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...

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...

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...

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...

Greg Curnoe's Mariposa Low Profile (Video)

August 23, 2016

[embed]https://vimeo.com/179914594[/embed] Canadian artist, Greg Curnoe's 1975 Mariposa Low Profile time trial bicycle. For more information on this bicycle, as well as Greg Curnoe's other Mariposa Bicycles, please read Mike Barry's...

A Versatile Adventure Bike

August 11, 2016

By Michael Barry Photography by Walter Lai Over the last year I’ve ridden my Mariposa cyclocross bike on varied terrain and on virtually every surface: from singletrack to gravel to...

BGA. France, 1936.

August 9, 2016

By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai A few years ago my son Michael was scanning the French eBay site and came across a french bike that had a...

Mariposa Feature: Road Bicycle with Shimano Ultegra and Chris King Components

July 19, 2016

Specifications: Frame: Columbus tubing with short point lugs Paint: Custom mixed grey with purple tint and yellow accent colour Fork: Ritchey WCS Rear Derailleur: Shimano Ultegra RD-6800 Front Derailleur: Shimano...