As the World Championships unfolds in Yorkshire this week, here is a reflection, by Michael Barry, on the unique aspects of the race and on competing for Canada . Published…
Cameron Jette’s 2019 Cyclocross Race Bikes
Cyclocross season is here and we recently built two new custom race bikes for Cameron Jette, who represented Canada at the 2019 Cyclocross World Championships. Cameron raced last weekend at…
Peter Leiss’ Hour Record!
Peter Leiss had a successful day at the 2019 Day of the Hour. He established a new Canadian National Master Hour Record in the Master Men 65-69 Category by cycling…
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…
Collegiate All-Stars Training Camp
Ahead of the Colorado Classic, the best collegiate women in the United States assembled in Boulder, Colorado for a training camp based out of Skratch Labs with Allen Lim, PhD and…
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…
Team Mariposa News: Canadian National Mountain Bike Championships
Hardwood Hills hosted the Canadian National Mountain Bike Championships July 20-21, 2019. Team Mariposa had several riders competing: Cameron Jette in the elite race, Jack Ciotlos in the U-19 Category,…
Team Mariposa News: July 17, 2019
Jack Ciotlos, Cameron Jette, Bas Stroomberg, Connor Ciotlos and Ashlin Barry have been training and racing hard the past month in preparation for the Horseshoe Canada Cup – Ontario Cup…
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…
Vans
By Michael Barry The van revved with ferocity as we crested the rolling hills on the eastern side of Lake Superior. They weren’t hills so much as slopes but my…
Team Mariposa News: May 31, 2019
Team Mariposa has had a great Spring mountain bike season with Jack Ciotlos recently winning the Long Socks CX Marathon and the Albion Hills Enduro O-Cup, his brother Connor winning…
Team Mariposa News: May 13, 2019
It’s been great getting the mountain bike racing season going to the Woodnewton Ontario Cup race and the Chico Racing 8 Hour Epic. Team Mariposa won the 4 person team…