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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...

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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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Customer Appeciation Time Lapse

by Brian @ OBB on Dec 10, 2010 • No Comments

Just a little time lapse from the road ride portion of our customer appreciation day a few weeks ago. Coffeecoffeecoffee.

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Customer Appreciation Party Photos

by Brian @ OBB on Dec 4, 2010 • No Comments

Last weekend we had a little party for friends and family; just saying thanks for an amazing year, and giving longtime mechanic Hugh Pollock a good sendoff for his travels. Click through for tons of great photos by Jon Lake.

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Some 2011 Goodies

by Brian @ OBB on Nov 15, 2010 • No Comments

A few 2011 goodies are trickling through the door. Hit the jump to see some Ridley/Niner/XTR goodness!

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GoPro Scraps – Summer 2010

by Brian @ OBB on Oct 27, 2010 • 1 Comment

[vimeo width="600" height="337.5"]http://vimeo.com/16230714[/vimeo] We’ve been lending out the shop GoPro helmet cam to staff and shop friends all summer, and we finally got around to putting some of the footage together. There’s a bit of everything in there, from MOMAR type stuff to Whistler runs to Partridge Hills to epic DH in the Okanagan. Hope you...

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The Best Bike Video Ever

by Brian @ OBB on Oct 23, 2010 • 1 Comment

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3LOKfQ3y2Q[/youtube] This is awesome. From Abene, Senegal, outside a cafe called “BM Chez Kiki.” Thanks to our friend David Lang for the link.

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OBB at Interbike 2010

by Brian @ OBB on Oct 5, 2010 • 2 Comments

So Ken, Hugh, and myself went down to Interbike in Las Vegas last month. I managed to make having the flu and going to Vegas coincide, but it was an awesome (cough syrup addled) time. Hit the jump to see a ton of photos. There’s even some 2011 bike related sneak peak stuff!

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Geoff and Dan in the Chilcotins

by Brian @ OBB on Jul 14, 2010 • No Comments

[vimeo width="600" height="338"]http://vimeo.com/13344528[/vimeo] Geoff and Dan headed up to the Chilcotins to do some high elevation riding, and this is some of the footage from the GoPro helmet cam they brought up. Unfortunately the batteries weren’t charged so the camera died before all the best bits. Music is by Lone – To Be With A...