About
Essential Cycles: North Vancouver’s Premier Bike Shop & MTB Coaching Hub
At Essential Cycles, we believe cycling is more than just a sport—it’s a lifestyle. Based in North Vancouver, we offer expert bike service, custom builds, premium wheelsets, MTB coaching, and rentals to help every rider get the most out of their cycling experience.
Whether you're looking to upgrade your ride, fine-tune your skills, or hit the trails on a top-tier rental, we’ve got you covered.
Our Services
Expert Bike Service & Repairs
Your bike deserves the best care. Our skilled technicians provide meticulous maintenance for mountain, road, and gravel bikes, ensuring peak performance on the North Shore’s legendary trails and beyond.
Custom Bike & Wheel Builds
We specialize in custom bikes and wheelsets that match your unique riding style. With over 20 years of expertise, we craft high-performance wheels using We Are One Composites, Nobl Wheels, DT Swiss, Onyx, and Industry Nine.
Mountain Bike Rentals
Explore the best trails in North Vancouver with our top-tier MTB rentals. Our bikes are meticulously maintained, giving you a reliable, high-performance ride on every adventure.
MTB Coaching & Guided Rides
Led by Jaclyn Delacroix and the expert team at Ozmosis Training, our MTB coaching and guiding services help riders of all levels build confidence, master technical skills, and conquer challenging terrain.
Full Suspension Servicing
Through partnerships with Suspension Werx and Fluid Function, we provide comprehensive suspension tuning and maintenance, keeping your bike dialed for any terrain.
Authorized Retailer
We proudly carry Ibis, Marin, Commencal, and We Are One Composites bikes, along with a curated selection of high-performance components and gear.
Ozmosis Training: Elevate Your Riding
At Essential Cycles, we believe cycling is more than just a sport—it’s a lifestyle. Based in North Vancouver, we offer expert bike service, custom builds, premium wheelsets, MTB coaching, and rentals to help every rider get the most out of their cycling experience.
From skills clinics to private coaching, we’re here to help you progress!
Why Choose Essential Cycles?
✔ Expert bike service & custom builds
✔ Top-quality mountain bike rentals
✔ MTB coaching from professional riders
✔ Trusted by the North Shore cycling community
✔ Unmatched experience in bike tuning & suspension service
Join the Essential Cycles Community
We’re more than a bike shop—we’re a hub for riders, racers, and adventurers who live and breathe cycling. Whether you need a bike tune-up, custom build, skills coaching, or a rental, we’re here to help.
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MEET THE TEAM
Get to know the faces behind Essential Cycles
At Essential Cycles, we are passionate about mountain biking and want to share our knowledge with everyone. We offer bike rentals, bike repairs and bike education opportunities, providing our customers with an unbeatable bike shop experience. Our in-store mechanics classes cover everything from the basics to a full bike overhaul - all taught by experienced professionals. Plus, our professional coaches are here to help you improve your bike riding skills!
Jaclyn Delacroix
Meet Jaclyn, one of the most exceptional mountain bike coaches in British Columbia. With over a decade of coaching experience and previously being an internationally certified personal trainer, Jaclyn is at the top level of coaching, with a unique ability to help riders improve their skills and overcome mental barriers.
Jaclyn's dedication to promoting and inspiring women within the mountain biking communities all over British Columbia is truly inspiring. Her coaching philosophy centers
on empowering riders of all levels, and helping them achieve their full potential on the trails. With Jaclyn as your coach, you'll not only improve your skills and confidence on the bike, but you'll also be part of a community of riders that is pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the sport.
In addition to her coaching expertise, Jaclyn also brings a wealth of bike mechanic knowledge to the table, having worked on bikes for around a decade with mentoring from #niceguygeoff and Andrew. If you're looking for a coach who is passionate, ded
icated, and experienced in all aspects of mountain biking, then Jaclyn is the coach for you. So what are you waiting for? Get in touch today and take the first step towards becoming the best rider you can be.
Geoff MacDonald
Affectionately known as ‘niceguy’ within the Vancouver cycling community, Geoff was born in Tofino, BC but calls East-Van home. A self-professed bike-nerd and daily rider, Geoff has a deep love and appreciation for the literal and philosophical utilitarian beauty of all things bicycle.
Geoff’s wandering path through life has seen him make his way as a musician, bike-courier, cowboy, swing-dancer, high-rise window cleaner & scuba-diver… but throughout it all - and above all else - he considers himself a bike-mechanic. With two decades of international experience ranging from community bike-kitchens to UCI race support, he has personal
experience riding and repairing: mountain bikes & road bikes, gravel bikes & touring bikes, commuters & cruisers, fixies & bmx’s, tall bikes & tandems, fat bikes, freak bikes, polo bikes and kids bikes. With a thorough attention for detail and an honesty-first approach to repairs, you can rest assured he has the experience needed to give your bike the love it deserves. As an instructor, he loves to share knowledge and help others understand the methods behind the mechanics.
niceguy also is a multi-instrumentalist and loves to wax-ecstatic about music, he makes his own clothes, obsesses over chess, and studies the cognitive psychology behind prestidigitation & legerdemain. He is willing to admit the wheels can be greased with baked goods, coffee, bubbly, beer, wine or deli-meats…
Sierra Sullivan
Sierra was born and raised around the forests of western Canada where she developed a love for trails, mountains, streams, and rivers. Moving to Vancouver in 2017 to pursue a PhD in fisheries was motivated by the excellent educational and, of course, the mountain bike opportunities that the area offered.
With a background as an alpine ski coach and a dance instructor, expanding her coaching skills to mountain biking was a natural progression after taking up the sport. She has instructed and guided for WORCA, Shred Sisters, and many other organizations across BC as a PMBIA Level 1 certified coach since 2016. In addition to coaching, she races enduro, builds trails, and explores backcountry regions across western Canada and the US.
Sierra’s passion lies in promoting female involvement in mountain sports through structured approaches to skill development and mental progression. She mentors for the Mountain Mentors ski touring program, guides for Muddbunnies Cycling Club, and is excited to share her enthusiasm for teaching and bad puns with Ozmosis Training clients
Dagný Ívarsdóttir
Born under the ever-lingering midnight sun and surrounded by exploding geysers, spewing volcanoes, majestic glaciers and powerful waterfalls – Dagný is a true Icelandic Viking that firmly believes in elves, trolls and all the other supernatural beings that reside in Iceland’s mystical nature. Dagný’s passion for the outdoors naturally led her into a career in adventure tourism where she has accumulated her travel expertise through various jobs behind the desk and in the field.
Dagný tried mountain biking for the first time a few years back when she got invited to join a group of 20 women to explore some of Iceland’s most beautiful and remote backcountry trails. She instantly fell in love with the euphoric feeling of riding bikes in the wild and the powerful bonds you make with the people you ride with. Since then mountain biking has taken Dagný to exotic places like Nepal, Peru, Mexico, Portugal and Patagonia. Moving to North Vancouver was a dream come true as it is a mecca for so many outdoor adventure sports and especially for the world class mountain biking scene. The North Shore trails have quickly become her favorite playground and she loves to share her passion for riding and fixing bikes.
In the off season she works as a polar expedition guide on the oceans of the Arctic and Antarctic. Dagný credits Mother Nature for teaching her the value of working hard, playing harder, laughing loud and always living life to its fullest.
Andrew Major
Who is Andrew? A bike-shop co-worker once derided that his obsession with bicycles had rendered him a “one dimensional character.” During a heat wave and drought, his good friend Pope Jimmy suggested that North Vancouver should host a parade and make him the guest of honour. On learning that he’d be turning wrenches part time alongside Nice Guy Geoff, his own daughter remarked “I guess that makes you Mean Guy Mandrew?!”
With friends like these… he goes by ‘Drew,’ or ‘Andrew,’ or ‘Mandrew,’ or ‘Major-Dad,’ or ‘Drew-Bob’ depending on who he’s talking to and where and when they know him from over a couple decades in the bike industry. And sometimes just “Yep?!” on a properly busy day. He never answers the phone the same way twice, and never sounds happy to be doing it but he’s usually acceptably kind in person. And, he does know a couple things about bicycles.
When he’s not Saturdaying at Essential Cycles you’ll find him on his own riding bikes, hanging out with his daughter riding bikes, writing about mountain bicycles for the folks at NSMB.com, or writing about bikes on his blog MEATengines.com.
