Features

WEEKEND DISPATCH October 12, 2016

October 11, 2016

Mariposa Cyclocross Race Team Mariposa Cyclocross Racer, Scott Fitzgerald is currently 2nd place in the Ontario Cup Standing for Elite 1&2 Men. Photography by Ashley Barson Scott Fitzgerald competed last...

Mariposa 650B All-Road "Growling Beaver" Tandem

October 4, 2016

Photography by Walter Lai Mariposa bicycles started building tandems 30 years ago. Over the years we have built several 650 B touring tandems. While most had carriers and mudguards, this...

Mariposa "Redfeather" All-Road Touring Bicycle

September 28, 2016

This bicycle was custom built at the Mariposa workshop the summer of 2016 for Clara Hughes to be ridden on all-road heavily loaded bicycle tours. All carriers and bottle cages...

Vintage Bicycle Feature: Mariposa Randonneur, 1981: Raid Pyrenean Bicycle

September 22, 2016

By Mike Barry Sr. Photography By Walter Lai In 1981, my ex business partner, Mike Brown and I decided to attempt the Raid Pryenean, a 750 kilometer journey across the...

Pyrenees Tour

September 19, 2016

By Michael Barry Photography by Michael Barry, Jaume Cabruja, Jordi Cantal and Albert Pages Having ridden all over the world, the Pyrenean mountains remain one of my favourite spots to...

La Ruta Mar i Muntanya

September 12, 2016

By Michael Barry Photography by Michael Barry, Jaume Cabruja, Jordi Cantal and Albert Pages Girona has become a European base for many pro cyclists—a recent count figured they were roughly...

Vintage Bicycle Feature: 1975 Zeus

September 9, 2016

By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai Spain is not well known for its bikes. In many ways it is an ideal cycling destination but is nowhere near as...

Weekend Dispatch August 31, 2016

August 30, 2016

Bobcaygeon Tandem Tour By Dede Barry A family adventure. Over the last two years we've done a few rides as a family on the tandems. Those rides were a success...

Greg Curnoe's Mariposa Low Profile (Video)

August 23, 2016

[embed]https://vimeo.com/179914594[/embed] Canadian artist, Greg Curnoe's 1975 Mariposa Low Profile time trial bicycle. For more information on this bicycle, as well as Greg Curnoe's other Mariposa Bicycles, please read Mike Barry's...

Weekend Dispatch August 23, 2016

August 23, 2016

Peter Morse on his way to winning the Ontario Provincial Criterium Championships in Markham, Ontario. Photograph by Ian Austen The peloton. Photograph by Ian Austen At the start. Photograph by...

A Versatile Adventure Bike

August 11, 2016

By Michael Barry Photography by Walter Lai Over the last year I’ve ridden my Mariposa cyclocross bike on varied terrain and on virtually every surface: from singletrack to gravel to...

BGA. France, 1936.

August 9, 2016

By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai A few years ago my son Michael was scanning the French eBay site and came across a french bike that had a...