Westshore | 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...

Westshore

Events / Locations / Nanaimo / Victoria / Westshore

Jumpship 2012

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

Photo of Jarrett Moore by Jason Headley Like most cyclists in Victoria we’re incredibly excited about Jumpship‘s second year. Last year was a blast, and we’re continuing our sponsorship of the event this year as well. *Please note, we will be closed on Sunday, June 24th to recover from Jumpship Saturday and to catch the...

Locations / Nanaimo / News / Ride & Trip Reports / Travel / Victoria / Westshore

Snapshot of OBB in Italy 2012

by Brian @ OBB on Jun 4, 2012 • No Comments

Photo courtesy of Jacqueline Downey. Karl and a bunch of other OBB folks are out on an off-road tour in Italy with Fawcett & Company Expeditions. You can catch photos of their trip over on our Facebook Page and on the Fawcett & Co blog.

Events / Guest Posts / Locations / Nanaimo / News / Travel / Victoria / Westshore

AFD Racing’s Gravity Cup 2012

by Brian @ OBB on May 22, 2012 • No Comments

OBB supports a grassroots DH development team called AFD Racing, and they’re putting on a series of DH races called the Gravity Cup. Race #1 is in Hinton AB on June 19th, and Race #2 is in Whitehorse YT on July 15th; they’re both going to be awesome. Geoff Gulevich, Brett Tippie, & Dylan Sherrard...

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 the small resort town of...

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

Ore Crusher Race Report by Geoff Homer

by Brian @ OBB on May 19, 2012 • 1 Comment

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 never ridden in Squamish before...

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