Cyclocross Bikes | Oak Bay Bicycles

We’re a bike shop with locations in Victoria, Langford and Nanaimo, British Columbia. We carry an extensive inventory of bicycles including the following: kids, hybrids, city, cyclocross, road, mountain, triathlon, downhill, dirt jump, and bmx. Check out the latest from leading brands, such as Specialized, Norco, Santa Cruz, and Ridley. We also carry a complete line of parts and accessories, to compliment any style of riding. (Read more...)

Events / News

Specialized’s Women’s Ride Day on May 5th

by alexa on Apr 23, 2013 • No Comments

Join us Sunday, May 5th for Specialized’s Women’s Ride Day at Oak Bay Bikes: A fun ladies only bike ride, to celebrate women in cycling across the nation! Meet in the OBB Victoria parking lot at 9:30am to receive: - A complimentary bike check over + sizing - Snacks and...

News

Welcome Tenille Hoogland!

by alexa on Apr 20, 2013 • No Comments

We are thrilled to be working with Tenille Hoogland, professional triathlete sponsored by Specialized Bicycles. Tenille will be making appearances at OBB Victoria Women’s Rides; and other great events providing encouragement, advice, and acting as another great training partner for our community. Be on the lookout for Tenille, and welcome...

Bmx / Cyclo-cross / Dirt Jump / Mountain / News / Road / Videos

School Bike League 2013: # 1 Bike Jam

by alexa on Apr 11, 2013 • No Comments

The first School Bike League event of 2013 was a roaring success! Over 100 kids between grades 6-10, from beginner to competitive came out and participated in this wicked event. Kids competed and were coached on bmxs, downhill bikes, velodrome single speeds, to dirt jump tricks on an airbag! Stay...

Custom Builds / News / Road Bikes

Custom 2013 Pinarello Dogma with Campy SR EPS and a Lamborghini

by alexa on Feb 14, 2013 • 12 Comments

Oak Bay Bikes Nanaimo just finished a ridiculous custom build on a 2013 Pinarello Dogma 65.1 frame. The bike is a 53cm frame complete with Campagnolo Super Record EPS electronic shifting. This group-set is the lightest complete group-set in the world. Made from carbon fibre and titanium, it comes together...

Events / News / Random / Ride & Trip Reports / Road / Videos

Stacey’s Ride to Conquer Cancer: Team Spaghetti Factory

by alexa on Jan 31, 2013 • No Comments

Every year, thousands of people sign up to do the Ride to Conquer Cancer, but this year one rider has stood out amongst the rest. Stacey Olynyck is a member of Team Spaghetti Factory, captained by Mike Gonzalez owner of Old Spaghetti Factory Victoria. A cyclist himself, he created the...

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Cyclocross Bikes / News

Craig Richey’s 2012 Ridley X-Fire

by alexa on Jan 14, 2013 • No Comments

Craig Richey is fast approaching his biggest race of the year, the 2013 Cyclo-Cross World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky on February 1st. He has been training and racing very hard this year, and we wish him good luck! Recently, Craig was featured in a Live to Play article, as one of the top Canadian Cross...

Custom Builds / Cyclocross Bikes / News

Brent Hooper’s 2013 Ridley X-Fire Disc

by alexa on Oct 11, 2012 • No Comments

As (cyclo) Cross season is in full swing, we have a custom build put together for OBB Victoria Mechanic Brent Hooper. He chose to supe up his 2012 Ridley X-Fire Disc frame (24 Ton HM Carbon) with some very worthy upgrades! Most notably he upgraded his shifters and derailleurs to DI2 Ultegra (mmm electronic shifting),...

Custom Builds / Cyclocross Bikes / Road Bikes

Shrew’s New Road Bike

by Brian @ OBB on Sep 19, 2011 • No Comments

Technically it’s a cross bike with road tires, but we’ve been posting so many CX bikes lately that I think it’s only fair to call it a road bike. Shrew has been riding road a bunch, but he wanted a bike that was a little more versatile than your average road bike; he ended up...

Custom Builds / Cyclocross Bikes / Locations / Victoria / Westshore

Another Ridley X-Fire Build

by Brian @ OBB on Sep 16, 2011 • 1 Comment

This one has some pretty fancy bits: Zed Wheelworks, Enve, Sram RED, Powertap, a modded Paul chainguide, et cetera. I think it came in under 16lbs as well; this one is going to feel amazing on the cross circuit.

Custom Builds / Cyclocross Bikes / Locations / Victoria / Westshore

Ridley X-Fire Build

by Brian @ OBB on Sep 11, 2011 • No Comments

Yep, the weather finally says “summer” but the calendar says it’s ‘cross season. We’ve built up several ‘cross bikes in the last little bit; this Ridley X-Fire is Gavin’s and it is super exciting: Thomson, Fizik, Zed Wheelworks, TRP, etc.

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