Features

December 14, 2016

A Mariposa road bicycle with 2017 Dura-Ace Di2 and handbuilt wheels. Specifications: Frame: Columbus tubing with long point lugs Paint: Baby blue with Vanilla Cream and Red accent Fork: Ritchey...

Feature Interview: Oliver Bertin

December 14, 2016

Oliver Bertin has been a friend and Mariposa customer for more than 30 years. He’s also an award-winning journalist and editor, who covered the Tour de France in the 1980s....

Vintage Bicycle Feature: The Peloso

November 30, 2016

By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai I had just finished a circuit race in Toronto’s High Park. I hadn’t done particularly well in the race but I felt that...

Team Mariposa: Ontario Provincial Cyclocross Championships

November 17, 2016

Team Mariposa had a strong showing at the Silver Goose Ontario Provincial Championships last weekend. Scott Fiztgerald, Sjaan Gerth and Peter Morse placed 2nd, 4th and 8th in the elite...

Big Toronto Trail Loop

November 17, 2016

Big Toronto Trail Loop Photography by Philip Gibson, Michael Barry and Dede Barry With over 7 million people in the greater Toronto area, it is the fourth largest city in...

Canadian Cycling Magazine Review: Mariposa Cyclocross

November 2, 2016

Traditional Steel Gets A Boost With Modern Touches By Matthew Pioro The riders ahead of me moved faster than I could over the bumpy dirt path. I got thistle whipped...

Weekend Dispatch November 1, 2016

November 2, 2016

Congratulations to Scott Fitzgerald for winning the CXTO Cookie Cross Race at Christie Pit Park in Central Toronto. Grass Track youth made it in CBC news report 'Very intense' cyclo-cross...

Mariposa 650B All-Road "Growling Beaver" Tandem

October 4, 2016

Photography by Walter Lai Mariposa bicycles started building tandems 30 years ago. Over the years we have built several 650 B touring tandems. While most had carriers and mudguards, this...

Mariposa "Redfeather" All-Road Touring Bicycle

September 28, 2016

This bicycle was custom built at the Mariposa workshop the summer of 2016 for Clara Hughes to be ridden on all-road heavily loaded bicycle tours. All carriers and bottle cages...

Vintage Bicycle Feature: Mariposa Randonneur, 1981: Raid Pyrenean Bicycle

September 22, 2016

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...

Pyrenees Tour

September 19, 2016

By Michael Barry Photography by Michael Barry, Jaume Cabruja, Jordi Cantal and Albert Pages Having ridden all over the world, the Pyrenean mountains remain one of my favourite spots to...

Vintage Bicycle Feature: 1975 Zeus

September 9, 2016

By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai Spain is not well known for its bikes. In many ways it is an ideal cycling destination but is nowhere near as...