Features

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...
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...
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...
Plan de Corones
Plan de Corones
By Michael Barry Photography by Michael Blann Some moments we remember vividly, as if they are a motion picture unfolding in our memory, others become snap shots, while others become... 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...
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...
Winter (Excerpt from Le Metier)
Winter (Excerpt from Le Metier)
By Michael Barry Photography by Camille McMillan In bed, lying awake in the darkness, everything from the past and future swirls together to calm or create anxiety. Once the lights... Read more...
Team Mariposa: Ontario Provincial Cyclocross Championships
Team Mariposa: Ontario Provincial Cyclocross Championships
Team Mariposa had a strong showing at the Silver Goose Ontario Provincial Championships last weekend. Scott Fiztgerald, Sjaan Gerth and Peter Morse placed 2nd, 4th and 8th in the elite... 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...
Mountains: Epic Cycling Climbs (Excerpt)
Mountains: Epic Cycling Climbs (Excerpt)
Excerpt by Michael Barry from Michael Blann's new book of photography featuring many of cycling's mythical climbs. Stagiaire. They chatted as they smoked in a language that was undecipherable. The... Read more...