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...)
Specialized's Women's Ride Day on May 5th

Specialized’s Women’s Ride Day on May 5th

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...
Welcome Tenille Hoogland!

Welcome Tenille Hoogland!

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...
School Bike League 2013: # 1 Bike Jam

School Bike League 2013: # 1 Bike Jam

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 2013 Pinarello Dogma with Campy SR EPS and a Lamborghini

Custom 2013 Pinarello Dogma with Campy SR EPS and a Lamborghini

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...
Stacey's Ride to Conquer Cancer: Team Spaghetti Factory

Stacey’s Ride to Conquer Cancer: Team Spaghetti Factory

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...
Posts tagged "Karl Ullrich"
Oak Bay Bikes goes to Italy Re-cap

Oak Bay Bikes goes to Italy Re-cap

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...
Snapshot of OBB in Italy 2012

Snapshot of OBB in Italy 2012

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.
OBB Reconnaissance: Sicily

OBB Reconnaissance: Sicily

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 road touring route around Sicily. The route worked out and they’re going back next year as a commercial tour. This is a short clip of their trip. More information on...
Victoria 2 Cowichan 2011 Recap

Victoria 2 Cowichan 2011 Recap

We had a good crowd of folks out for the Victoria 2 Cowichan ride last Sunday. The ride went well, with warm temperatures but nothing quite like the swelterfest that was 2010′s ride. The BBQ was a blast and we’ve gotten a ton of positive feedback about the route and the new event format (this...
Dispatches From Italy: Volume 2

Dispatches From Italy: Volume 2

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...