Fixed Gear 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...

Fixed Gear Bikes

Custom Builds / Fixed Gear Bikes

Red rimmed 56cm Pake

by alexa on Jan 10, 2013 • 2 Comments

Well it’s winter, so we took some neat parts from around the shop to build a custom city fixie. On this build, we used: -Pake Rum Runner Track frame and fork combo 56cm white -Formula hubs -Foer deep dish red rims -FSA cranks -Specialized 44cm black road bar -Shimano 105 brakes with Tektro levers...

City Bikes / Custom Builds / Fixed Gear Bikes / Locations / News / Victoria

Pake Rum Runner Custom Project

by Bill on Aug 14, 2012 • 1 Comment

At Oak Bay Bikes nothing excites us more than creating a custom bike just for you. Take a look at this custom build we just put together for a customer at our Victoria OBB. Based around the Pake Rum Runner frame with a solid selection of parts including a Chris King Headset, green anodized Pake...

Custom Builds / Fixed Gear Bikes / News

Gillian’s Dolan Track Bike Check

by Brian @ OBB on Aug 10, 2011 • No Comments

OBB Victoria sales champ Gillian Carleton is coming up hard on the North American track scene. She’s in Bromont right now at Track Nationals, but before she left we snapped a few photos of her new bike setup. She’s had a few days on it at the newly reopened Commonwealth Legacy Velodrome and she’s looking...

Custom Builds / Fixed Gear Bikes / Locations / Victoria

KHS Aero Track Build

by Brian @ OBB on Feb 11, 2011 • 7 Comments

OBB inventory and sales phenom Gillian Carleton rode this KHS Aero Track at Nationals in 2008, but it’s much better suited to this build as an all purpose fixed gear ride. She wont shut up about the paint. Purple fade! Build: KHS Aero Track Mavic Ellipse wheelset Dura Ace track crankset (pictured with 105 cranks)...

Custom Builds / Fixed Gear Bikes

Brandon’s 183rd Street, Courier Mode & Sprint Mode

by Brian @ OBB on Jan 29, 2011 • 1 Comment

Anyone who knows Brandon knows he changes the setup on his bike on a bidaily basis. Here are some photos of his 183rd Street track bike in two separate setups: In courier mode I run brakes, but keep it fast and simple with a big gear and a standard road bar. The cops are onto...

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