 ottawa Season

Distance	Route	Starting time	Starting location
40 Populaire	Carleton Place Ottawa	Sat March 12 2016 09:00	Ashton
60 Populaire	Osgoode Ottawa	Sat March 19 2016 08:00	Osgoode
90 Populaire	Maple Syrup and Dirt Ottawa	Sat March 26 2016 08:00	Ashton
100 Populaire	Maple Syrup Ottawa	Sat April 2 2016 08:00	Ashton
117 Populaire	Mississippi Ottawa	Sat April 9 2016 07:00	Ashton
200 Brevet	Maberly Ottawa	Sat April 16 2016 07:00	Ashton
67 Populaire	Alice Ottawa	Sat April 23 2016 08:00	Britannia
200 Brevet	Chenaux Ottawa	Sat April 30 2016 07:00	Stittsville
117 Populaire	Mississippi Ottawa	Sat May 7 2016 08:00	Ashton
300 Brevet	Vennachar Ottawa	Sat May 14 2016 06:00	Stittsville
300 Brevet	Animalathon Ottawa	Sat May 28 2016 06:00	Stittsville
400 Brevet	Foymount Ottawa	Sat June 4 2016 05:00	Stittsville
400 Brevet	Athens Ottawa	Sat June 11 2016 05:00	Stittsville
600 Brevet	Kingston Ottawa	Sat June 18 2016 05:00	Britannia
600 Brevet	Bancroft Ottawa	Sat June 25 2016 05:00	Stittsville
152 Populaire	Storyland Ottawa	Sun June 26 2016 07:00	Kinburn
300 Brevet	Animalathon Ottawa	Sat July 9 2016 06:00	Stittsville
160 Populaire	Siberia Ottawa	Sat July 16 2016 09:00	Hardwood Lake
200 Brevet	South Lavant Ottawa	Sat July 23 2016 06:00	Ashton
1000 Brevet	Coureur de Bois Ottawa	Sat July 30 2016 05:00	Hornet's Nest
300 Brevet	Bancroft Ottawa	Sat July 30 2016 06:00	Bancroft
109 Populaire	New Carlow Ottawa	Sun July 31 2016 06:00	Bancroft
200 Brevet	Elephant Lake Ottawa	Mon August 1 2016 06:00	Bancroft
200 Brevet	Wakefield Ottawa	Sat August 6 2016 06:00	Britannia
133 Populaire	Osgoode Ottawa	Sat August 13 2016 08:00	Osgoode
300 Brevet	Alexandria Ottawa	Sat August 20 2016 05:00	P7 Parking Lot
400 Brevet	Athens Ottawa	Sat August 27 2016 05:00	Stittsville
600 Brevet	Placid Ottawa	Sat September 3 2016 05:00	Cornwall
200 Brevet	AGM_Chenaux Ottawa	Sat September 17 2016 08:00	Holiday Inn - Kanata

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 ...