BMX: Escape, Freedom, Relief…
Three dots in the distance, bounced, swayed, and jumped as I pedaled along the bike path, heading home from work. The park, which follows a ravine and a river that…
Shimano RX8 Gravel Featherweight Racing Shoe Review
Shimano’s new RX8 Gravel racing shoe fills a gap in cycling shoe market and were a welcome change for me personally, as I was happy to remove my bulky, heavy…
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Dura-Ace Di2 Hydraulic Disc Bicycle
Specifications: Tubing: Columbus with long point lugs Fork: Ritchey WCS Gravel Disc Fork Paint: Platinum with red, yellow and blue stripes Headset: Chris King NoThread Black Sotto Voce Front Derailleur:…
Restoration Feature: 1970s Chris Chance Road Bicycle, USA
The Chris Chance frame we recently restored was built in the late 70’s by Chris. The story goes, that he built a couple of frames and then traveled across the…
Cinelli Laser. Italy, 1984
A short time after Antonio Colombo took over the management of the Columbus bicycle company, he introduced the Cinelli Laser, the design of which is revolutionary. Although the changes were…
Mariposa Feature: 29er Mountain Bike with Shimano XTR
Specifications: Frame: Columbus tubing, Fillet brazed. Fork: Rockshox SID Ultimate Carbon B4, Suspension Fork, 29”, DebonAir, 100mm, 1-1/8”-1.5”, 15x110mm Thru – Axle, Rake: 51mm, Black, Remote: Included Crankset: Shimano XTR…
Vintage Bicycle Feature: 1980s Alan Campione Del Mondo Cyclocross Bicycle
ALAN Bicycles was founded in Italy in 1972 by Falconi Lodovico, an engineer who had worked for bicycle manufacturer Torpado. The name ALAN comes from the first two letters of the…
Mariposa Feature: Road Bicycle With Pantographed Campagnolo Athena Components
A road bicycle built with Columbus tubing, long point lugs, a Columbus Minimal carbon fork and Campagnolo Athena pantographed components. Specifications: Frame: Columbus tubing with long point lugs. Fork:…
Vintage Bicycle Feature: 1973 Eisentraut Road Bicycle. Oakland, USA.
Built for British cycling journalist and randonneur, Jock Wadley. Albert Eisentraut acquired an appreciation of hand built bicycles at the elbow of legendary Paramount maker Oscar Wastyn in Chicago, and…
A Mariposa At The Cyclocross World Championships. Dubendorf, Switzerland.
Cameron Jette finished 37th place in the World Cyclocross Championships in Dubendorf, Switzerland February 2, 2020 on a custom Mariposa steel bicycle. The wet, muddy conditions did not deter the…
Vintage Bicycle Feature: Velo de Ville. 1946, France.
A typical French city bicycle of the period with 650B wheels, demi ballon tires, Alex C Singer brakes, Simplex “Tour de France” three speed derailleur, alloy fenders and chainguard, Radios…
Christmas Cyclocross Series. Belgium.
Over the Christmas holidays, the Canadian National Cyclocross Team had a squad racing the Christmas Cyclocross series of races in Belgium. Cameron Jette was there with the team, racing on…