A classic cyclocross bike with Paul Component Cantilever brakes, FMB tubular tires, built with Columbus tubing and a tri-colour blue fade paint scheme. Specifications: Frame: Columbus tubing Fork: Ritchey WCS Cyclocross…
Mariposa Feature: Cyclocross / Gravel Racing SRAM eTap Bicycle
A new cyclocross / gravel racing thru-axle bike with SRAM eTap, Zipp 303 wheels and rugged Compass Steilacoom Tires. This bike is built for cyclocross and gravel racing and adventures.…
Mariposa Feature: Cyclocross Race Bicycle
Photography by Walter Lai This Cyclocross race bicycle was built for a youth cyclist with a relatively high bottom bracket, 1×11 drive train and a Ritchey carbon fork that accepts…
Green Space For Growth
Within a few blocks we leave our sleeping neighbourhood streets and enter the lush green of the park. The spring air is thick with humidity. The houses are still dark,…
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Di2 Bicycle
An all-road bicycle build with internal wiring for Shimano Di2 electric shifting and to accommodate a carbon Whisky Cyclocross Disc fork with fender mounts. Specifications: Frame: Columbus tubing with long…
Canadian Cycling Magazine Review: Mariposa Cyclocross
Traditional Steel Gets A Boost With Modern Touches By Matthew Pioro The riders ahead of me moved faster than I could over the bumpy dirt path. I got thistle whipped…
A Versatile Adventure Bike
By Michael Barry Photography by Walter Lai Over the last year I’ve ridden my Mariposa cyclocross bike on varied terrain and on virtually every surface: from singletrack to gravel to…
Weekend Dispatch: Kawartha Scramble
By Michael Barry Rides that take you to places you haven’t seen before, or push you to extremes, more often than not, turn into the best, and most memorable adventures.…
THE ESSENCE OF A GOOD RIDE
By Michael Barry Photography by Ian Austen Towards the end of my 30 years of racing, where all goals were in the pursuit of a finish line, I came to…
MARIPOSA CYCLOCROSS BICYCLE WITH SRAM 1×11 AND ZIPP COMPONENTS
Specifications: Frame: A mix of Columbus with long point lugs Fork: Ritchey Cross WCS Carbon Disc 1-1/8″ Rear Derailleur: SRAM Force 1 Derailleur Medium Cage Crankset: SRAM Force 1 Crankset…
Peter Morse’s custom Mariposa SRAM Force 1 Cyclocross Bike: Part 2 Racing
By Peter Morse | Photography by Walter Lai A good cross bike needs to plough through mud and float across frozen bumpy fields. Up in Canada, where the cold hits…