Track racing in North America is experiencing a slow resurgence with velodromes being built across the continent. Some of the tracks are short and steep and fit into a small…
Race Days: The Compounding Benefits of Race Experience
The best bike racers aren’t always the strongest or the fittest cyclists on the start line but are often those who have a deep understanding of how to race and…
Hell Of The North 2022 Fall Edition
The road and gravel season came to end last weekend with the autumn edition of the Hell of the North, a long running gravel event northeast of Toronto. A huge…
Team Ontario Wins the Road Race at Canada Games
Congratulations to Mariposa riders, Hudson Lubbers and Jack Ciotlos for representing Ontario at the Canada Games in Niagara last week. The team rode well as they supported their teammate, David Olejniczak on his road…
Via Italia Criterium
Mariposa Team racers Ashlin Barry and Hudson Lubbers finished 3rd and 8th in the Pro 1/2 Via Italia Criterium in Windsor ON. Watch the post race interview with the podium finishers. Photography…
Hot Summer Crit Racing
For many reasons Criterium racing is one of the best development pathways for North American bike racing. Short circuits make for easier road closures, spectators can watch the peloton repeatedly whizz past while an…
Summer Books: Cycling
A history of the machine’s evolution, a dive into the thrills of bicycle racing and a meditation on the two-wheeled life. By Michael Barry for the Wall Street Journal A…
A Conversation with Charlie Walsh, gold medallist in the Team Sprint at the Canadian National U-17 Track Cycling Championships
We visit with Charlie Walsh, who won a gold medal at the 2022 Canadian National U-17 Track Championships on the 1 year anniversary of his Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) diagnosis.…
Hell of the North 2022
The Ontario gravel season kicked off on Easter Sunday with the Hell of the North classic, founded by Mike Barry Sr. over 30 years ago, and now organized by Ed…
Team Mariposa at the U-17/ Junior Canadian Track National Championships
The Mariposa Team had an fantastic weekend at the Canadian Track National Championships, winning 12 medals and Ashlin Barry set a Canadian Record in the U-17 2km Pursuit 2:16.735. Thank you to…
Madison Racing!
Madison racing is perhaps the most thrilling track cycling event, as two person teams take turns arm-slinging each other into the race. Mariposa riders, Hudson Lubbers and Ashlin Barry teamed…
Tuning Up For A New Season
As the winter lifts over Europe and the professional peloton begin their racing season, they will be testing equipment and feeling faster as they transition from their training bikes to…