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…
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…
WEEKEND DISPATCH October 12, 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…
Weekend Dispatch 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…
Greg Curnoe’s Mariposa Low Profile (Video)
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 blog…
Vintage bicycle feature: 1958 Rotrax
By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai In around 1958 prominent Toronto racer, Trevor Allen ordered three handmade bicycles from Rotrax Cycles in Southampton, England. He purchased two identical bikes…
Vintage Bicycle Feature: Le Rochet
By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai Cycles Rochet was an old French company established in the early 1890s in Albert, northern France. Their extensive factory was demolished in…
SRAM eTap Road Bicycle
Inspired by the paddle shifters of Formula 1 race cars during eTap’s design, SRAM has created a simpler mode of shifting that is wireless, intuitive to use, has excellent actuation…
CRITERIUM RACING
By Dede Barry Photography by Casey Gibson Passing the barriers neatly placed on each corner, I walked with my Father and dog on a humid summer evening to the Lixx…
THE ESSENCE OF A GOOD RIDE
By Michael Barry Photography by Ian Austen Towards the end of my 30 years of racing, where all goals were in the pursuit of a finish line, I came to…
GRASS TRACK
By Michael Barry Photography by Walter Lai and Chris Monette Traffic in large cities has made teaching children to ride bicycles difficult. Allowing them to venture around the block on…
INSIDE PARIS-ROUBAIX
By Michael Barry Photography by Kristof Ramon and Scott Mitchell Paris Roubaix is a race of unknowns. What the riders can’t control, what looms in their futures, haunts them until…