By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai I had just finished a circuit race in Toronto’s High Park. I hadn’t done particularly well in the race but I felt that…
Vintage Bicycle Feature: Mariposa Randonneur, 1981: Raid Pyrenean Bicycle
By Mike Barry Sr. Photography By Walter Lai In 1981, my ex business partner, Mike Brown and I decided to attempt the Raid Pryenean, a 750 kilometer journey across the…
Vintage Bicycle Feature: 1975 Zeus
By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai Spain is not well known for its bikes. In many ways it is an ideal cycling destination but is nowhere near as…
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…
BGA. France, 1936.
By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai A few years ago my son Michael was scanning the French eBay site and came across a french bike that had a…
Vintage bicycle feature: 1958 Rotrax
By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai In around 1958 prominent Toronto racer, Trevor Allen ordered three handmade bicycles from Rotrax Cycles in Southampton, England. He purchased two identical bikes…
Vintage Bicycle Feature: Le Rochet
By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai Cycles Rochet was an old French company established in the early 1890s in Albert, northern France. Their extensive factory was demolished in…
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.…
