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This Mariposa frame and fork was built in 1971 with Nervex lugs and Reynolds 531 tubing.  The bike was one of the first out of the shop at 175 King St in downtown Toronto. It was ridden all over [...]

By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai   The Mercier Company was established in St. Etienne, France in the early part of the Twentieth Century. They produced a large range of bikes from [...]

By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai Following the Italian Gino Bartali’s second victory in the Tour de France in 1948, he decided that for the 1949 Tour he would ride a bike fitted with a [...]

By Mike Barry Sr. Photography By Walter Lai In 1981, my ex business partner, Mike Brown and I decided to attempt the Raid Pryenean, a 750 kilometer journey across the length of the Pyrenean [...]

By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai Cycles Rochet was an old French company established in the early 1890s in Albert, northern France. Their extensive factory was demolished in the First [...]

Words by Mike Barry Sr. Photos by Walter Lai and Dede Barry Over the last 67 years that I have been cycling, I have had many bikes. Just two of those have been stolen. The first one stolen was my [...]