Features

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...
Vintage Bicycle Feature: The Peloso
Vintage Bicycle Feature: The Peloso
By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai I had just finished a circuit race in Toronto’s High Park. I hadn’t done particularly well in the race but I felt that... 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...
Big Toronto Trail Loop
Big Toronto Trail Loop
Big Toronto Trail Loop Photography by Philip Gibson, Michael Barry and Dede Barry With over 7 million people in the greater Toronto area, it is the fourth largest city in... Read more...
Canadian Cycling Magazine Review: Mariposa Cyclocross
Canadian Cycling Magazine Review: Mariposa Cyclocross
Traditional Steel Gets A Boost With Modern Touches By Matthew Pioro The riders ahead of me moved faster than I could over the bumpy dirt path. I got thistle whipped... Read more...
Mamnick Journal : Local Riders Q&A with Michael Barry
Mamnick Journal : Local Riders Q&A with Michael Barry
Michael Barry is a former world-tour professional cyclist who rode for a number of world-class teams including T-Mobile, High Road/HTC-Columbia, U.S. Postal Service, Discovery Channel and Team Sky. He raced... 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...
GRASS TRACK FALL 2016
GRASS TRACK FALL 2016
By Dede Barry Photography by Walter Lai Last week, we were fortunate to have Clara Hughes attend our Morning Glory Cycling Club Grass Track program and provide a little extra... Read more...