Weekend recap

Saturday my girlfriend R and I decided to go bike riding along the Bay at Crissy Field. I have a bike, which I bought used off of craigslist, but she doesn’t so we had to rent a bike for her. So we do what every good San Franciscan should do and went to Sports Basement rather than one of the high priced tourist ripe-off bike rental shops like Blazing Saddles. Why Sports Basement? Because the staff is super nice, knowledgeable and the prices are cheap - $10 for 3 hours or $20 for the day, kids pay half.

The staff was great in helping R deal with her fear of riding a bike. Knowing that this was her first time riding in years and if she liked it we would be back to rent a bike often they not only gave us an old fashion cruiser bike – the kind without gears and peddle breaks, for our Bay side ride (don’t ever get a cruiser if you’re going to be riding up any of San Francisco’s many, many hills) but they also gave it to us at the kids price. That is fantastic customer service!

I helped R ride around the parking lot a few times to remember how to ride a bike and get used to this particular bike and then we ventured across the street to the Crissy Field paths. Soon we were riding from the Yacht club to the Warming Hut and back with the sun on our faces and the wind in our hair.

Returning the bike, we picked up a few energy bars from their huge selection and played a game of pink pong for free on the table they have set up for their customers to use. Total cost: about $7. Which got us the joy or riding along the Bay, time spent together, fresh air, helping to over come one of R’s fears and a post ride snack. Well worth it. Oh, and you can be sure we’ll be back to Sports Basement again.

I spent Sunday indoor rock climbing and watching football, neither of which cost any money – I have a monthly membership to the climbing gym so essentially once the fee is paid each visit is free. Alternatively I go to the gym on average of 10-12 times per month making each visit cost an average of roughly $6 to $7 if you wanted to calculate it that way.