A new road disc bike ready to roll with a Shimano Di2. The frame was built with Kaisei tubing, lugged and a Ritchey WCS Road Disc fork. The wheels were handbuilt DT Swiss 240 hubs…
Mariposa Feature: All-Road with Dura-Ace Hydraulic Disc Mechanical
This bicycle was built for a customer who resides in the mountainous Basque region. Technical descents and the tendency to rain a lot, made hydraulic disc brakes the logical choice.…
Mariposa Feature: Road Bicycle With Pantographed Campagnolo Athena Components
A road bicycle built with Columbus tubing, long point lugs, a Columbus Minimal carbon fork and Campagnolo Athena pantographed components. Specifications: Frame: Columbus tubing with long point lugs. Fork:…
A Mariposa At The Cyclocross World Championships. Dubendorf, Switzerland.
Cameron Jette finished 37th place in the World Cyclocross Championships in Dubendorf, Switzerland February 2, 2020 on a custom Mariposa steel bicycle. The wet, muddy conditions did not deter the…
Mariposa Feature: All-Road, All-Weather Bike
This all road bike, recently built in the workshop, is ready for dirt, mud, tarmac, mountains and plains. And of course, it has a frame pump. It was built with lightweight…
Mariposa Feature: A Classic Cyclocross Race Bike
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…
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…
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…
Vintage Bicycle Feature: 1982 Mariposa Child’s Road Bicycle
By Michael Barry A good steel frame can be used repeatedly, for decades. It can be ridden, crashed, fixed and adapted. In the shop, old bikes come in constantly that…
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…
Mariposa Feature: All-Road Mechanical with Centre-Pull Brakes
Mike Barry Sr and Michael Jr. spent countless hours talking about bikes, what worked well and what didn’t. Riding in the city streets which are spotted with potholes and often…
Mariposa “Paris-Roubaix” 1972
Mariposa Bicycles is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2019. As part of the celebration, we will be featuring several bicycles from throughout its history, starting with the history and development…