Skip to content
    • Accessories
      • Adaptor
      • Bags
        • Bikepacking
        • Frame Bag
        • Gear Bag
        • Handlebar Pack
        • Musette
        • Pannier
        • Saddlebags
        • Top Tube Bag
        • Travel Bag
        • Wheel Bag
      • Bells
      • Chainguard
      • Chamois Cream
      • Computer / GPS
      • Fenders
      • Frame Protection
      • Handlebar Tape
      • Helmet
      • Lights
      • Lock
      • Mirrors
      • Parts
      • Power Meter
      • Pumps
      • Rim Tape
      • Sealant
      • Shoe Covers
      • Shoes
      • Sunglasses
        • 100%
      • Tools
        • Cleaner
        • Inflation
        • Lubrication
      • Trainer
      • Water Bottles
    • Apparel
      • Caps
      • Gloves
      • Helmet
      • Hoodie
      • Jackets
      • Jerseys
      • Shirts
      • Shoe Covers
      • Shoes
      • Shorts
      • Skinsuit
      • Socks
      • Sweaters
      • Vest
      • Warmers
    • Bicycles
      • Mariposa Bicycles
        • All-Road / Gravel / Cyclocross
        • City
        • Randonneur
        • Road
        • Touring
        • Track
      • Pinarello
        • Dogma F
        • Dogma X
        • F7
        • Nytro E-Bike Urbanist
        • Nytro E7 Road
      • Pre-Owned Bikes
        • Allroad
        • Cyclocross
        • Gravel
        • Road
        • Tandem
        • Time Trial
        • Touring
        • Track
        • Vintage
      • Ritchey
        • Montebello
        • Outback
        • Road Logic Disc
        • Swiss Cross
        • Ultra 29er Mountain Bike
    • Books
    • Components
      • Batteries, chargers & wires
      • Bearing
      • Bottle Cage
      • Bottom Bracket
      • Brakes
        • Disc Brakes
          • Parts
        • Rim Brakes
          • Parts
      • Cassette
      • Chain
      • Chainring
      • Cog / Sprocket
      • Crankset
        • Spare Parts
      • Derailleurs
        • Replacement parts
          • Derailluer Hanger
      • Fork
      • Groupset
      • Handlebars
      • Headset
      • Hubs
        • Freehub Body
      • Pedals
        • Cleats
      • Power Meter
      • Quick Release
      • Rims
      • Rotors Disc
      • Saddles
      • Seatpost
      • Shift / Brake Levers
        • Shifter Replacement Parts
      • Stem
      • Thru Axle
      • Tires
        • 26"
        • 27.5"
        • 29"
        • 650B
          • 650 / 26" Tubes
        • 700C
          • Tubes
        • Cyclocross Tire
        • Gravel Tire
        • Mountain Bike Tire
        • Road Tire
        • Tire Accessories, Pumps & Tools
          • CO2 cartridge
          • CO2 Inflator
          • Pump
          • Sealant
          • Tire Levers
          • Tire Liners
          • Tire Patch Kit
          • Tubeless Tape
          • Tubeless Valves
          • Tubular Glue
          • Tubular Tape
        • Track
        • Track Tire
        • Winter Tire
      • Tubes
      • Wheels
        • Disc Brake Wheelset
          • Discounted Display Bike Disc Wheels
        • Rim Brake Wheelset
        • Track Wheels
    • Deposit For A Custom Mariposa Bicycle
    • F40/M50 Stool
    • Framesets
      • Mariposa
      • Ritchey Montebello
      • Ritchey Outback
      • Ritchey Road Logic Disc
      • Ritchey Swiss Cross
      • Vintage
    • Gift Voucher
    • Gifts & Novelties
    • Nutrition
    • SALE
    • Services
      • Bike Fitting
      • Mechanical
      • Paint
    • Shop by Brand
    • Uncategorized
  • Home
  • Shop
  • Shop By Brand
  • Cycling Tours
  • Bikes: Mariposa
  • Bikes: Allied Cycleworks
  • Bikes: Ritchey
  • Services
  • About Mariposa
  • Gallery
  • Features
  • Contact
Mariposa Bicycles
  • Shop
  • Cycling Tours
  • Bikes
    • MARIPOSA BICYCLES
    • All-Road, Gravel & Cyclocross
    • City (Urban)
    • Road
    • Touring & Randonneur
    • Track
    • Pinarello
    • Dogma F
    • DOGMA X
    • F7
    • Nytro E7 Road
    • Nytro E-Bike Urbanist
    • Ritchey
    • Vintage
    • Pre-owned
  • Services
    • Mechanical
    • Custom Paint
    • Restorations
    • Handbuilt Wheels
  • About Us
  • Gallery
  • Features
  • Contact
Shopping Cart 0
Mariposa Bicycles
Shopping Cart 0

Tag: Vintage Bicycles

November 29, 2022November 30, 2022

Vintage Bicycle Feature: Lugano. Paris. 1950

In the seventies, we had a good number of regular visitors to our shop on King Street in downtown Toronto. One of the regulars was a Frenchman, named Jean, who visited…

Posted in Design, Equipment, History, Vintage Bicycles, Vintage Bicycles  • 
April 28, 2021May 14, 2021

Restoration Feature: Provenance Of A New/Old Bianchi

I decided to get a bike to go on my smart trainer when I take my 2017 Mariposa gravel bike off to ride it outside.  About 2008 or 2009, I…

Posted in Bicycles, Randonneur, Restoration, Vintage Bicycles  •  2 Comments on Restoration Feature: Provenance Of A New/Old Bianchi
May 18, 2020May 19, 2020

Shifting Gears: A brief history of derailleurs

Multiple gears, whether they are the internal hub variety or the derailleur, are the most complex mechanisms on bicycles.  An internal hub gear can be interesting enough, but to fully…

Posted in Design, Equipment, History, Restoration, Tour de France, Vintage Bicycles  •  3 Comments on Shifting Gears: A brief history of derailleurs
March 19, 2020

Cinelli Laser. Italy, 1984

A short time after Antonio Colombo took over the management of the Columbus bicycle company, he introduced the Cinelli Laser, the design of which is revolutionary.  Although the changes were…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, Track Bicycle, Vintage Bicycles  • 
November 4, 2019December 21, 2019

Vintage Bicycle Feature: 1965 Hetchins, England

This frame is an excellent example of the ornate lugged Hetchins.  The Hetchins “Vibrant” stays were claimed to make the bike more comfortable and resilient.  Campagnolo Record derailleurs, hubs and…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, History, Vintage Bicycles, Vintage Bicycles  • 
October 29, 2019December 4, 2019

Vintage Bicycle Feature: André Bertin “Type Special” French Racer Vintage Bicycle

This circa late 1940s André Bertin “Type Special” French Racer was built by André Bertin, a former professional cyclist. At Bicyclesport and Bicycle Specialties, we sold Bertin over the years…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, History, Photos, Vintage Bicycles  • 
June 19, 2019

A Life With Bicycles Book Launch Party Photo Gallery

Photography by Timothy Austen Thank you to everyone who attended “A Life With Bicycles” book launch party last week at Amsterdam Brewery. It was a wonderful tribute to Mike Barry and…

Posted in Bicycles, Equipment, History, Vintage Bicycles, Vintage Bicycles  • 
March 3, 2019

Vintage Bicycle Feature: c1988 Kirk Precision Magnesium Bicycle

Frank Kirk thought up this remarkable bike while working as a designer at the Ford plant in Dagenham, England.  The frame is made of cast magnesium, and was a dramatically different approach to frame…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, History, Photos, Road Bicycle, Vintage Bicycles  •  1 Comment on Vintage Bicycle Feature: c1988 Kirk Precision Magnesium Bicycle
May 29, 2018May 30, 2018

Turas Mor 2018

By Dede Barry Last weekend’s Turas Mor gravel event / vintage cycling celebration was a great way to kick off summer in Ontario.  The event was created by Creemore Springs Brewery.  …

Posted in Events, Randonneur, Touring, Vintage Bicycles  • 
April 30, 2018May 1, 2018

Vintage Bicycle Feature: c1958 Cinelli Model B

As a young teenager in the fifties I spent most of my spare time riding my bike, hanging around the local bike shop or visiting as many as I could…

Posted in Design, Equipment, History, Vintage Bicycles  •  1 Comment on Vintage Bicycle Feature: c1958 Cinelli Model B
May 30, 2017May 30, 2017

Bartali, Coppi & Derailleurs in the 1949 Tour de France

By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai Following the Italian Gino Bartali’s second victory in the Tour de France in 1948, he decided that for the 1949 Tour he…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, Events, History, Photos, Restoration, Tour de France  •  3 Comments on Bartali, Coppi & Derailleurs in the 1949 Tour de France
August 29, 2016August 31, 2016

Weekend Dispatch August 31, 2016

Bobcaygeon Tandem Tour By Dede Barry A family adventure. Over the last two years we’ve done a few rides as a family on the tandems. Those rides were a success…

Posted in Bicycles, Bike Tours, Photos, Stories, Travel  • 

Blog Categories

Blog Archives

New in the Shop

  • Dogma F Frameset 2025 Dogma F Frameset 2025 $9,999.00
  • Pinarello F7 DISC - Ultegra Di2 Pinarello F7 DISC - Ultegra Di2 $13,500.00
  • PINARELLO MOST TALON ULTRA FAST 1K STEM/HANDLEBAR PINARELLO MOST TALON ULTRA FAST 1K STEM/HANDLEBAR $2,050.00
Mariposa Custom Bicycles

STAY CONNECTED

Sign up for our digital newsletter & get 10% off your first purchase.

BICYCLE SPECIALTIES

45 Cranfield Unit 6
Toronto, Canada M4B 3H6
416-423-0456

Contact Us

SOCIAL MEDIA

©2025 Mariposa Bicycles    Site by AE Media Inc