Coastal Cycles

Keeping the community riding

Parts / Accessories

Gift certificates are are great way to ensure the discerning cyclist gets the item they want or need. You pick the amount, we supply the goods or services.

Coastal Cycles offers economy and quality in its accessory lines. Always looking for new and innovative products to offer our clients.

Here are just some of the product lines we carry;

Adams Trail-a-Bikes

The toughest, and easiest tag-along there ever was. Perfect for kids ages 3-8 9 (depending on size) Starting at $199. this unit allows you to take the kids for a good ride without over tiring them. We also rent this item by the hour or day. If you want to buy the unit we take the rental off the purchase price.

Arkel Panniers

Canadian made, rugged and stylish panniers. You know what they say. Spend a little up front for quality and you won’t have to spend again.

Bionx Electric Assist motors

Canadian made BionX is the smart electric assist for the rider who really still wants to ride. 4 settings of assist gives you the choice of how much help you want. Regen available also, plus regenerative braking. The system even shuts off by itself.

Chariot Trailers

We’ve sold this product line since Chariot started, some 19 years ago. I can’t say enough about them. The staff are great and have never let us or a customer down. I call them proactive, because they think about want you want before you ask for it. Got kids? You want and need a Chariot. Canadian made. Simply the best in our opinion.

Croozer Pet Trailers

I never though I’d be selling Dog trailers of all things. But, hey! what do I know. Actually, theses trailers are one of just a few makes available in Canada for taking the pooch (or kitty) for a walk in a completely new and exciting locale.

Impac Cycle Gear

Locally owned and operated, Impac cycle gear has you covered. A wide range of gloves, reflective vests, and rain paints/jackets will keep you dry and ventilated. Perfect wear for the pacific northwest cyclist.

Park Tools

What can we say about Park Tools? Founded in the USA when most of us were just a thought to mom and dad. The biggest and the best.

White Lightning

There are a lot of lubricants in the marketplace, even a few home concoctions. But trust me when I say ‘you’re gonna love the way this stuff treats your chain’. Want it clean always? Done! Want something that stays with the chain for a while but still keeps you running clean? Done. Want to not check your chain for lube all winter? Done! Got it! Say no more.

Swagman Carrying Systems

What do you want to move, and how many of them? What kind of vehicle do you drive? Answer these questions and Swagman will help you get it there. Well built and stylish looking carriers for bikes and kayaks. Solutions for an active planet.

Publications of interest:

Well, a new customer of mine and I were talking in the shop the other day. He was someone who appreciated the older style of bike manufacturing. After some discussion he wrote down this website for me to peruse. If you're fan of steel framed bikes, its a great site to check out;
http://www.scoop.it/t/classic-steel-bikes
Pleasant Reading.

Another fantastic link here is 'Ode to the bicycle'. Check this video
out here.
http://www.dolectures.com/lectures/an-ode-to-the-bicycle/
Truly an inspiration to watch. You'll find a new appreciation for that steed you ride.

Location and Hours

#1-1610 Island Hwy Victoria, BC V9B 1H8

Just Past the Six Mile Pub, Same Side of the street

Lots of Free Parking

Open Tuesday to Saturday 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Sundays and Holidays 10AM - 4PM

Mondays CLOSED

Closed stat holidays November - March

Cars and Bikes. Who’s who?

I’ve been thinking about Old Man Warner in relation to the attitudes that many people have towards cycling and cyclists.

Those of us who are cycling advocates regard cycling as a form of mobility that improves individual lives, communities, economies, and the environment. To us, more cycling equals progress.

Whereas Old Man Warner thinks, “Next thing you know, they’ll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more.”

None of us alive today have ever lived in a world without cars, and neither have the Old Man Warner’s of our world. Cars run through our traditions, our rites of passage, what it means to be a credible, respectable, functional member of society; what it means to be socially mobile.

We, of course, know that there have not always been motor vehicles and the enabling infrastructure. We are taught in school that Henry Ford “invented” the automobile in 1908. But we hardly remember the names of other great Americans, such as Prometheus who brought us fire, and Alexander Fleming who discovered penicillin.

Some of us even are aware that cyclists are responsible for the first public paved roads.

But try telling that to Old Man Warner.

To him, cycling — even accommodating cyclists — represents regression; even a slippery slope towards total societal corrosion.

Regression in maturity: An adult who rides a bike looks like childish.
Regression of civilization: In the “Third World,” people ride bikes because those societies are backwards.
Regression of economic class: Cycling is the transportation choice of last resort for the poor, who obviously aspire to own a car.
Regression in social standing: Anyone on a bike, if they can afford a car, must have a DUI or other shameful reason for it.

Did I leave out any of the stigmata of cycling?

The problem is that Old Man Warner is flat wrong about what it would mean to abandon the lottery. And his wrongness perpetuates a tragic practice. Everyone in the community perpetuates the practice; Old Man Warner is merely it’s most outspoken defender.