Mountain 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...

Mountain Bikes

Custom Builds / Mountain Bikes / News

Custom 2013 Niner Rip RDO

by alexa on Apr 17, 2013 • No Comments

Just finished up another very cool mountain bike build, here at the OBB Victoria Shop. This customer chose the 2013 Niner Rip 9 RDO frame in that awesome blue, with the following parts: -Rock Shox Revelation fork -I9 wheels laced to carbon rims -SRAM XX1 drivetrain and cranks -Cane Creek Angleset headset -Niner RDO bar...

Custom Builds / Mountain Bikes / News

Custom SantaCruz Tallboy LT Carbon

by alexa on Mar 4, 2013 • No Comments

An OBB Victoria customer just created a brand new SantaCruz Tallboy LT Carbon… and it looks great! The bike features: - Fox Talas 34 fork - XTR rear derailleur - XT brakes - Easton Haven stem - XT cranks - XT pedals - Easton Haven Wheelset - Easton Havoc bar - Rockshox Reverb seat post...

Custom Builds / Mountain / Mountain Bikes / News / Videos

Niner WFO9 Bike Check Video

by Brian @ OBB on Jun 16, 2012 • 6 Comments

Last year we put out a web video called “Can You Freeride a 29er?” which got passed around pretty well and generated a lot of discussion. Since then we’ve seen a massive paradigm shift in terms of people’s attitudes towards 29ers, especially in the all-mountain/enduro segment of the population. And yeah, the bikes are a...

Custom Builds / For Sale / Locations / Mountain Bikes / Nanaimo / New Stuff / News

Nanaimo Build: Kona Operator

by Brian @ OBB on May 15, 2012 • No Comments

Kona launched the Operator platform last year and it’s been a super successful bike for them. It’s low slung, with a nicely tuned single pivot setup, and has oversized pivots and bearings so it’s not in the shop all the time for service. Kona bikes are available only at our Nanaimo location, but they’ve been...

Custom Builds / Locations / Mountain Bikes / Westshore

Westshore Build: 2012 Specialized S-Works Epic 29er

by Brian @ OBB on Apr 10, 2012 • 2 Comments

This is Chris’s personal bike this year and he went to town on the build. 2012 Specialized S-works Epic 29er XX drive train and shifters Magura MT 8 carbon brakes Ritchey WCS Wet Red seat post Stans ZTR Race Gold wheels (1345gr) S-Works Renegade tires (tubeless) KMC X10SL colour 10sp chain Crank Brothers Triple Ti...

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