Features

ALAN Restoration
ALAN Restoration
Through the 70’s and into 80’s the top cyclocross racers and several pro road racers, used Italian made Alan frames as the bonded aluminum frames were some of the lightest... Read more...
Canada's First Cyclocross Race?
Canada's First Cyclocross Race?
From the archives-- Oct, 2017.   By Mike J. Barry Sr.   I arrived in Canada from England in 1964 with an old school mate and keen cyclist, John Bayly. We... Read more...
Ten Showstopping Hand-Built Bikes at Unbound Gravel To Unveil SHIMANO GRX Limited
Ten Showstopping Hand-Built Bikes at Unbound Gravel To Unveil SHIMANO GRX Limited
(May 31, 2022) – Shimano will have a special, collaborative exhibition at this year’s Unbound Gravel, which they asked Mariposa Bicycles to build a frame for. The exhibition will include... Read more...
Mariposa Feature: Allroad with SRAM Force AXS 1x
Mariposa Feature: Allroad with SRAM Force AXS 1x
This bicycle was built with lightweight, steel Kaisei tubing, lugged and a Whisky Carbon fork. With a SRAM Force AXS 1x crankset and Zipp 303 Firecrest wheelset, it is designed... Read more...
Allied Feature: Allied Able Bicycle with Shimano GRX Di2 1x
Allied Feature: Allied Able Bicycle with Shimano GRX Di2 1x
LIGHTWEIGHT, YET BURLY. This ABLE is ready to be ripped around on chunky gravel, hardpack dirt, fire roads and singletrack. Purpose-built for wider tires, but with a shorter rear end... Read more...
Ritchey Feature: Swiss Cross Bicycle
Ritchey Feature: Swiss Cross Bicycle
A new Ritchey Swiss Cross built up with a Shimano GRX mechanical disc 1x groupset. This iconic bike is ready to fly on mixed terrain. It is a size small,... Read more...
Cyclocross Season Wrap-Up - Mariposa Cycling Team
Cyclocross Season Wrap-Up - Mariposa Cycling Team
Ontario had a condensed, but fun 6 week cyclocross race season which wrapped up Sunday, October 31 with the Provincial Championships, hosted by the Elm Tree Centre in Moffatt, Ontario.... Read more...
Allied Feature: Rapha RCC x Allied Able
Allied Feature: Rapha RCC x Allied Able
In 2020, Rapha began a partnership with Allied bicycles to make unique limited edition ABLE frames for Rapha Cycle Club (RCC) members. The unique paint scheme is identical to that... Read more...
Mariposa Feature: 650B All-Road Bicycle
Mariposa Feature: 650B All-Road Bicycle
A 650B All-Road bicycle built with Kaisei tubing, fillet brazed with a Whisky carbon disc fork, a combination of Shimano GRX and Dura-Ace components, and two sets of handbuilt wheels... Read more...
Tips For Winter Cycling
Tips For Winter Cycling
Winter riding can be an enjoyable adventure and a whole lot better than riding the trainer if you are well prepared for the conditions. Unprepared, it can be a miserable... Read more...
Ice-cycle: Schwalbe Winter Marathon Tires Review
Ice-cycle: Schwalbe Winter Marathon Tires Review
Modifications to cycling equipment are interesting and exciting: we see frames, wheels, clothing, and components being updated and improved yearly. However, major changes to the riding experience because of these... Read more...
Canadian Cycling Magazine Review: The Allied Able’s unique design gives it a big advantage
Canadian Cycling Magazine Review: The Allied Able’s unique design gives it a big advantage
The Kanza-winning bike is light, nimble and fast With its unique chainstay the Allied Able is highly recognizable, but it’s not a common bike to spot outside of the States.... Read more...
RAPHA RCC X ALLIED ABLE
RAPHA RCC X ALLIED ABLE
In 2020, Rapha began a partnership with Allied bicycles to make unique limited edition ABLE frames for Rapha Cycle Club (RCC) members. The unique paint scheme is identical to that... Read more...
Allied Able with GRX 1x Di2
Allied Able with GRX 1x Di2
The Allied Able was designed for versatility. Not many bikes perform well on a wide range of the terrain. The Able is dialed for sprinting for a city limits signs... Read more...
A Mariposa At The Cyclocross World Championships. Dubendorf, Switzerland.
A Mariposa At The Cyclocross World Championships. Dubendorf, Switzerland.
Cameron Jette finished 37th place in the World Cyclocross Championships in Dubendorf, Switzerland February 2, 2020 on a custom Mariposa steel bicycle. The wet, muddy conditions did not deter the... Read more...
Christmas Cyclocross Series. Belgium.
Christmas Cyclocross Series. Belgium.
Over the Christmas holidays, the Canadian National Cyclocross Team had a squad racing the Christmas Cyclocross series of races in Belgium. Cameron Jette was there with the team, racing on... Read more...
Pan American Cyclocross Championships
Pan American Cyclocross Championships
Photography by Jody Wilson and Ivan Rupes Team Mariposa wrapped up the 2019 Cyclocross season at the Pan American Championships November 9-10, 2019. The club team fielded riders in the... Read more...
Canadian National Cyclocross Championships November 2, 2020
Canadian National Cyclocross Championships November 2, 2020
Mariposa Racing Team had seven riders racing the Canadian National Cyclocross Championships in Peterborough, Ontario November 2, 2020 spread across Junior, U-23, Elite and Masters' categories. The race course was... Read more...
Mariposa Cycling Team News October 30, 2019
Mariposa Cycling Team News October 30, 2019
We are well into the cyclocross season and the Mariposa youth racers have been racking up podium finishes in the Ontario Provincial Championships and the Ontario Cup race series. The... Read more...
Team Mariposa News: September 25, 2019
Team Mariposa News: September 25, 2019
Cross is here. Cameron Jette just wrapped up a great weekend of racing at the Trek World Cup in Waterloo, WI. He commented that it was the muddiest race he's... Read more...
Mariposa Feature: A Classic Cyclocross Race Bike
Mariposa Feature: A Classic Cyclocross Race Bike
A classic cyclocross bike with Paul Component Cantilever brakes, FMB tubular tires, built with Columbus tubing and a tri-colour blue fade paint scheme. Specifications: Frame: Columbus tubing Fork: Ritchey WCS... Read more...
Cameron Jette's 2019 Cyclocross Race Bikes
Cameron Jette's 2019 Cyclocross Race Bikes
Cyclocross season is here and we recently built two new custom race bikes for Cameron Jette, who represented Canada at the 2019 Cyclocross World Championships. Cameron raced last weekend at... Read more...
Building Bicycles
Building Bicycles
By Michael Barry for Soigneur Photography by Ian Patterson The rising sun breaks through the trees, as we thrash across the open fields. Beneath us, our bikes absorb the undulations... Read more...
Mariposa Cyclocross Ultegra Di2 Bicycle
Mariposa Cyclocross Ultegra Di2 Bicycle
This bicycle was built for cyclocross with a 1x Quarq Power crankset (but with a plug hole added to the seat tube to maintain the option to convert the bicycle... Read more...