Features

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...

Pyrenees to Girona Cycling Tour - August 2019

September 16, 2019

The week This is one of our favorite routes: from the majestic Pyrenees to the Mediterranean to the medieval town of Girona. The route includes Port de Pailheres, a challenging...

Soigneur - La Vuelta

September 12, 2019

By Michael Barry for Soigneur Journal As we neared the start area in the team bus, riders had started cutting holes in their jerseys and bib shorts. Outside the air-conditioned...

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...

Vintage Bicycle Feature: 1982 Mariposa Child's Road Bicycle

August 1, 2019

By Michael Barry A good steel frame can be used repeatedly, for decades. It can be ridden, crashed, fixed and adapted. In the shop, old bikes come in constantly that...

Team Mariposa News: Canadian National Mountain Bike Championships

July 31, 2019

Hardwood Hills hosted the Canadian National Mountain Bike Championships July 20-21, 2019. Team Mariposa had several riders competing: Cameron Jette in the elite race, Jack Ciotlos in the U-19 Category,...

Team Mariposa News: July 17, 2019

July 17, 2019

Jack Ciotlos, Cameron Jette, Bas Stroomberg, Connor Ciotlos and Ashlin Barry have been training and racing hard the past month in preparation for the Horseshoe Canada Cup - Ontario Cup...

Lake Placid: An adventure in the hills discovering new limits.

July 12, 2019

“I would like to do whatever it is, that presses the essence from the hour.” Ellen Meloy, The Anthropology of Turquoise Rounding the final bend and climbing into the...