Features

Mariposa Bicycle Feature: An All-Road Travel Bicycle

November 15, 2017

An all-road frame built to take apart and fit into a standard sized suitcase for travel. The bicycle comes apart with couplers that function with an easy to use locking...

Mariposa Feature: All-Road Bicycle with SRAM eTap Hydraulic

October 25, 2017

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...

Mariposa Feature: All-Road Loaded Touring Bicycle

October 25, 2017

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...

Restoration Feature: Maurice Jefferies and his 1970s Masi

October 25, 2017

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...

Mariposa Feature: All-Road Bicycle

October 9, 2017

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...

The Day Of The Hour

October 9, 2017

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...

Bob's Custom Bike

September 12, 2017

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...

Unpainted Stock Frames

August 30, 2017

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...

Restoration Feature: Routens

August 29, 2017

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...

My Love For The Ride

August 10, 2017

An Excerpt from Soigneur Cycling Journal 17 By Michael Barry Illustrations by Isabel Albertos The peloton stretched in a long single line, thrashed through the valley, with Dolomites towering around....

Stainless Steel Road Bicycle

June 12, 2017

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...

Bartali, Coppi & Derailleurs in the 1949 Tour de France

May 30, 2017

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...