Mariposa Randonneur 1994
My go-to bike for anything over 100 km or so. Halifax - Quebec City in 4 ½ days 2004. Veteran of Dairyland Dare 2012. Rode my first century in several years last month on it and, while I'll never see the near side of 6 hours again, I finished in surprisingly non-knackered condition -- spent only an hour on the couch (rehydrating and re-carb-ing only, not catatonic....honest!) Must be something about that bike.... Still a 25 mm traditionalist, it was handy enough on the few km of gravel -- trail is by far the longest of any of our bikes.
Frame constructed by Tom Hinton, who is still hard at work with his tiny files and hummingbird wings making custom frames for the new Mariposa business.
A mix of Campag (front hub is C-Record, rear hub is Record 8-speed cassette), Shimano (crankset - 50-39) and Suntour (brakes & shifters--friction of course). The chromed steel rear rack is a Mike Barry in-house fabrication.
Just about perfection over distance.