2024 toronto Season

Distance	Route	Starting time	Starting location
25 Populaire	New Years Toronto	Mon January 1 2024 10:00	Tim Horton's 731 Eastern Avenue, Toronto
60 Populaire	Rouge Ramble Toronto	Sat March 23 2024 08:00	Tim Horton's 731 Eastern Avenue, Toronto
88 Populaire	Concord Bradford Toronto	Sat March 30 2024 08:00	Vaughan Metropolitan Centre TTC Station
110 Populaire	Uxbridge Ice Classic Toronto	Sat April 6 2024 08:00	Tim Horton's 2890 Steeles Ave E, Markkham
200 Brevet	Gentle Start Oakville Toronto	Sat April 13 2024 08:00	Tim Horton's 111 Cross Avenue, Oakville
160 Populaire	Imperial Rouge Toronto	Sat April 20 2024 09:00	Rouge Hill GO Train Station
200 Brevet	Warm Up Toronto	Sat May 4 2024 08:00	Tim Horton's 5250 Dundas Street W, Etobicoke
300 Brevet	Lakes and Vines Toronto	Sat June 8 2024 06:00	Tim Horton's 111 Cross Avenue, Oakville
600 Brevet	Tour of Southwestern Ontario Toronto	Sat June 29 2024 06:00	Tim Horton's 111 Cross Avenue, Oakville
200 Brevet	Tour of the Valleys Toronto	Sat June 29 2024 06:00	Tim Horton's 111 Cross Avenue, Oakville
200 Brevet	Concord Orillia Toronto	Sat July 20 2024 06:00	Vaughan Metropolitain Centre TTC Station
400 Brevet	Georgian Triangle Toronto	Sat July 20 2024 06:00	Vaughan Metropolitain Centre TTC Station
600 Brevet	Huron Shores Toronto	Sat August 3 2024 06:00	Vaughan Metropolitain Centre TTC Station
200 Brevet	Niagara Ramble Toronto	Sat September 28 2024 08:00	424 S Service Road, Grimsby
200 Brevet	Six Nations Toronto	Sat October 5 2024 08:00	Tim Horton's 111 Cross Avenue, Oakville
200 Brevet	Mariposa Toronto	Sat June 22 2024 06:00	Tim Horton's 731 Eastern Avenue, Toronto
400 Brevet	DW Oak Ridges Toronto	Tue May 28 2024 05:00	Newmarket Inn, 18667 Old Yonge St, East Gwillimbury
600 Brevet	DW Conestogo Keswick Toronto	Thu May 30 2024 05:00	Newmarket Inn, 18667 Old Yonge St, East Gwillimbury
400 Brevet	Mnjikaning Toronto	Sat June 22 2024 06:00	Tim Horton's 731 Eastern Avenue, Toronto
300 Brevet	Kissing Bridge Toronto	Sat July 6 2024 06:00	Mimico GO Train Station
300 Brevet	Carden Plain 2024 Toronto	Sat August 3 2024 06:00	Vaughan Metropolitain Centre TTC Station
200 Brevet	Scugog Circle Urban Start Toronto	Sat August 17 2024 07:00	Tim Horton's at 731 Eastern Ave. Leslieville Toronto
300 Brevet	Lakes and Vines Toronto	Sat August 24 2024 06:00	Oakville Tim Horton's at 111 Cross Ave
100 Populaire	Mono-Creemore Escarpment Surfing Toronto	Sat October 26 2024 09:00	Mono Centre Community Centre and Park (754483 Mono Centre Road)
200 Brevet	Scugog Circle Urban Start Toronto	Sun November 17 2024 08:00	Tim Horton's 731 Eastern Avenue, 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...