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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...

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News / Ride & Trip Reports / Travel

Oak Bay Bikes goes to Italy Re-cap

by Bill on Jul 14, 2012 • No Comments

Oak Bay Bikes and Fawcett & Company teamed up in June, for an exciting new event in bicycle touring. With the help of Progetta Avventura, they stitched together a varied route through the best of Italy between Rome and Florence. The final journey featured nearly 700 km of riding, 17 000 m of climbing, and...

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 / Mountain / News / Ride & Trip Reports / Scheduled Rides / Travel / Videos

OBB and Fawcett Expeditions: Rome to Florence Off Road

by Brian @ OBB on Dec 11, 2011 • No Comments

In May 2011, Karl (owner of Oak Bay Bicycles), Scotty (purchaser), Rob Fawcett of fawcettexpeditions.com & Jammer went over to Italy to test a potential off-road touring route from Rome to Florence. With the help of several local organizations they pieced the route together and it all worked out very well. They’re going back next...

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

Dispatches From Italy: Volume 2

by Brian @ OBB on May 7, 2011 • No Comments

This is the second installment of photos from Scott and Karl’s Italy tour. Scott’s been keeping us up to date and it looks like they’re having an amazing time. Words and captions by Scott Martin. This is the start of the Mt Etna climb, up to 1900 meters. Awesome day of riding. A bit of...

Locations / Nanaimo / News / Ride & Trip Reports / Scheduled Rides / Victoria / Westshore

Dispatches From Italy: Volume 1

by Brian @ OBB on Apr 28, 2011 • No Comments

Karl (the owner of OBB) and Scott (the purchaser for OBB Victoria) are in Italy right now with our good friend Rob Fawcett. Rob is the owner of Fawcett & Company Cycling Expeditions, and they’re over there with a group of riders doing some reconnaissance for another Italian expedition route that’ll be a sort of...