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Category: Stories

August 8, 2018November 27, 2018

Favourite Rides: Don Valley Trails

By Michael Barry Photography by Walter Lai and Michael Barry Out on a bicycle, we discover. We find little nooks of the countryside or the city that become our own…

Posted in Commute By Bicycle, Favourite Rides, GPS Routes, History, Photos, Stories, Travel  •  3 Comments on Favourite Rides: Don Valley Trails
April 20, 2018April 22, 2018

Team Mariposa News April 20, 2018

The gravel racing season is underway and Team Mariposa riders have had a solid start with Sjaan Gerth finishing 2nd place in the Ossian Mudslinger Gravel Series Race in New…

Posted in Events, Photos, Racing, Stories, Team Mariposa, Youth  •  1 Comment on Team Mariposa News April 20, 2018
December 13, 2017

A Foreign World

Words:  Michael Barry, Painting: Mike Rosen, Photograph: Walter Lai This black, cream and white oil painting of Eddy Merckx and Felice Gimondi hung above me for decades – first on the main…

Posted in History, Photos, Racing, Stories, Youth  • 
December 7, 2017December 11, 2019

Vintage Mariposa Feature: David Harris’ 1988 Road Bicycle

This Mariposa was built for David Harris in 1988 and painted for him by an artist friend from Toronto Island. David was a filmmaker and a world class hang-glider (he held…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Photos, Stories, Vintage Bicycles  •  4 Comments on Vintage Mariposa Feature: David Harris’ 1988 Road Bicycle
December 5, 2017December 6, 2017

The Best Of Bike Rides: Lugano ’96

By Michael Barry Photography by Mike Barry Sr. We rode side by side with the lake on our right and, on our left, the lush hillside, the houses, the cutaway…

Posted in Events, History, Racing, Stories  •  5 Comments on The Best Of Bike Rides: Lugano ’96
October 25, 2017October 26, 2017

Canada’s First Cyclocross Race?

By Mike Barry Sr. I arrived in Canada from England in 1964 with an old school mate and keen cyclist, John Bayly. We both soon got involved in the cycling…

Posted in History, Photos, Racing, Stories  •  3 Comments on Canada’s First Cyclocross Race?
August 10, 2017August 10, 2017

My Love For The Ride

An Excerpt from Soigneur Cycling Journal 17 By Michael Barry Illustrations by Isabel Albertos The peloton stretched in a long single line, thrashed through the valley, with Dolomites towering around.…

Posted in Bike Tours, Design, Events, Giro d'Italia, History, Racing, Stories  • 
July 26, 2017July 27, 2017

RCC Boulder

By Dede Barry We’ve spent much of our lives traveling the world by bicycle and there are not many places in the world that can compete with Boulder’s cycling roots,…

Posted in Bike Tours, Events, Photos, Stories  •  3 Comments on RCC Boulder
July 26, 2017July 26, 2017

The Butter Tart Ride

By Scott Fitzgerald Some things in life require careful planning and a lot of thought. Other things you can do on a whim, with little foresight or calculation. Deciding to…

Posted in Bike Tours, Events, Stories  •  3 Comments on The Butter Tart Ride
July 14, 2017July 14, 2017

July 22, 2017: Rapha Boulder Ride with Michael Barry

Join us for a ride with former Team Sky professional cyclist and Mariposa builder, Michael Barry on Saturday, July 22 from Rapha Boulder – meeting for coffee to watch the…

Posted in Bike Tours, Events, Racing, Stories, Tour de France, Touring, Travel  • 
June 14, 2017June 15, 2017

Discovering Toronto: Tommy Thompson Park

By Dede Barry Photography by Walter Lai A sunrise trail ride along the Toronto waterfront, Tommy Thompson Park, an urban wilderness  just a few kilometers from downtown.   The park, which extends 5…

Posted in Bicycles, Bike Tours, Equipment, Photos, Stories, Touring  •  2 Comments on Discovering Toronto: Tommy Thompson Park
April 12, 2017April 13, 2017

Umberto Dei Milano, 1938.

By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai It wasn’t until 1937 that variable gears were allowed to be used in the Tour de France. The organizer, Henri Desgrange believed that…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, Events, Photos, Racing, Stories, Tour de France  • 

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