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Summer’s right here and it’s the good time to get out and revel in what the Okanagan has to supply. And a good method to do this is on a Pedego electric bike.
With the recognition of electric bikes on the rise—electric bike now account for an estimated 88% of all bicycles offered—Pedego Oyama is your good place to begin.
“We really believe in getting people out and having fun,” says co-proprietor Sheila Fraser, who alongside along with her husband Murray personal and operates the retailer and sells, rents and providers Pedego electric bikes.
With its location simply steps away from the Okanagan Rail Trail, Pedego Oyama is a good place to begin for locals and vacationers alike who need to take pleasure in one in all the Okanagan’s recreation jewels, using with ease on a high-of-the-line electric bike.
Pedego electric bikes are trendy, comfy and excessive-high quality, and along with leases, the retailer carries an in depth line of the electric bikes on the market.
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Sheila and Murray Fraser, proprietor-operators of Pedego Oyama.
The retailer additionally providers Pedego electric bikes. Murray, who has a background in the automotive trade and is a licensed mechanic, can be a licensed Pedego electric bike technician and handles the servicing finish of the enterprise. Sheila, with a background in retail, handles the gross sales and rental aspect.
All Pedego electric bikes include a 5-yr guarantee.
“That is unprecedented in the industry,” say’s Sheila, who can converse with authority about the bikes as she rides her Pedego electric bike to work from her house in Coldstream day by day, typically returning house along with her bike loaded up with groceries.
“There are so many side benefits to electric bikes,” says Fraser, noting that like her, a rising variety of folks at the moment are utilizing them as commuter autos. Both the City of Kelowna and City of Vernon have added Pedego electric bikes to their fleet of autos for workers to make use of.
As a dealership for Pedego electric bikes, the Oyama retailer carries an in depth line of the California-based firm’s electric bikes, together with the high-promoting, greatest-in-class fashions, the Interceptor, the Boomerang and the Ridge Rider.
The firm produces 19 completely different fashions, geared toward assembly the particular person wants of each sort of rider. It even produces a three-wheeled electric trike.
“The company really listens to its customers and as a result is always coming out with new innovations,” says Sheila. Most just lately it responded to buyer suggestions by making the battery simpler to exchange and has a mannequin with sign lights popping out.
So, if you’re in the marketplace for an electric bike, head to Pedego Oyama for a take a look at experience, or lease an electric bike and hit the Okanagan Rail Trail for a enjoyable day trip.
Pedego Oyama, which opened in 2019, is situated simply off the Okanagan Rail Trail in Oyama at the Gatzke Farm Market.
It is open seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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