2021 toronto Season

Distance	Route	Starting time	Starting location
23 Populaire	New Years Toronto	Fri January 1 2021 10:00	Second Cup, 355 Danforth Ave, Toronto
60 Populaire	Rouge Ramble Toronto	Sun March 14 2021 11:00	Second Cup, 355 Danforth Ave, Toronto
75 Populaire	Concord Bradford Toronto	Sat March 20 2021 10:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
80 Populaire	Oakville Campbellville Toronto	Sat March 27 2021 09:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
110 Populaire	Uxbridge Ice Classic Toronto	Sat April 10 2021 09:00	Tim Horton's, 2890 Steeles Ave E, Thornhill
200 Brevet	Gentle Start Toronto	Sat April 17 2021 08:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Scugog Circle Toronto	Fri May 14 2021 08:00	Rouge Hill GO, 6251 Lawrence Ave E, Scarborough
200 Brevet	Udora-Uxbridge-Utica Toronto	Sat June 5 2021 08:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
300 Brevet	Kissing Bridge Toronto	Sat June 19 2021 04:59	Tim Hortons, 152 Park Lawn Rd, Toronto
200 Brevet	Gentle Start Toronto	Sat June 26 2021 08:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
400 Brevet	Concord Collingwood Toronto	Sat July 10 2021 05:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
200 Brevet	Hills of Hockley Toronto	Sat July 10 2021 08:00	Tim Horton's, 9151 Keele St, Vaughan
200 Brevet	Udora-Uxbridge-Utica Toronto	Sat July 17 2021 05:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
400 Brevet	Mnjikaning Toronto	Sat July 17 2021 05:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
600 Brevet	Tour of Southwestern Ontario Toronto	Sat July 31 2021 05:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Waterfront East Toronto	Sat August 7 2021 08:00	Rouge Hill GO, 6251 Lawrence Ave E, Scarborough
600 Brevet	Belleville Loop Toronto	Sat August 28 2021 05:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
200 Brevet	Tour of the Valleys Toronto	Sat August 28 2021 08:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
300 Brevet	Lakes and Vines Toronto	Sun September 5 2021 05:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Mariposa (Centenary) Toronto	Sat September 11 2021 07:00	Market Street Park, 149 King St E, Toronto
200 Brevet	Niagara Plateau Toronto	Sat September 18 2021 08:00	Tim Hortons, 11 Sinclair Blvd. Brantford
200 Brevet	Castle Toronto	Sat October 9 2021 08:00	Grimsby Information Center, 424 S Service Rd, Grimsby
600 Brevet	Belleville Loop Toronto	Thu October 28 2021 05:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto

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...