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

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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

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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

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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...

Most of the XC riders around here have drunk the 29er Kool-Aid; bigger wheels just make sense in certain applications. Still, there is a lot of totally warranted skepticism about pushing bigger wheels into the All Mountain/Enduro/Feeride side of things.

So, can you freeride a 29er? Andrew took out this bike to see what big wheels can do. The point isn’t that big wheels are better for dirt jumping or freeriding et cetera, but just that the supposed tradeoffs in those areas aren’t nearly as serious as people think.





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10 comments

  1. Steve Mitchell says:

    Mar 24, 2011

    Ha, the burning 29′r question indeed.. Is that Andrew from Marty’s? is he working/ riding for Oakbay now?

    Steve Mitchell

  2. Brian @ OBB says:

    Mar 24, 2011

    Sure is!

  3. Phil says:

    Mar 25, 2011

    Great Video!
    What Song is that?

  4. Brian @ Oak Bay Bikes says:

    Mar 25, 2011

    Lorn – Greatest Silence

    glad you like it!

  5. JJ says:

    Mar 25, 2011

    I thought that the MTB manufacturers were coming out with 27″ wheels, that was what i was hearing. Any news or info on that?

  6. Brian @ Oak Bay Bikes says:

    Mar 25, 2011

    You probably mean 650B, which is another major can of worms. Last year it looked like it might catch on for MTB, this year most of the manufacturers abandoned it. Read up on it, it’s interesting stuff; some frames allow you to run 650B wheels on a stock 26″ bike as well!

    But yeah, it seems that 650B is staying in the rando circles for now.

  7. Robert says:

    Apr 5, 2011

    Where is that Trail at the end with the jumps?

  8. Brian @ OBB says:

    Apr 6, 2011

    Victoria BC, and that’s the most you’ll get out of us. Get out there and find/build stuff!

  9. Jim Thompson says:

    Apr 29, 2011

    Do Canadians just revert to the stantard system as you feel like it?
    73.66 does sound kinda not the same. But I am sure rounding up wouldn’t be too far out? However Americans do use metric for engine size–go figure?

  10. Bev Jackson says:

    May 16, 2011

    thats my boy!!!!!!!

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