Features

Cyclocross Season Wrap-Up - Mariposa Cycling Team

November 3, 2021

Ontario had a condensed, but fun 6 week cyclocross race season which wrapped up Sunday, October 31 with the Provincial Championships, hosted by the Elm Tree Centre in Moffatt, Ontario....

Cappellino, Cap, Casquette....

October 14, 2021

Rain tapped against the Team Sky bus window. The eight of us sat quietly in our chairs, some with their eyes closed and headphones on, others studying the race book...

Autumn (Excerpt from Le Metier: The Seasons Of A Professional Cyclist)

October 8, 2021

By Michael Barry Photography by Camille McMillan Into the sixth hour of the ride, the temperature drops as I reach the top of the Pyrenean peak. Autumn is arriving on...

The Thrill of a Criterium

September 12, 2021

By Dede Barry Photography by Alan Moore Passing the barriers neatly placed on each corner, I walked with my Father and dog on a humid summer evening to the Lixx...

In The News

April 20, 2021

A collection of stories, news and information that we thought you might find interesting and relevant. Green space helps people feel less depressed and fatigued, and science is still exploring...

Restoration Feature: A Ride On My Gios

April 6, 2021

In April the thoughts of the tifosi turn to the spring classics. The cobbled classic, Paris Roubaix would have been run last weekend if it hadn't been cancelled due...

Places to Ride: The Catalan Pyrenees

June 22, 2020

Crisp mountain wind cools as we ascend through the switchback. Lost in thought, as I pedal, gazing to the peak ahead, I feel each movement, hear each sound and smell...

Mariposa Feature: Road Bicycle With Pantographed Campagnolo Athena Components

February 25, 2020

A road bicycle built with Columbus tubing, long point lugs, a Columbus Minimal carbon fork and Campagnolo Athena pantographed components. Specifications: Frame: Columbus tubing with long point lugs. Fork: Columbus...

DesignTO Exhibition Jan. 17 - 26: F40 / M50

January 9, 2020

The ‘F40/M50’ project is the result of a collaboration between Mariposa Bicycles, as we celebrate 50 years of building frames using traditional lugged steel construction, and Fig40, an award winning...

F40 / M50 Design Process

January 8, 2020

The F40/M50 stool is brazed and painted in the Mariposa workshop using bicycle lugs, tubing and paint. The crown/baseplates at the top of the stool were made in Toronto in...

Snow Ride

December 16, 2019

My math homework half completed and Bob Dylan on the turntable, I looked out the window as snow began to fall. First a few scattered flakes spotted the sky but,...

Vintage Bicycle Feature: Gardin. Canada, 1983.

December 11, 2019

Joe Gardin came to Canada from Italy as a young boy. He settled in Toronto and later established successful business manufacturing material handing equipment. But Joe’s passion was cycling and...