2022 toronto Season

Distance	Route	Starting time	Starting location
25 Populaire	New Years Toronto	Sat January 1 2022 10:00	Tim Horton's 731 Eastern Ave., Toronto.
60 Populaire	Rouge Ramble Toronto	Sat March 12 2022 10:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
75 Populaire	Concord Bradford Toronto	Sat March 19 2022 10:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
92 Populaire	E-Z Toronto Loop Toronto	Sun March 27 2022 09:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
110 Populaire	Uxbridge Ice Classic Toronto	Sun April 10 2022 09:00	Tim Horton's, 2890 Steeles Ave E, Thornhill
200 Brevet	Gentle Start Toronto	Sat April 16 2022 08:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Warmup Toronto	Sat April 30 2022 08:00	Tim Hortons 5250 Dundas St W, Etobicoke, ON M9B 1A9
200 Brevet	Six Nations Oakville Toronto	Sat May 14 2022 08:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
300 Brevet	Pretty River Valley Centenary Toronto	Sat June 11 2022 07:00	Vaughan Metro Bus Terminal, Millway Ave, Vaughan, ON L4K 4R6
200 Brevet	Concord Orillia Toronto	Sat June 11 2022 07:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
300 Brevet	Kissing Bridge Toronto	Sat June 25 2022 05:12	Mimico GO Station, 315 Royal York Road, Toronto
600 Brevet	Punkeydoodles Corners Toronto	Fri July 1 2022 05:00	Tim Hortons 5250 Dundas St W, Etobicoke, ON M9B 1A9
400 Brevet	Oak Ridges Moraine Toronto	Sat July 16 2022 06:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Tour of the Valleys Toronto	Sat July 16 2022 06:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
600 Brevet	Wiarton Connection Toronto	Sat July 30 2022 05:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Mariposa Toronto	Sat August 13 2022 06:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
400 Brevet	Mnjikaning Toronto	Sat August 13 2022 06:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
200 Brevet	Concord Orillia Toronto	Sat September 10 2022 07:30	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
200 Brevet	Hills of Hockley Toronto	Sat September 24 2022 08:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
75 Populaire	Concord Bradford Toronto	Sat September 24 2022 08:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
200 Brevet	Niagara Ramble Toronto	Sat October 8 2022 08:00	Grimsby Information Center, 424 S Service Rd, Grimsby
92 Populaire	E-Z Toronto Loop Toronto	Sun October 23 2022 09:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
34 Populaire	Saddle Sisters Toronto	Sat December 24 2022 10:00	The Good Neighbour Espresso Bar, 238 Annette St, 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...