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

OBB Victoria is Open on Monday May 21st

Yep, we’re open for the long weekend. 12 Noon – 5pm. Come say hi after (or before) your rides!
Huatulco Triathlon Race Report by Matt Sharpe

Huatulco Triathlon Race Report by Matt Sharpe

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...
Ore Crusher Race Report by Geoff Homer

Ore Crusher Race Report by Geoff Homer

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...
OBB at Bike to Work Week 2012

OBB at Bike to Work Week 2012

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...
Nanaimo Build: Kona Operator

Nanaimo Build: Kona Operator

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...
The 2012 Norco Brand Book

The 2012 Norco Brand Book

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!
Locations
Video: Cecelia Ravine Park Grand Opening

Video: Cecelia Ravine Park Grand Opening

Jarrett Moore—one of our gravity team riders—, and a bunch of other talented local builders have been working on a local bike park at Cecelia Ravine Park for a few months now, and it’s looking amazingly fun. We shot this little video to show what’s happening there, and we’ll be out at the park’s grand...
Nanaimo Doubleheader Cross Weekend

Nanaimo Doubleheader Cross Weekend

Photos by Jennifer Skinner and Geoff Robson. Cross season is in full swing, and Jenny just sent over this fantastic race report from last weekend: This past weekend was the Nanaimo double header; Cross on the Rock‘s Island Championships on Saturday at Beban Park, followed by race #4 of the series at Bowen Park. In...
A Day in the Life of Simon Whitfield

A Day in the Life of Simon Whitfield

Amazing to see the work that local Olympian and OBB rider Simon Whitfield puts in, and awesome to see Victoria as a place where world class training happens.
Nanaimo Staff Bio: Dale Marat

Nanaimo Staff Bio: Dale Marat

Dale is a new addition turning wrenches at the new OBB Nanaimo location. He’s got a ton of experience and we’re excited to have him on board. Some stats: Years in the industry: 35 Hometown: Winnipeg Preferred riding style: Road (“I keep getting lost when I mountain bike…”) and track. He’s very excited about the...
Winter Hours in Effect at OBB Victoria

Winter Hours in Effect at OBB Victoria

The days are getting shorter, people are buying cyclocross bikes, we had our last swap meet of the year last night, and it’s time to start closing early on Thursdays. Winter Hours at the Victoria location Monday-Friday: 9am-6pm Saturday: 9am-5pm Sunday: 10am-5pm
Mike Colwill's Tallboy

Mike Colwill’s Tallboy

Mike Colwill of the Fernwood Inn picked up a Santa Cruz Tallboy at the beginning of the season, but somehow I managed to forget to post it. Better late than never, this thing is still super hot. Am I the only one that loves painted carbon rather than a decorative crabon fribé weave?
Milenkovitch Goes to Vegas

Milenkovitch Goes to Vegas

Yep, this year we sent Milenkovitch to prowl around Interbike for us. Click through to see the rest of his fantastic photos.
Bike Dice 2011

Bike Dice 2011

Aaron Larocque dropped this rad edit of Wink, Jarrett, Alan and Dan playing Bike Dice. Super fun! On a related note, Jarrett and Wink have started a little mountain bike blog called ONLY MTB and it’s really good.
Another Ridley X-Fire Build

Another Ridley X-Fire Build

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.