Features

Mariposa Feature: All-Road Bicycle
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Bicycle
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... Read more...
Restoration Feature: Routens
Restoration Feature: Routens
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... Read more...
My Love For The Ride
My Love For The Ride
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.... Read more...
La Ruta Mar i Muntanya June 30-July 9, 2017 - Girona, Spain
La Ruta Mar i Muntanya June 30-July 9, 2017 - Girona, Spain
La Ruta Mar i Muntanya is a road cycling tour in Girona, Spain that travels from the Mediterranean to the foothills of the Pyrenees. This trip included 7 guided rides,... 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...
Vintage Bicycle Feature: Cinelli Super Corsa, 1951
Vintage Bicycle Feature: Cinelli Super Corsa, 1951
By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai In the early 1950s, I was a kid living in London with very little money, but an intense interest in everything to do... 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...
The Cycling Jersey
The Cycling Jersey
A jersey's design, logos & material symbolize an era in cycling. Once worn, the rider's story becomes a part of the fabric. At Mariposa Bicycles - Bicycle Specialties Ltd. we... 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...
Weathervane
Weathervane
A weathervane ornament designed and built in the Mariposa Bicycles workshop by Mike Barry, Sr. It is a scaled down (.62) version of the owner's Mariposa road bicycle. Constructed with... 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...