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Tag: team sky

May 2, 2024May 2, 2024

Pinarello x Mariposa

In the early 1970’s, few bike shops in Canada were importing proper European racing bicycles and equipment. When my father, who was a passionate cyclist from England, arrived in Canada,…

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April 17, 2024April 18, 2024

Performance and the Power meter

How the advances of data analysis have helped…and hindered the sport Bike racers at every level of the sport are now breaking records in all disciplines whether the track, road…

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Posted in Equipment, Nutrition, Racing, Tour de France, Training  • 
April 25, 2023April 29, 2023

The Evening Time Trail

Riding slowly for fifty meters up and down the farm road, I tried to push away the nerve fuelled butterflies which fluttered around my body. One or two other riders,…

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Posted in Equipment, Training, Youth  • 
December 16, 2020December 17, 2020

Winter Beginnings

In a tight formation, we rolled over the Majorcan countryside.  A dozen riders paired up in matching outfits, inches between our wheels while our elbows touched, our legs ticking over…

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Posted in History, Team Mariposa, Training, Youth  •  2 Comments on Winter Beginnings
July 20, 2020

Q & A with Michael Barry

By Allied Cycleworks CEO, Brendan Quirk Where does our love for the sport of cycling take us? For Michael Barry, it led to a decade at the very top of professional…

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Posted in Allroad Bicycle, Events, Giro d'Italia, Gravel Bicycle, Olympic Games, World Championships  • 
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…

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Posted in Bike Tours, Events, Racing, Stories, Tour de France, Touring, Travel  • 
December 22, 2016December 22, 2016

Plan de Corones

By Michael Barry Photography by Michael Blann Some moments we remember vividly, as if they are a motion picture unfolding in our memory, others become snap shots, while others become…

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Posted in Events, Giro d'Italia, History, Racing, Stories  • 
November 2, 2016January 22, 2017

Mamnick Journal : Local Riders Q&A with Michael Barry

Michael Barry is a former world-tour professional cyclist who rode for a number of world-class teams including T-Mobile, High Road/HTC-Columbia, U.S. Postal Service, Discovery Channel and Team Sky. He raced…

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May 9, 2011

Training for the Giro d'Italia Team Time Trial

Three days prior to the start of the Giro d’Italia the team got together in Turin for a few days of training. The opening stage of the Giro was a…

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Posted in Giro d'Italia, Photos, Racing  •  1 Comment on Training for the Giro d'Italia Team Time Trial
February 22, 2011

The Season Begins

From the drop of the flag I felt right. After five days of racing at the Tour Med in southern France, my body was adapting to the effort after months…

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December 27, 2010

As a Team

At the end of December the team was back together again. In Mallorca, Spain, away from the snow that paralysed the UK and slowed Northern Europe, we were able to…

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Posted in Photos, Training  •  2 Comments on As a Team
October 11, 2010

Flying or Ragged

Throughout the Tour de France photographer Scott Mitchell followed Team Sky as he is working on a book with my teammate Brad Wiggins. Based on the work I have seen the…

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Posted in Photos, Racing, Tour de France  •  2 Comments on Flying or Ragged

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