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We’re a bike shop with locations in Victoria, Langford and Nanaimo, British Columbia. We carry a wide variety of bicycles, from family commuters and city bikes to high end mountain and road bikes, and have advanced, fast turnaround service shops. We carry several leading brands of bicycles, including Specialized, Norco, and Ridley, and are big proponents of 29ers for much of the riding on Vancouver Island. (Read more...)

OBB Victoria is Open on Monday May 21st

by Brian @ OBB on May 20, 2012 • No Comments

Yep, we’re open for the long weekend. 12 Noon – 5pm. Come say hi after (or before) your rides!

Guest Posts / Locations / Nanaimo / News / Ride & Trip Reports / Victoria / Westshore

Huatulco Triathlon Race Report by Matt Sharpe

by Brian @ OBB on May 19, 2012 • No Comments

OBB has been supporting Triathlon Code, a triathlon development team, for a few years now and we’re super excited for Matt riding his first ever World Cup this year. He sent over this race report: I recently returned from my first ever World Cup level Triathlon, which took place in...

Guest Posts / Locations / Nanaimo / News / Ride & Trip Reports / Victoria / Westshore

Ore Crusher Race Report by Geoff Homer

by Brian @ OBB on May 19, 2012 • No Comments

OBB rider Geoff Homer sent over a little report from the Ore Crusher in Squamish. Highlight number one of my Saturday May 12th was racing the 2012 edition of the Ore Crusher. Highlight number two, in case you were wondering, was watching Pretty in Pink for the first time. I’d...

Events / Locations / News / Victoria / Westshore

OBB at Bike to Work Week 2012

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

The 2012 Victoria Bike to Work Week kicks off for May 28 – June 3 and OBB is excited to be involved in a big way again this year. We’ll be manning the following Celebration Stations: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012: CAMOSUN COLLEGE LANSDOWNE CAMPUS OAK BAY MUNICIPAL HALL Friday, June...

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...

Locations / Nanaimo / News / Random / Victoria / Westshore

The 2012 Norco Brand Book

by Brian @ OBB on May 10, 2012 • No Comments

Norco is really pushing it right now with some solid bike designs and a willingness to take risks. They’ve also put out a great little magazine-style “Brand Book” for 2012 which we’re really enjoying. Check it out here, and see if you can recognize any local spots/trails in there!

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Specialized Demo Day 2012 Recap

by Brian @ OBB on Apr 29, 2012 • No Comments

Our Victoria Specialized Demo Day was yesterday. We got lots of Saturday Ride folks onto test bikes and fed them full of donuts & coffee; then we set up at Red Barn Markets on West Saanich, shuttled folks up to Hartland to try mountain bikes, and fed them full of hot dogs, burgers, and brownies....

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Specialized Demo Days in Victoria

by Brian @ OBB on Apr 24, 2012 • 2 Comments

We hosted a Demo Day last year and it was a tonne of fun, so we’re doing it again this year but with a few twists. This year we’ll have Specialized Bicycles available to demo for FREE on this Saturday, April 28th at our favourite post-ride sandwich spot: the Red Barn Market on West Saanich....

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Specialized Demo Days in Nanaimo

by Brian @ OBB on Apr 19, 2012 • No Comments

Still haven’t decided what bike to get on this year? OBB Nanaimo & Specialized Bicycles are putting on some Demo Days in Nanaimo for you to test the best. Here are the details: The MTB Demo Day is from 4PM to 6:30PM at Dumont Road on Friday, April 20th. The Road Demo Day is from...

Demo Bikes / For Sale / Locations / New Stuff / News / Used Stuff / Victoria

OBB Victoria’s Demo Bikes For Sale

by Brian @ OBB on Oct 29, 2011 • 2 Comments

We’re selling off our demo fleet at pretty aggressive prices to make room for our 2012 fleet. I’m just posting the mountain bikes here, call the shop for the road bikes: 250 598-4111. 2009 Norco Shore 1, size Medium. New $4249, demo price: $1399. 2010 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Comp, size Large. New $4069, demo price:...

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Specialized Demo Day in Nanaimo

by Brian @ OBB on May 20, 2011 • No Comments

We’re hosting a Specialized Demo Day at our Nanaimo location this Sunday, May 22nd. The Demo truck will be at the shop from 12-4pm, offering a wide selection of mountain and road bikes to take out. Everyone who wants to demo a bike needs to bring a drivers license, credit card, helmet, pedals (if you...

Demo Bikes / Locations / News / Victoria

OBB Victoria’s 2011 Demo Bike Fleet

by Brian @ OBB on Feb 25, 2011 • No Comments

Sometimes deciding on a bike takes more than just a parking-lot test, especially when it’s a higher end bike; to fix that we try to keep a fully stocked Demo Bike rental fleet at the Victoria location. The cost of trying a bike out is $60 a day to cover wear and tear and tuning...