I’m doing Escape from Alcatraz for the first time this year. Please share any recommendations on tri bike rental options close to the Fisherman’s Wharf location. Thank you!
A friend rented a road bike from here and overall had a good experience. Maybe they can help:
http://www.sportsbasement.com/rentals/san-francisco-bike-rentals/
I’ll second the recommendation for renting a road bike from Sports Basement. That’s where you pick up your packet anyways and of any tri I have done, a road bike hurts you the least at Escape. A descent amount of up, much of the down is technical. And if you are a fair to good swimmer, there is a lot of traffic on the course. If you are a great swimmer, a tri bike may give you more of an advantage.
There are some great ST threads on advice for this race if you search them out.
Have you checked out https://www.spinlister.com/
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Thanks for the input guys. I’ve signed up on spinlister and reached out to a guy near fisherman’s wharf to try to secure his tri bike for the weekend. I also called Sports Basement and they said they do not take advanced reserve rentals for that weekend. He literally said “call us 72 hours before the race.” Seems risky!