By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai The Mercier Company was established in St. Etienne, France in the early part of the Twentieth Century. They produced a large…
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…
Bartali, Coppi & Derailleurs in the 1949 Tour de France
By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai Following the Italian Gino Bartali’s second victory in the Tour de France in 1948, he decided that for the 1949 Tour he…
One Man And His Mariposa
By Bob Zeller I got my first view of my new Mariposa while watching Mike Barry build it up in the front room of his late Mum’s house in Wimbledon,…
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…
PAGLIANTI RESTORATION
A mid-1940’s Italian city bike. This is a recent restoration that was completed in the Mariposa workshop. The bike was originally purchased at a garage sale in Toronto in 1991.…
BICYCLE FEATURE: ROAD BIKE WITH CAMPAGNOLO ATHENA
Photography by Walter Lai This is Mike Barry Sr.’s road bike. When he was a boy growing up in London, England, he had his eye on a blue and brown…
CAMPAGNOLO PARIS-ROUBAIX
By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai Paris-Roubaix, then and now. This year Matt Hayman won Paris-Roubaix covering the 257 km in 5h 51m at an average speed of 43.9…
CAMPAGNOLO AND THE DOUBLE SPRING DERAILLEUR
By Mike Barry Sr. In 1951 Campagnolo introduced the first Gran Sport “deformable parallelogram” derailleur that revolutionized the derailleur industry. It was superbly made– arguably better made than anything before…