2025 ottawa Season

Distance	Route	Starting time	Starting location
40 Populaire	Carleton Place Ottawa	Sat March 29 2025 10:00	Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
60 Populaire	Osgoode Ottawa	Sat April 5 2025 10:00	Osgoode Community Centre, Osgoode
119 Populaire	Tatlock Ottawa	Sat April 12 2025 08:00	Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
200 Brevet	Morrisburg Ottawa	Sat April 19 2025 07:00	Brewer Park
98 Populaire	Maple Syrup and Gravel Ottawa	Sat April 26 2025 08:00	Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
300 Brevet	Narrows Locks Ottawa	Sat May 3 2025 06:00	Britannia Beach at Greenview Ave, Ottawa
200 Brevet	South Lavant Ottawa	Sat May 10 2025 07:00	Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
110 Populaire	Kemptville Ottawa	Sat May 24 2025 08:00	Park & Ride, Carp Rd at Westbrook Rd, Stittsville
400 Brevet	Westport-Parham Ottawa	Sat May 31 2025 05:00	Brewer Park
200 Brevet	Dirty Prior Ottawa	Sat June 7 2025 07:00	Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
300 Brevet	Animalathon Ottawa	Sat June 14 2025 06:00	Park & Ride, Carp Rd at Westbrook Rd, Stittsville
600 Brevet	Kingston Ottawa	Sat June 21 2025 05:00	Britannia Beach at Greenview Ave, Ottawa
400 Brevet	Frontenac Ottawa	Sat July 12 2025 05:00	Park & Ride, Carp Rd at Westbrook Rd, Stittsville
117 Populaire	Mississippi Ottawa	Sat July 19 2025 08:00	Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
200 Brevet	Short Shot Ottawa	Sat July 26 2025 08:00	Clayton Community Centre
300 Brevet	Buckshot Lake Ottawa	Sat July 26 2025 06:00	Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
200 Brevet	Deliverance Ottawa	Sat August 9 2025 07:00	Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
600 Brevet	Barrys Bay Ottawa	Sat August 16 2025 05:00	Britannia Beach at Greenview Ave, Ottawa
200 Brevet	AGM Chenaux Ottawa	Sat September 6 2025 07:00	Holiday Inn Ottawa Kanata, 101 Kanata Avenue, Kanata
600 Brevet	Cornwall Placid Ottawa	Sat September 13 2025 05:00	Tim Hortons, 1233 Brookdale Ave, Cornwall
200 Brevet	Sharbot Lake Ottawa	Sat September 20 2025 07:00	Appleton Park and Ride, intersection Appleton Sideroad and ON-7
67 Populaire	Alice Ottawa	Sat October 4 2025 09:00	Britannia Beach at Greenview Ave, Ottawa

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

A tale of two Fleche Teams: Randonneurs Ontario Fleche 2023

This ride report is co-narrated by Fred Chagnon and JungAh Hong, two randonneurs representing each of the participating teams in the 2023 Randonneurs Ontario Fleche Event. In this event, two teams departed on the evening of Friday May 19th, and rode for 24 hours until the evening of Saturday May 20th. Though coming from opposite directions, the two teams would aim to meet at the predetermined destination of Belleville, Ontario. =-=-=-=-=- The Teams –=-=-=-=-= Fred, Marc, Brenda, Tim, Dave, Rob Team: Les Quintuplets de Belleville (Huron) Members: Fred Chagnon, Dave Cole, Marc Deshaies (SAG...

The Great Canada Bicycle Tour 600km brevet ride report by Martin Cooper

The Great Canada Bicycle Tour 600km Introduction On May 6-7 I participated in an amazing 600 km bicycle tour of southern Ontario first undertaken by the Chicago Bicycle Club in 1883. Of course, their ride pre-dated the invention of the inflatable tire and was done on heavy steel penny-farthing bicycles. While they spent more than one-week touring Ontario, we had to complete the same route in under 40 hours, including time spent stopping for food and sleep. In addition, the Chicago wheelmen were fully supported, while our ride was self-supported except for the overnight. The route began in ...