Features

Restoration Feature: Cyclocross to Commuter Bike Conversion
Restoration Feature: Cyclocross to Commuter Bike Conversion
We took a beat up 1990s Desmarais Cyclocross frame, that was ridden by two time provincial road champ Joe Guilliano, stripped it, sand blasted it, built a new fork (the... Read more...
The Best Of Bike Rides: Lugano '96
The Best Of Bike Rides: Lugano '96
By Michael Barry Photography by Mike Barry Sr. We rode side by side with the lake on our right and, on our left, the lush hillside, the houses, the cutaway... Read more...
Mariposa Feature: City Bicycle
Mariposa Feature: City Bicycle
Photography by Walter Lai This city bicycle was built to accommodate 650B x 42mm tires and fenders. A rear handmade Mariposa carrier is integrated into the frame design and it... Read more...
Racing The Postman To Ottawa
Racing The Postman To Ottawa
By Mike Barry Sr. In the winter of 1973, a year after we opened our downtown bike shop, Bicyclesport, we decided to have a booth at the Annual Sportsman’s Show... Read more...
Mariposa Feature: Cyclocross Race Bicycle
Mariposa Feature: Cyclocross Race Bicycle
Photography by Walter Lai This Cyclocross race bicycle was built for a youth cyclist with a relatively high bottom bracket, 1x11 drive train and a Ritchey carbon fork that accepts... Read more...
Mariposa Bicycle Feature: An All-Road Travel Bicycle
Mariposa Bicycle Feature: An All-Road Travel Bicycle
An all-road frame built to take apart and fit into a standard sized suitcase for travel. The bicycle comes apart with couplers that function with an easy to use locking... Read more...
Team Mariposa: Ontario Provincial Cyclocross Championships
Team Mariposa: Ontario Provincial Cyclocross Championships
Photograph by Walter Lai Team Mariposa has had a solid racing season thus far with a good effort the Canadian National Cyclocross Championships as well as a couple of victories... Read more...
Cycling Tour Feature: La Ruta Mar i Muntanya October 2017
Cycling Tour Feature: La Ruta Mar i Muntanya October 2017
Although Catalunya is in the midst of a turbulent time politically, pedaling bikes in the countryside is as peaceful as ever. A group of 14 cyclists joined us in October... Read more...
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Bicycle with SRAM eTap Hydraulic
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Bicycle with SRAM eTap Hydraulic
If we were to recommend one bicycle, to a cyclist that enjoys all-terrains, high speed cycling, as well as touring, this bicycle would be ideal. It is an all-road bicycle... Read more...
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Loaded Touring Bicycle
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Loaded Touring Bicycle
In 2016, we built a loaded touring bicycle for 6-Time Olympic medallist Clara Hughes, aka Redfeather, her trail name. Clara and her husband Peter are adventurers, by bike, foot, skis... Read more...
Restoration Feature: Maurice Jefferies and his 1970s Masi
Restoration Feature: Maurice Jefferies and his 1970s Masi
By Mike Barry Sr. My earliest memories of Maurice Jefferies are of him riding the Herne Hill Track in South London, England in the 1950s. He was a prominent member... Read more...
Canada's First Cyclocross Race?
Canada's First Cyclocross Race?
By Mike Barry Sr. I arrived in Canada from England in 1964 with an old school mate and keen cyclist, John Bayly. We both soon got involved in the cycling... Read more...