I seem to recall that there is a bad weather epic ride somewhere around Toronto in early November. Does anyone know anything about it. I can't find it on mynextrace.com or on the TBN site

I think To Hell and Back is the ride you're thinking of. Here's an article by Cervelo boss Gerard Vroomen about his go at it a few years back: http://www.slowtwitch.com/mainheadings/lifestyle/gerard.html. Never done it myself, but it sounds fun in a sort of masochistic way.