Features

Mariposa Feature: All-Road Bicycle with SRAM eTap Hydraulic
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Bicycle with SRAM eTap Hydraulic
If we were to recommend one bicycle, to a cyclist that enjoys all-terrains, high speed cycling, as well as touring, this bicycle would be ideal. It is an all-road bicycle... Read more...
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Loaded Touring Bicycle
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Loaded Touring Bicycle
In 2016, we built a loaded touring bicycle for 6-Time Olympic medallist Clara Hughes, aka Redfeather, her trail name. Clara and her husband Peter are adventurers, by bike, foot, skis... Read more...
Restoration Feature: Maurice Jefferies and his 1970s Masi
Restoration Feature: Maurice Jefferies and his 1970s Masi
By Mike Barry Sr. My earliest memories of Maurice Jefferies are of him riding the Herne Hill Track in South London, England in the 1950s. He was a prominent member... Read more...
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Bicycle
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Bicycle
All-Road Bike with a Whisky Carbon disc fork that accepts mudguards, Shimano Ultegra R8000 hydraulic groupset and handbuilt wheels with DT Swiss 350 hubs, H Plus Son Hydra Rims and... Read more...
Hardwood Hills Cyclocross Race: O-Cup #3
Hardwood Hills Cyclocross Race: O-Cup #3
Photo by Ashley Barsons Team Mariposa has had a good start in the Ontario Cup Cyclocross series. This past weekend, Jody Wilson had a brilliant debut cyclocross race, finishing 2nd... Read more...
The Day Of The Hour
The Day Of The Hour
The custom Mariposa bicycle that Michael Kolesar's used to set the Canadian hour record M65-69 Category. On September 23, 2017, Giuseppe Marinoni and seasoned pro Ed Veal set new UCI... Read more...
Bob's Custom Bike
Bob's Custom Bike
Bob Zeller, a Mariposa customer and friend for more than 40 years who currently lives in the United Kingdom, went to the Donard Bicycles, a custom bicycle workshop in Strangford... Read more...
Unpainted Stock Frames
Unpainted Stock Frames
In the workshop we have unpainted stock sized frames for sale that can be customized with paint. Components and wheels are sold separately. Specifications are available below. Prices include a... Read more...
Restoration Feature: Routens
Restoration Feature: Routens
By Michael Barry Photography by Walter Lai Old bikes or just parts and frames, broken or bent, rusty and worn, often come in the shop for repair. Some require a... Read more...
Discovering Toronto: Tommy Thompson Park
Discovering Toronto: Tommy Thompson Park
By Dede Barry Photography by Walter Lai A sunrise trail ride along the Toronto waterfront, Tommy Thompson Park, an urban wilderness just a few kilometers from downtown. The park, which... Read more...
Stainless Steel Road Bicycle
Stainless Steel Road Bicycle
Photography by Walter Lai A road bicycle build with KVA stainless steel tubing and an Octto Carbon Fork. Custom painted in the Mariposa workshop by Peter Morse. Bottle cages handbuilt... Read more...
Bartali, Coppi & Derailleurs in the 1949 Tour de France
Bartali, Coppi & Derailleurs in the 1949 Tour de France
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... Read more...