Features

A Mariposa At The Cyclocross World Championships. Dubendorf, Switzerland.

February 4, 2020

Cameron Jette finished 37th place in the World Cyclocross Championships in Dubendorf, Switzerland February 2, 2020 on a custom Mariposa steel bicycle. The wet, muddy conditions did not deter the...

The Off Season

December 2, 2019

By Michael Barry for Soigneur Journal Floating in the belly of the peloton, my thoughts drifted to the off season, as they often did during late autumn races. A team...

Mariposa Cycling Team News October 30, 2019

October 30, 2019

We are well into the cyclocross season and the Mariposa youth racers have been racking up podium finishes in the Ontario Provincial Championships and the Ontario Cup race series. The...

On the bike, slogging through mud, suffering from the effort, and smiling.

October 16, 2019

A look back at cyclocross over the years with a selection of photos from the World Championships at Crystal Palace, in 1973. By Michael Barry. Photos by Clare Barry, Mike...

Team Mariposa News: September 25, 2019

September 25, 2019

Cross is here. Cameron Jette just wrapped up a great weekend of racing at the Trek World Cup in Waterloo, WI. He commented that it was the muddiest race he's...

Mariposa Feature: A Classic Cyclocross Race Bike

September 25, 2019

A classic cyclocross bike with Paul Component Cantilever brakes, FMB tubular tires, built with Columbus tubing and a tri-colour blue fade paint scheme. Specifications: Frame: Columbus tubing Fork: Ritchey WCS...

Soigneur: Racing The Worlds

September 25, 2019

As the World Championships unfolds in Yorkshire this week, here is a reflection, by Michael Barry, on the unique aspects of the race and on competing for Canada . Published...

Cameron Jette's 2019 Cyclocross Race Bikes

September 16, 2019

Cyclocross season is here and we recently built two new custom race bikes for Cameron Jette, who represented Canada at the 2019 Cyclocross World Championships. Cameron raced last weekend at...

Peter Leiss' Hour Record!

September 2, 2019

Peter Leiss had a successful day at the 2019 Day of the Hour. He established a new Canadian National Master Hour Record in the Master Men 65-69 Category by cycling...

Building Bicycles

August 24, 2019

By Michael Barry for Soigneur Photography by Ian Patterson The rising sun breaks through the trees, as we thrash across the open fields. Beneath us, our bikes absorb the undulations...

Collegiate All-Stars Training Camp

August 21, 2019

Ahead of the Colorado Classic, the best collegiate women in the United States assembled in Boulder, Colorado for a training camp based out of Skratch Labs with Allen Lim, PhD...

Mariposa Cyclocross Ultegra Di2 Bicycle

August 6, 2019

This bicycle was built for cyclocross with a 1x Quarq Power crankset (but with a plug hole added to the seat tube to maintain the option to convert the bicycle...