For the last few summers I participated in the Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour, a bike trip from Ottawa to Kingston and back in two days with a round-trip distance of over 350 kilometers, with the Ottawa Bicycle Club.
My bike isn't very fancy, but it's versatile and gets me to where I wanna go. I used to own a Specialized Crossroads Elite until it got stolen on 2004-06-25. Now I own an Eclipse (in-house Pecco's brand).