Moving to Barrie

I have a trainer set up and treadmill in my basement so I am mostly in my dungeon but if group training is your think here are a few tidbits.

Barrie Bay Dogs is the local club and they are quite active, also the running room downtown is quite good for their Sunday morning runs. The Trek store has bike trainer sessions at Anne Green Yoga downtown as well.

http://www.barrietriathlonclub.com/
http://anngreenyoga.com/2013/11/sun-morning-cycle-training

Barrie is a good place for Triathlon training, I live in the South end and am 2 min from seeing cows and horses on nice lightly traveled roads. For a real bike workout head up Penetanguishe rd and then across Horseshoe Valley road all the way to Orrilia.

Also check out the New Market Eagles. They're based out of New Market (obviously), but their rides are mostly held out near Beeton. You'd have to drive there but they're really well organized and the guys know their stuff. I rode with them a few times years and years ago.

I'm going to make a suggestion for you to attract training partners.

Set your trainer and bike up at the Flying Monkeys Brewery in the bottle room and see how many people join you!

I Think you'll get a few!