A weathervane ornament designed and built in the Mariposa Bicycles workshop by Mike Barry, Sr. It is a scaled down (.62) version of the owner’s Mariposa road bicycle. Constructed with copper plumbing tubing, a handmade crankset, Specialités TA chainrings, hand-built wheels, Moulton 17” rims and washing machine hose for tires. This weathervane will be placed on a historic home in Connecticut where Albert Einstein spent his summers.

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Photography by Walter Lai

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The weathervane is a scaled down (.62) version of it’s owner’s twin Mariposa road bicycles.

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Perspective on the scale of the weathervane, as it is placed in front of a 55 cm Randonneur bicycle.