Features

Special needs bicycles GoFundMe campaign

March 3, 2019

For most people, cycling gives them a sense of freedom. Not only does the bicycle allow us to move freely and efficiently but a bike ride is also proven to...

Vintage Bicycle Feature: c1988 Kirk Precision Magnesium Bicycle

March 3, 2019

Frank Kirk thought up this remarkable bike while working as a designer at the Ford plant in Dagenham, England. The frame is made of cast magnesium, and was a dramatically...

Mariposa "Paris-Roubaix" 1972

February 11, 2019

Mariposa Bicycles is celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2019. As part of the celebration, we featured several bicycles from throughout its history, starting with the history and development of Mariposa...

Mariposa Number One. 1969

January 15, 2019

Photography by Walter Lai Mariposa Bicycles is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2019. As part of the celebration, we will be featuring several bicycles from throughout its history, starting with...

Vintage Bicycle Feature: Legnano. 1948

January 10, 2019

This Legnano Bicycle was made in Italy in 1948 and it is very similar to the bike that Italian bicycle racer, Gino Bartali used to win the 1948 Tour de...

Vintage Bicycle Feature: Bob Jackson Tricycle

January 9, 2019

Bob Jackson, J.R. (John Robert) Jackson, first opened shop in Leeds in 1935 as J.R.J. Cycles using money borrowed from his mother. He built bikes until WWII when all production...

Mike Barry 1938 - 2018

January 1, 2019

Michael John Barry, father, grandfather, husband and a pillar of Canada’s cycling community, died on Dec. 29 at Mount Sinai Hospital. He was 80. Born in Wimbledon, England in 1938...

December 19, 2018

Wonderful Losers: A Different World (2017) This film by Lithuanian director Arunos Matelis celebrates professional cycling's domestiques and features Canadian pro cyclist Svein Tuft. It provides an inside view of professional bike racing seen from the point of view of a team of doctors which follows the race in a small medical car. Cycling's domestiques carry water, block the wind and help set up their leaders for victory. Always working for others, they have little chance for a personal victory. These wonderful losers are true warriors of professional cycling. Watch...

Vintage Bicycle Feature: Moulton Bicycles

December 14, 2018

By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai Since 1885 when Starley introduced the Rover Safety bike, there have been many efforts to improve on his design. Most of those...

Cycling to school

December 13, 2018

By Michael Barry Each morning we are out the door, on our bikes taking the kids to school and going to work. For the kids, like us, it is a...

Restoration Feature: Late 1980s Mariposa Touring Frame

December 11, 2018

This touring frame was built in the late 1980s in the Mariposa workshop. It was repainted in the Mariposa workshop in December 2018. Frame includes a Campagnolo Nuovo Record headset,...

Favourite Rides: Hell And Back

December 3, 2018

by Michael Barry Photography by Walter Lai The route was marked up with a highlighter on a map spread over the dining room table. A few nights before the event...