Features

Mariposa Feature: Growling Beaver Brevet 2016 Bicycle
Mariposa Feature: Growling Beaver Brevet 2016 Bicycle
At the 2016 Growling Beaver Brevet, Mariposa Bicycles donated a frame and fork in an effort to help raise money to help people with Parkinson's. Proceeds went to the Davis... Read more...
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Bicycle
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Bicycle
Photography by Walter Lai A Mariposa All-Road Bicycle built with custom lugs to accommodate the 44mm head tube, an Enve Composites fork, a White Industries crankset and paint inspired by... Read more...
Dressed up or stripped down, this bike is ideal for most adventures.
Dressed up or stripped down, this bike is ideal for most adventures.
By Michael Barry Photography by Walter Lai Over the last two years, the cyclo cross bike I built has had a few additions made to it as I tested parts... Read more...
Skratch Labs All-Road Frame
Skratch Labs All-Road Frame
An all-road frame built for Allen Lim, the founder of Skratch Labs Photography by Walter Lai Read more...
The Dunlop Trophy Race
The Dunlop Trophy Race
The Dunlop Trophy winners, 1898 By Mike J.Barry When Torontonian Frank Bentley of the Queen City CC won the Dunlop Trophy Race in 1926 he brought to an end an... Read more...
Road Bicycle Feature
Road Bicycle Feature
Photography by Walter Lai A road bicycle custom built for Team Mariposa cyclist, Marshall Eidinger with ENVE stem, handlebars, seatpost, Lezyne pump and K-Edge Garmin mount painted to match. Marshall's... Read more...
One Man And His Mariposa
One Man And His Mariposa
By Bob Zeller I got my first view of my new Mariposa while watching Mike Barry build it up in the front room of his late Mum’s house in Wimbledon,... Read more...
Those Chain Gears And A Funky Bike
Those Chain Gears And A Funky Bike
By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai In the early part of the twentieth century variable gearing became available for bicycles. In France a number of companies marketed derailleurs in... Read more...
The Colourful And Enduring Life Of A Bicycle
The Colourful And Enduring Life Of A Bicycle
By Michael Barry Photography by Ian Austen A bicycle remains one of the simplest and most efficient forms of human transportation. Its design is so good it is hard to... Read more...
Mariposa Road Bicycle Feature
Mariposa Road Bicycle Feature
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... Read more...
Feature Interview: Oliver Bertin
Feature Interview: Oliver Bertin
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.... Read more...
Vintage Bicycle Feature: The Peloso
Vintage Bicycle Feature: The Peloso
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... Read more...