2023 toronto Season

Distance	Route	Starting time	Starting location
23 Populaire	New Years Toronto	Sun January 1 2023 10:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
60 Populaire	Rouge Ramble Toronto	Sat March 4 2023 10:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
75 Populaire	Concord Bradford Toronto	Sun March 19 2023 10:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
110 Populaire	Uxbridge Ice Classic Toronto	Sun April 9 2023 09:00	Tim Horton's, 2890 Steeles Ave E, Thornhill
200 Brevet	Gentle Start Oakville Toronto	Sat April 15 2023 08:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Tour of the Valleys Toronto	Sun May 7 2023 07:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
300 Brevet	Lakes and Vines Toronto	Sun May 7 2023 07:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
600 Brevet	Tour of Southwestern Ontario Toronto	Sat May 27 2023 06:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
400 Brevet	Oak Ridges Moraine Toronto	Sat May 27 2023 06:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Concord Orillia Toronto	Sat June 10 2023 06:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
400 Brevet	Concord Collingwood Toronto	Sat June 10 2023 06:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
300 Brevet	Kissing Bridge Toronto	Sat June 17 2023 05:00	Mimico GO, 315 Royal York Road, Toronto
600 Brevet	Punkeydoodles Corners Toronto	Sat June 24 2023 05:00	Tim Horton's, 5250 Dundas St W, Etobicoke
200 Brevet	Warmup Toronto	Sat June 24 2023 05:00	Tim Horton's, 5250 Dundas St W, Etobicoke
200 Brevet	Six Nations Oakville Toronto	Sun July 16 2023 06:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
300 Brevet	Lakes and Vines Toronto	Sun July 16 2023 06:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
400 Brevet	Maple Shakespeare Toronto	Sat July 22 2023 06:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
600 Brevet	Huron Shores Toronto	Sat August 5 2023 06:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
300 Brevet	Pretty River Valley Toronto	Sat August 5 2023 06:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
200 Brevet	Hills of Hockley Toronto	Sat September 9 2023 08:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
75 Populaire	Concord Bradford Toronto	Sat September 9 2023 08:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
200 Brevet	Rockwood Toronto	Sat September 23 2023 08:00	The Grenadier Cafe, 200 Parkside Dr, Toronto
200 Brevet	Niagara Ramble Toronto	Sun October 8 2023 08:00	Grimsby Information Center, 424 S Service Rd, Grimsby
92 Populaire	E-Z Toronto Loop Toronto	Sun October 22 2023 09:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
34 Populaire	Saddle Sisters Toronto	Sat December 23 2023 10:00	The Good Neighbour, 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...