Features

Ride Of The Damned 2017
Ride Of The Damned 2017
Team Mariposa traveled to Ottawa for the Ride of the Damned, a unique cycling event in the Ottawa and Quebec hills that emphasizes challenge and adventure rather than competition. Ten... Read more...
Bartali, Coppi & Derailleurs in the 1949 Tour de France
Bartali, Coppi & Derailleurs in the 1949 Tour de France
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... Read more...
Umberto Dei Milano, 1938.
Umberto Dei Milano, 1938.
By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai It wasn't until 1937 that variable gears were allowed to be used in the Tour de France. The organizer, Henri Desgrange believed that... Read more...
The Classics: "A Sport Where You Eat The Other Rider's Lunch First"
The Classics: "A Sport Where You Eat The Other Rider's Lunch First"
By Michael Barry Photography by Camille J. McMillan Cycling has traditionally been a working class sport. From the first races over a century ago, a bicycle became an escape from... Read more...
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...
Upcoming Event: Women's 100 Social: Goal Setting at Rapha Chicago
Upcoming Event: Women's 100 Social: Goal Setting at Rapha Chicago
Join Dede Barry, Mariposa Bicycles co-leader and Olympic medallist, at the Rapha​ clubhouse in Chicago on April 27 for the "Women's 100 Social: Goal Setting" and get ready for Rapha's... 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...
J.B. (Jock) Wadley & The Origins Of Randonneurs Ontario
J.B. (Jock) Wadley & The Origins Of Randonneurs Ontario
By Mike Barry Recently, I attended the Randonneurs Ontario annual banquet and prize presentation. It was a great evening where we were able to get together with some old friends.... Read more...
Comeback Kid: An Interview With Sjaan Gerth
Comeback Kid: An Interview With Sjaan Gerth
Although Sjaan Gerth is relatively new to competitive cycling, he rides like a well-seasoned cyclist. We met Sjaan in January, 2016 when he visited the Mariposa workshop. He was interested... Read more...
Mamnick Journal : Local Riders Q&A with Michael Barry
Mamnick Journal : Local Riders Q&A with Michael Barry
Michael Barry is a former world-tour professional cyclist who rode for a number of world-class teams including T-Mobile, High Road/HTC-Columbia, U.S. Postal Service, Discovery Channel and Team Sky. He raced... Read more...
Weekend Dispatch November 1, 2016
Weekend Dispatch November 1, 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... Read more...
Cross
Cross
By Michael Barry Racing cyclocross was once a common method for professional cyclists to stay fit in the off-season. Until the late ’80s, road champions like Roger De Vlaeminck, Eddy... Read more...