RealDeal Racing was established in 2005. What started out as a few buddies racing mountain bike events together has grown steadily and blossomed into one of the top cycling programs in Ontario. We love to race bikes so it only seemed fitting that we help out and try and do our part to organize bike races. We have organized many different events over the years including road races, criteriums, TT’s, CX races, charity rides, training camps and youth programs.

We were presented with the opportunity to bring the Toronto Paris-Roubaix Challenge back to life after a short hiatus. A storied event with a legendary history that began back in 1988. The original event organizer Mike Barry Sr drove the entire course with us sharing how much he enjoyed organizing the event, why he designed the course the way he did and the pleasure he got from putting up the arrows, preparing the course and then hosting everyone who dared to give it a try. It was a real honour to be trusted with something he cared so deeply about. Our version of his legendary event began in 2009 and to keep with the original Toronto Paris-Roubaix theme we decided to call it the Hell of the North.