2016 toronto Season

Distance	Route	Starting time	Starting location
32 Populaire	New Years Toronto	Fri January 1 2016 10:00	Danforth
60 Populaire	Rouge Ramble Toronto	Sat March 19 2016 10:00	Danforth
75 Populaire	Concord Bradford Toronto	Sat March 26 2016 10:00	Concord
110 Populaire	Uxbridge Ice Classic Toronto	Sat April 2 2016 10:00	Steeles and Don Mill
135 Populaire	Concord Belfountain Toronto	Sat April 9 2016 10:00	Maple
130 Populaire	Erin Mills Erin Toronto	Sun April 17 2016 09:00	Erin Mills
200 Brevet	Gentle Start Toronto	Sun April 24 2016 08:00	Erin Mills
200 Brevet	Markham Woodville Toronto	Sat April 30 2016 08:00	Markham
300 Brevet	Hills Villes and Valleys Toronto	Sat May 7 2016 06:00	Concord
200 Brevet	Grand River Toronto	Sun May 22 2016 07:00	Erin Mills
400 Brevet	Concord Collingwood Toronto	Sat May 28 2016 06:00	Concord
200 Brevet	Scugog Circle Toronto	Sun June 5 2016 07:00	Markham
600 Brevet	Tour of Southwestern Ontario Toronto	Sat June 11 2016 06:00	Erin Mills
200 Brevet	Hills of Hockley Toronto	Sat June 18 2016 07:00	Concord
300 Brevet	Lakes and Vines Toronto	Sat June 25 2016 06:00	Erin Mills
200 Brevet	Six Nations Toronto	Sat July 2 2016 07:00	Erin Mills
400 Brevet	Oak Ridges Moraine Toronto	Sat July 16 2016 06:00	Erin Mills
200 Brevet	Niagara Ramble Toronto	Sun August 7 2016 08:00	Grimsby
600 Brevet	Huron Shore Toronto	Sat August 20 2016 06:00	Concord
200 Brevet	Concord Orillia Toronto	Sun September 4 2016 08:00	Concord
200 Brevet	Castle Toronto	Sat October 1 2016 08:00	Grimsby
200 Brevet	Hills of Hockley Toronto	Sat October 22 2016 08:00	Concord

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

The Great Canada Bicycle Tour 600km brevet ride report by Michael Charland

How not to Ride a Brevet – A Long-winded Tale About The Great Canadian Bicycle Ride Tour (GCBT) is a 600km bike ride in honour of the 140th anniversary of the original ride done done in 1883. For a great in-depth article see: https://blog.randonneursontario.ca/?p=1361. It was held on May 6th and 7th of 2023. The Day Before… I chose to ride from home to Burlington which was about 100km. Long term plans here are get use to riding consecutive long-distance rides. Ride went super smooth as I took it really, really easy. I road through Joe Sames Leisure Park which was really nice. I arrived at ar...

“As we remember it…” a conversation by Howard Rogers and Phil Mallette

Howard: My early recollection was that Jim Griffin and I went out for a meal to get ourselves stuffed up with lots of pasta and to get to the start pretty early. He returned to the hotel to prepare the bicycles at around about 11p.m. suppose, only to be told we couldn’t go into the courtyard where our bicycles were kept to get them ready. After 20 mtnutes of arguing we were contemplating all sorts of dastardly deeds to the poor bastard behind the desk. He didn’t seem to understand that it was exceedingly important for us to get our two bicycles and to get to the start of the event. He didn’t b...