My math homework half completed and Bob Dylan on the turntable, I looked out the window as snow began to fall. First a few scattered flakes spotted the sky but,…
Mariposa Feature: A 650B All-Road Bike
This bicycle was built with a Shimano Di2 GRX groupset and the frame was built to accept both 650B and 700C rims and tires, giving the rider a wide range…
Vintage Bicycle Feature: Gardin. Canada, 1983.
Joe Gardin came to Canada from Italy as a young boy. He settled in Toronto and later established successful business manufacturing material handing equipment. But Joe’s passion was cycling and…
Vintage Bicycle Feature: c1968 Cinelli S.C.
Cinelli Bicycles was founded in 1948 by Cino Cinelli, (born in Montespertoli, Italy, 9 February 1916, died 20 April 2001), a former professional road racer and president of the Italian…
Vintage Bicycle Feature: Griffon Paris Mixte Touring. France 1948
This Griffon is an example of a 1950s French mixte bicycle. The term mixte indicates that it is suitable for both sexes but outside of France, the mixte type frame…
Vintage Bicycle Feature: 1965 Hetchins, England
This frame is an excellent example of the ornate lugged Hetchins. The Hetchins “Vibrant” stays were claimed to make the bike more comfortable and resilient. Campagnolo Record derailleurs, hubs and…
Vintage Bicycle Feature: André Bertin “Type Special” French Racer Vintage Bicycle
This circa late 1940s André Bertin “Type Special” French Racer was built by André Bertin, a former professional cyclist. At Bicyclesport and Bicycle Specialties, we sold Bertin over the years…
Mariposa Feature: All-Road, All-Weather Bike
This all road bike, recently built in the workshop, is ready for dirt, mud, tarmac, mountains and plains. And of course, it has a frame pump. It was built with lightweight…
Building Bicycles
By Michael Barry for Soigneur Photography by Ian Patterson The rising sun breaks through the trees, as we thrash across the open fields. Beneath us, our bikes absorb the undulations…
Mariposa Cyclocross Ultegra Di2 Bicycle
This bicycle was built for cyclocross with a 1x Quarq Power crankset (but with a plug hole added to the seat tube to maintain the option to convert the bicycle…
Vintage Bicycle Feature: 1982 Mariposa Child’s Road Bicycle
By Michael Barry A good steel frame can be used repeatedly, for decades. It can be ridden, crashed, fixed and adapted. In the shop, old bikes come in constantly that…
Mariposa Feature: 1992 Low Profile Bicycle
Photography by Walter Lai Michael Barry’s low profile track racing bicycle which Mike Sr. built for him in 1992. It was ridden in the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria and in…