2019 toronto Season

Distance	Route	Starting time	Starting location
23 Populaire	New Years Toronto	Tue January 1 2019 10:00	Second Cup, 355 Danforth Ave, Toronto
60 Populaire	Rouge Ramble Toronto	Sun March 17 2019 10:00	Second Cup, 355 Danforth Ave, Toronto
75 Populaire	Concord Bradford Toronto	Sat March 23 2019 10:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
80 Populaire	Oakville-Campbellville Toronto	Sun March 31 2019 09:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
110 Populaire	Uxbridge Ice Classic Toronto	Sun April 7 2019 09:00	Tim Horton's, 2890 Steeles Ave E, Thornhill
200 Brevet	Gentle Start Toronto	Sun April 14 2019 08:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Hills of Hockley Toronto	Sat April 20 2019 08:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
300 Brevet	Lakes and Vines Toronto	Sat April 27 2019 08:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Concord Orillia Toronto	Sun May 5 2019 07:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
400 Brevet	Georgian Triangle Toronto	Sat May 11 2019 06:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
200 Brevet	Scugog Circle Toronto	Sun May 19 2019 07:00	Rouge Hill GO, 6251 Lawrence Ave E, Scarborough
300 Brevet	DW Carden Plain Toronto	Sat May 25 2019 06:00	Comfort Inn Toronto Northeast8330 Woodbine Ave,Markham
200 Brevet	DW Markham Keswick Toronto	Sun May 26 2019 08:00	Comfort Inn Toronto Northeast8330 Woodbine Ave,Markham
400 Brevet	DW Old Toronto	Tue May 28 2019 06:00	Comfort Inn Toronto Northeast8330 Woodbine Ave,Markham
600 Brevet	DW Georgian Wood Toronto	Thu May 30 2019 06:00	Comfort Inn Toronto Northeast8330 Woodbine Ave,Markham
600 Brevet	Huron Shores Toronto	Sat June 8 2019 06:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
300 Brevet	Hills Villes and Valleys Toronto	Sat June 22 2019 06:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
400 Brevet	Concord Collingwood Toronto	Sat June 29 2019 06:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
300 Brevet	Pretty River Valley Toronto	Sun July 7 2019 06:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
600 Brevet	Tour of Southwestern Ontario Toronto	Sat July 20 2019 06:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
400 Brevet	Maple Shakespeare Toronto	Sat August 10 2019 06:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
200 Brevet	Tour of the Valleys Toronto	Sun August 18 2019 06:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Markham Woodville Toronto	Sun September 8 2019 07:00	Tim Horton's, 6565 Hwy 7, Markham
200 Brevet	Castle Toronto	Sat October 5 2019 07:00	Grimsby Information Center, 424 S Service Rd, Grimsby

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...