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Tag: Vintage Bicycle

June 19, 2018June 20, 2018

Vintage Bicycle Feature: Bianchi. Italy, 1953

By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai At the London bike show in 1952, the Dunlop Company showed a movie that features all the highlights of the 1952 cycling…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, History, Photos, Restoration, Vintage Bicycles  •  3 Comments on Vintage Bicycle Feature: Bianchi. Italy, 1953
April 18, 2018April 22, 2018

L’Eroica California 2018

Toronto (Cabbagetown) cyclist, Paul Kaminski rode his 1980s Mariposa, which he restored himself in the L’Eroica California April 14-15, 2018.

Posted in Bike Tours, Equipment, Events, Photos, Randonneur, Restoration, Team Mariposa, Vintage Bicycles  • 
April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

Restoration Feature: c1950s Jo Routens

A c1950s Jo Routens restoration.  A replica Routens front derailleur, the fenders stays and the rear carrier was built in the Mariposa Bicycles – Bicycle Specialties workshop by Michael Barry.…

Posted in Design, Equipment, History, Photos, Randonneur, Restoration  •  1 Comment on Restoration Feature: c1950s Jo Routens
January 14, 2018January 15, 2018

Mercier, France. 1975

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…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, Photos, Racing, Vintage Bicycles  •  5 Comments on Mercier, France. 1975
December 7, 2017December 11, 2019

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…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Photos, Stories, Vintage Bicycles  •  4 Comments on Vintage Mariposa Feature: David Harris’ 1988 Road Bicycle
December 7, 2017December 14, 2017

Restoration Feature: Cyclocross to Commuter Bike Conversion

We took a beat up 1990s Desmarais Cyclocross frame, that was ridden by two time provincial road champ Joe Guilliano, stripped it, sand blasted it, built a new fork (the fork…

Posted in Bicycles, Restoration, Vintage Bicycles  •  2 Comments on Restoration Feature: Cyclocross to Commuter Bike Conversion
October 25, 2017October 25, 2017

Restoration Feature: Maurice Jefferies and his 1970s Masi

By Mike Barry Sr. My earliest memories of Maurice Jefferies are of him riding the Herne Hill Track in South London, England in the 1950s. He was a prominent member…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, Events, History, Restoration, Stories  •  10 Comments on Restoration Feature: Maurice Jefferies and his 1970s Masi
September 12, 2017September 14, 2017

Bob’s Custom Bike

Bob Zeller, a Mariposa customer and friend for more than 40 years who currently lives in the United Kingdom, went to the Donard Bicycles, a custom bicycle workshop in Strangford Lough…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, Photos  •  5 Comments on Bob’s Custom Bike
August 29, 2017August 31, 2017

Restoration Feature: Routens

By Michael Barry Photography by Walter Lai Old bikes or just parts and frames, broken or bent, rusty and worn, often come in the shop for repair. Some require a…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, History, Photos, Randonneur, Restoration  •  9 Comments on Restoration Feature: Routens
May 11, 2017May 12, 2017

Vintage Bicycle Feature: Cinelli Super Corsa, 1951

By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai In the early 1950s, I was a kid living in London with very little money, but an intense interest in everything to do…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, History, Racing, Restoration  •  4 Comments on Vintage Bicycle Feature: Cinelli Super Corsa, 1951
April 12, 2017April 13, 2017

Umberto Dei Milano, 1938.

By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai It wasn’t until 1937 that variable gears were allowed to be used in the Tour de France. The organizer, Henri Desgrange believed that…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, Events, Photos, Racing, Stories, Tour de France  • 
January 8, 2017January 12, 2017

Those Chain Gears And A Funky Bike

By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai In the early part of the twentieth century variable gearing became available for bicycles. In France a number of companies marketed derailleurs in…

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