2021 ottawa Season

Distance	Route	Starting time	Starting location
40 Populaire	Carleton Place Ottawa	Sat March 27 2021 10:00	Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
60 Populaire	Osgoode Ottawa	Sat April 3 2021 10:00	Osgoode Community Centre, Osgoode
71 Populaire	Almonte Ottawa	Sat April 10 2021 10:00	Park & Ride, Carp Rd at Westbrook Rd, Stittsville
90 Populaire	Maple Syrup and Dirt Ottawa	Sat April 17 2021 08:00	Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
200 Brevet	Sharbot Lake Ottawa	Sat April 24 2021 07:00	Appleton Park and Ride
200 Brevet	Merrickville Ottawa	Sat May 1 2021 07:00	Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
110 Populaire	Kemptville Ottawa	Sat May 8 2021 08:00	Park & Ride, Carp Rd at Westbrook Rd, Stittsville
133 Populaire	Osgoode Ottawa	Sat May 22 2021 08:00	Osgoode Community Centre (Arena), 5660 Main St, Osgoode
300 Brevet	Buckshot Lake Ottawa	Sat May 29 2021 06:00	Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
300 Brevet	Animalathon Ottawa	Sat June 5 2021 05:00	Park & Ride, Carp Rd at Westbrook Rd, Stittsville
119 Populaire	Tatlock Ottawa	Sat June 12 2021 07:00	Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
400 Brevet	Frontenac Ottawa	Sat June 19 2021 05:00	Park & Ride, Carp Rd at Westbrook Rd, Stittsville
600 Brevet	Kingston Ottawa	Sat June 26 2021 05:00	Britannia Beach at Greenview Ave, Ottawa
1000 Brevet	Coureur de Bois Ottawa	Sat July 3 2021 05:00	Hornet's Nest, 1660 Bearbrook Road, Gloucester
200 Brevet	Almonte Chenaux Ottawa	Sat July 10 2021 06:00	Almonte Curling Club, 160 Bridge St., Almonte, Ontario
300 Brevet	Gravelly Animalathon Ottawa	Sat July 24 2021 06:00	Park & Ride, Carp Rd at Westbrook Rd, Stittsville
67 Populaire	Alice Ottawa	Sat July 31 2021 08:00	Britannia Park and Beach, 2805 Carling Ave,Ottawa, ON K2B 8K6
71 Populaire	Almonte Ottawa	Sat August 7 2021 08:00	Carp Road Park & Ride, Carp Rd and Westbrooke Rd, Stittsville
400 Brevet	Foymount Ottawa	Sat August 7 2021 05:00	Park & Ride, Carp Rd at Westbrook Rd, Stittsville
110 Populaire	Kemptville Ottawa	Sat August 14 2021 07:00	Carp Rd Park & Ride, Carp Rd and Westbrooke Rd, Stittsville
600 Brevet	Kingston Ottawa	Sat August 21 2021 05:00	Britannia Beach at Greenview Ave, Ottawa
117 Populaire	Mississippi Ottawa	Sat August 28 2021 07:00	Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
133 Populaire	Osgoode Ottawa	Sat September 4 2021 07:00	Osgoode Community Centre, 5660 Osgoode Main St, Osgoode, ON K0A 2W0
200 Brevet	Almonte Chenaux Ottawa	Sat September 11 2021 07:00	Almonte Curling Club, 160 Bridge St., Almonte, Ontario
200 Brevet	Sharbot Lake Ottawa	Sat September 25 2021 07:00	Appleton Sideroad Park and Ride, ON-7 and Appleton Sideroad

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

Nassagaweya, and Other Minor Calamities

By the time we reached the final ten kilometers, we were, to put it delicately, no longer in peak condition. It was 10 p.m. We’d been riding since six in the morning. Most of us had been up since four. I was sunburned, bruised, mildly concussed by heat, and radiating the unmistakable smell of someone who had eaten too many granola bars in a single day. And still, it felt good. Michel arrives at the final control in Waterloo. There’s a part of the route every ride in Waterloo seems to share, a stretch of road that tells you you’re almost home. For me, that’s the intersection of Katherine S...

Endless Flat 1200. My first grand brevet – By Michael Charland

Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/14401335647 RideWithGPS: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50530187 What? Endless Flat 1200 hosted by the Northern Virginia Randonneurs (NVR) is a grand brevet starting and ending in Richmond, Virginia and looping to and from Elizabeth City, North Carolina. As the name implies the route is very flat, but with the first roughly 600km going south it means a lot of headwinds. 2025 was the first year of the event. Why? I got lucky and was able to get a position in London-Edinburgh-London (LEL) which is 1,540km with 13,000m climbing. My longest ride befor...