By Michael Barry Away from the traffic and into the green mountains I can quickly find the serenity that is elusive within the city. We climbed for an hour or…
Mariposa Bicycle Feature: An All-Road Travel Bicycle
An all-road frame built to take apart and fit into a standard sized suitcase for travel. The bicycle comes apart with couplers that function with an easy to use locking…
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Loaded Touring Bicycle
In 2016, we built a loaded touring bicycle for 6-Time Olympic medallist Clara Hughes, aka Redfeather, her trail name. Clara and her husband Peter are adventurers, by bike, foot, skis…
July 23, 2017: Rapha Women’s 100 Mountain Goat Ride With Dede Barry
This is an adventurous climber’s ride. We will depart Rapha Boulder and head north to James Canyon and Jamestown- stop for water/snacks, and continue up SuperJames to Peak-to-Peak Highway. From…
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…
J.B. (Jock) Wadley & The Origins Of Randonneurs Ontario
By Mike Barry Recently, I attended the Randonneurs Ontario annual banquet and prize presentation. It was a great evening where we were able to get together with some old friends.…
Feature Interview: Oliver Bertin
Oliver Bertin has been a friend and Mariposa customer for more than 30 years. He’s also an award-winning journalist and editor, who covered the Tour de France in the 1980s.…
Mariposa “Redfeather” All-Road Touring Bicycle
This bicycle was custom built at the Mariposa workshop the summer of 2016 for Clara Hughes to be ridden on all-road heavily loaded bicycle tours. All carriers and bottle cages…
Pyrenees Tour
By Michael Barry Photography by Michael Barry, Jaume Cabruja, Jordi Cantal and Albert Pages Having ridden all over the world, the Pyrenean mountains remain one of my favourite spots to…
La Ruta Mar i Muntanya
By Michael Barry Photography by Michael Barry, Jaume Cabruja, Jordi Cantal and Albert Pages Girona has become a European base for many pro cyclists—a recent count figured they were roughly…
Weekend Dispatch August 31, 2016
Bobcaygeon Tandem Tour By Dede Barry A family adventure. Over the last two years we’ve done a few rides as a family on the tandems. Those rides were a success…
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…