Nanaimo Staff | Oak Bay Bicycles

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...)

Introducing the New Sunday Ride

by Brian @ OBB on Feb 16, 2012 • No Comments

Last year we tried to add a “C” group to the OBB Victoria Saturday ride, but it had too much overlap with the regular ride and got confusing. This year we’re taking a new approach and starting a more relaxed ride on Sundays. Led by shop ambassador Joe Gard, the...

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Product Pick — Westshore: Specialized Purist Bottle

by Brian @ OBB on Feb 16, 2012 • No Comments

The Purist is our favourite water bottle. Carry hot soup one day and water the next, no weird tastes or staining. Specialized claims it was inspired by the low surface tension of the lotus plant, and made by using a silicon-oxygen layer (not silicone, silicon) on the inside… all we...

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2012 S-Works Epic 29er

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

Lots of high end 2012 product is coming through the doors at the moment. This particular S-Works Epic 29er is Simon Whitfield’s, but there’s plenty more fancy stuff that you can buy in stock. As for the bike, it’s sub 22 lbs with wagon wheels, and crazy stiff. Drool worthy....

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Team Oak Bay Bicycles – Lavan 2012

by Brian @ OBB on Jan 6, 2012 • No Comments

Oak Bay Bicycles and Lavan Apparel are excited to announce Team Oak Bay Bicycles – Lavan for 2012. To get things started right, we shot a little promo video of Jarrett Moore and Joe Esnouf shredding some local trails. The weather, bikes and cameras all came together and we had...

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OBB Throwback T-Shirts Now Available

by Brian @ OBB on Dec 9, 2011 • No Comments

Inspired by the type on old Oak Bay Bicycles jerseys, we’ve done a limited run of “Throwback” t-shirts. They’re super soft and they look great at the jumps or around town. Details: Printed on American Apparel’s cotton summer shirts (Navy) and poly/cotton shirts (Heather Cranberry). Slim fit (slimmer than the...

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Nanaimo Staff Bio: Chris Ferreiro

by Brian @ OBB on Oct 26, 2011 • No Comments

Chris is a new addition to the Nanaimo sales team. He was born in Vancouver, grew up on the shore, and moved to Nanaimo last year. He knows his way around all bikes, but is happiest when the subject is DH bikes. First bike: Kona Muni Mula. Favourite trails: Neds, Oilcan to Ladies. Favourite bike:...

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Nanaimo Staff Bio: Dale Marat

by Brian @ OBB on Oct 1, 2011 • No Comments

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...