2020 toronto Season

Distance	Route	Starting time	Starting location
23 Populaire	New Years Toronto	Wed January 1 2020 10:00	Second Cup, 355 Danforth Ave, Toronto
60 Populaire	Rouge Ramble Toronto	Sun March 15 2020 10:00	Second Cup, 355 Danforth Ave, Toronto
75 Populaire	Concord Bradford Toronto	Sat March 21 2020 10:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
80 Populaire	Oakville Campbellville Toronto	Sat March 28 2020 09:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
110 Populaire	Uxbridge Ice Classic Toronto	Sat April 11 2020 09:00	Tim Horton's, 2890 Steeles Ave E, Thornhill
200 Brevet	Gentle Start Toronto	Sat April 18 2020 08:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Scugog Circle Toronto	Sat May 30 2020 08:00	Rouge Hill GO, 6251 Lawrence Ave E, Scarborough
200 Brevet	Six Nation Oakville Toronto	Sat June 27 2020 08:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
60 Populaire	Rouge Ramble Toronto	Sat July 4 2020 08:00	Second Cup, 355 Danforth Ave, Toronto
400 Brevet	Oak Ridges Moraine Toronto	Sat July 11 2020 06:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Udora-Uxbridge-Utica Toronto	Sat July 11 2020 08:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
400 Brevet	Mnjikaning Toronto	Sat July 18 2020 06:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
75 Populaire	Concord Bradford Toronto	Sat July 18 2020 08:00	Tim Horton's, Rutherford Rd at Keele St, Vaughan
200 Brevet	Niagara Ramble Toronto	Sat July 25 2020 08:00	Grimsby Information Center, 424 S Service Rd, Grimsby
600 Brevet	Huron Shores Toronto	Sat August 1 2020 06:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
600 Brevet	Farmers Market Toronto	Sat August 8 2020 06:00	Tim Hortons, 585 Weber St N, Waterloo
200 Brevet	Hills of Hockley Toronto	Sat August 15 2020 08:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
400 Brevet	Oak Ridges Moraine Toronto	Sat August 22 2020 06:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
600 Brevet	Belleville Loop Toronto	Sat August 29 2020 06:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
300 Brevet	Lakes and Vines Toronto	Sun September 6 2020 06:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
50 Populaire	Toronto the Good Toronto	Sat September 12 2020 07:00	Tim Hortons, 152 Park Lawn Rd, Toronto
300 Brevet	Kissing Bridge Toronto	Sat September 12 2020 05:00	Tim Hortons, 152 Park Lawn Rd, Toronto
200 Brevet	Niagara Ramble Toronto	Sat September 19 2020 08:00	Grimsby Information Center, 424 S Service Rd, Grimsby
200 Brevet	Udora-Uxbridge-Utica Toronto	Sat September 26 2020 07:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
200 Brevet	Castle Toronto	Sat October 10 2020 08:00	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...