2018 toronto Season

Distance	Route	Starting time	Starting location
23 Populaire	New Years Toronto	Mon January 1 2018 09:30	Hampton Ave at Danforth Ave, Toronto
75 Populaire	Concord Bradford Toronto	Sat March 24 2018 10:00	Tim Horton's, Rutherford Rd at Keele St, Vaughan
110 Populaire	Uxbridge Ice Classic Toronto	Sun April 8 2018 09:00	Tim Horton's, Steeles Ave and Don Mills Rd, Toronto
135 Populaire	Concord Belfountain Toronto	Sat April 14 2018 09:00	Tim Horton's, Rutherford Rd at Keele St, Vaughan
130 Populaire	Erin Mills Erin Toronto	Sun April 22 2018 09:00	Tim Horton's, Erin Mills Town Centre, Mississauga
200 Brevet	Gentle Start Oakville Toronto	Sun April 29 2018 08:00	Tim Horton's, Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Hills of Hockley Toronto	Sat May 12 2018 07:00	Tim Horton's, Rutherford Rd at Keele St, Vaughan
200 Brevet	Concord Orillia Toronto	Sun May 27 2018 06:00	Tim Horton's, Rutherford Rd at Keele St, Vaughan
300 Brevet	Pretty River Valley Toronto	Sat June 2 2018 06:00	Tim Horton's, Rutherford Rd at Keele St, Vaughan
200 Brevet	Markham Keswick Toronto	Sat June 9 2018 06:00	Markham GO Station, Main St, Markham
200 Brevet	Six Nation Oakville Toronto	Sun June 24 2018 08:00	Tim Horton's, Cross Ave, Oakville
400 Brevet	Concord Collingwood Toronto	Sat July 7 2018 06:00	Tim Horton's, Rutherford Rd at Keele St, Vaughan
600 Brevet	Huron Shores Toronto	Sat July 14 2018 06:00	Tim Hortons, Hwy 7, Rutherford and Keele, Concord
1000 Brevet	Three Lakes Toronto	Sat August 4 2018 06:00	Tim Horton's, Rutherford Rd at Keele St, Vaughan
200 Brevet	Waterfront East Toronto	Sun August 12 2018 08:00	Tim Hortons, 123 Guildwood Pkwy, Scarborough
200 Brevet	Markham Woodville Toronto	Sat September 8 2018 07:00	Tim Horton's, Hwy 7 near 9th Line, Markham
200 Brevet	Castle Toronto	Sat October 13 2018 08:00	Gateway Service Centre, Grimsby
200 Brevet	Scugog Circle Rouge Hill Toronto	Sun November 4 2018 07:00	Rouge Hill GO Station, Scarborough

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...