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...)

Poduct Pick — Nanaimo: Easton EC90 Aero Carbon Clincher Wheels

by Brian @ OBB on Feb 1, 2012 • No Comments

For the most part we’re snobs for handbuilt custom wheels: triple butted spokes, standard eyeletted rims, and the most expensive hubs we can afford. However, Easton has been really impressing us with their carbon wheelsets lately. The EC90 Aero carbon clinchers are sensibly light, super aero, and have a great...

Locations / Nanaimo / News / Random / Victoria / Westshore

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...

Custom Builds / Locations / News / Road Bikes / Victoria

Ridley Noah Monochrome Dreams

by Brian @ OBB on Dec 13, 2011 • 1 Comment

Another crazy nice Ridley Noah went out last week. It’s not as colourful as the last one, but it has a certain monochromatic badass thing going on. Done up with Campy Super Record, Zipp wheels/stem/bars, etc., it’s definitely dirty fast.

For Sale / Locations / Nanaimo / New Stuff / News / Product Picks / Random / Sales / Victoria / Westshore

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...