On the Road: Family, Friends, Adventure
On our new E Bikes The first stop after leaving our camp host site at Samuel P Taylor State Park was The New Wheel Electric Bike shop in Larkspur to pick up our brand new Specialized Electric Bicycles on Friday, April 30. We have been looking for E-bikes ever since retiring, but like so many other things during this pandemic they have been in short supply. We test rode Specialized Como models in Auburn in January, and after one ride up a steep hill we were sold on these awesome pedal assist bikes, but there were none in stock and no estimate of when they might come in. We heard about The New Wheel in Larkspur from the in-laws of Jelani, the store manager. They were regular walkers at Samuel P Taylor. We went to the shop a few weeks ago to test ride various brands and decided that Specialized were the ones we wanted. It's hard to explain how truly awesome they are. They were an extravagant purchase, but paid for by a generous retirement gift from Eureka First United Methodi...