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Category: Cycling Tour

March 13, 2025March 14, 2025

Riding with Purpose

By Michael Barry Filling or killing time we scroll, read, or flick through  details and photos or others’ feats and triumphs, or even weekend rides. For many, the sense of…

Posted in Commute By Bicycle, Cycling Tour, Favourite Rides, Health  •  4 Comments on Riding with Purpose
August 22, 2023

In The News

Leal Wilcox tackled the Colorado Trail this summer by bike.  To learn about how she packed for this epic adventure, click here>> Going Carless in L.A.: The Environmental Benefits &…

Posted in Bikepacking, Commute By Bicycle, Equipment, News  • 
July 11, 2023

Fast Talk Femmes: Ashleigh Moolman Pasio’s Balancing Act between Athlete and Businesswoman

Learn how pro cyclist Ashleigh Moolman Pasio manages to successfully balance being an entrepreneur and business owner while maintaining her cycling career. South African professional cyclist Ashleigh Moolman Pasio rides for AG…

Posted in Girona Cycling Tour, Interview, Podcast, Tour de France, Tour de France  • 
March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

Spring Into The Season

As the weather improves in Ontario and we get out on our bikes, we take inspiration from the World Tour professional cyclists racing in Europe. Saturday’s Milan San Remo provided…

Posted in Bike Tours, Cycling Tour, Events, Girona Cycling Tour, Racing, Training, Travel  • 
October 25, 2022October 25, 2022

Priorat Cycling Wine Tour. Fall 2022

With travel opening up again, we have finally resumed our Mariposa Cycling Tours. This Priorat wine country cycling tour in mid-October visited four of Spain’s premier wine regions: The D.O. (Denominacio d’Origin)…

Posted in Priorat Wine Cycling Tour, Touring  • 
October 7, 2022October 12, 2022

Sud de France Tour 2022

With travel opening up again, we have finally resumed our Mariposa Cycling Tours.  Michael Barry recently led a tour from Ax-Les-Thermes to Colliure, France. From the heart of the Pyrenees to…

Posted in Cycling Tour, Pyrenees Cycling Tour, Sud de France  • 
May 19, 2022May 19, 2022

Feature: Ritchey Ascent Adventure Bikepacking Bike

Bike designer, Tom Ritchey loves experiencing all sorts of bicycle adventures – especially dirt – seeking out winding dirt roads, cruising along gravel lanes, and ripping flowy singletrack. He designed…

Posted in Bikepacking, Equipment, Gravel Bicycle, Mountain Bike, Touring Bicycle  • 
September 22, 2021September 23, 2021

THE CALL OF THE MOUNTAINS

In a long line, the peloton cut through the Calatan countryside, following the farm roads that split the fields of sprouting spring plants, olive groves, orchards and vineyards. At the…

Posted in Favourite Rides, Girona Cycling Tour  •  1 Comment on THE CALL OF THE MOUNTAINS
June 25, 2021June 25, 2021

The 2021 ENVE Builder Round Up & Grodeo

The ENVE Builder Round-Up and Grodeo event is this weekend in Ogden, Utah, which celebrates artisan bike builders, their bespoke creations, and a gravel adventure in ENVE’s backyard known as the Grodeo. Unfortunately, we…

Posted in Bicycles, Events, Gravel Bicycle, Gravel Tour, Touring Bicycle  •  1 Comment on The 2021 ENVE Builder Round Up & Grodeo
April 21, 2021April 21, 2021

Bikepacking Feature: Dreams of Living on the Bike

It was 1988:  Wayne Gretzky had been traded to the LA Kings. We had travelled to Edmonton, the home of the Stanley Cup winning Oilers. The city was wet with…

Posted in Bike Tours, Bikepacking, Equipment, Mountain Bike  •  4 Comments on Bikepacking Feature: Dreams of Living on the Bike
March 29, 2021March 30, 2021

Prepping for the Tokyo Olympics and Beyond

A conversation with Ken Whelpdale, Sr. Director of Operations for USA Cycling.  Ken Whelpdale has worked in cycling for 24 years.  A native of Toronto, Ken worked as a mechanic…

Posted in Cycling Tour, Equipment, Events, National Championships, Olympic Games, Pan American Championships, World Championships  •  1 Comment on Prepping for the Tokyo Olympics and Beyond
January 15, 2021January 15, 2021

In The News

A collection of stories, news and information that we thought you might find interesting and relevant. Wahoo Fitness released a great new video on Allied Cycleworks rider, Colin Strickland and…

Posted in Bike Tours, Bikepacking, Cycling Tour, Favourite Rides, Mountain Bike, News, Touring, Youth  • 

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