Melissa Lee

Review of Tampa Bay Water Bike Company

First off, for Yelpers, you get 10% off so remembe...

First off, for Yelpers, you get 10% off so remember to check in! It covers the tax and that's about it but anything is better than paying 100% right? At first, we missed this place because it wasn't labeled or marked so we went to the right of the convention center but it's to the left at the dock. I've never been to the dock so I had no idea. We walked up to the dock and met the employee there and she was friendly. She took my card and ID in case we decided to run off with the water bikes but that was understandable. They had bike covers so you're not sitting on a super hot seat so that was neat. She also offered us a water bottle at no charge and gave us a quick demo and safety rules to go over. There is a place to put your phone and wallet so that was awesome and I didn't have to worry about it getting wet. We took off and man, it was nice! Well, at least for the first half and then we got to the University of Tampa and was already tired. It's definitely a workout and it was a hot day, low 90s but the sun was definitely out. Even with the bike seat at the lowest setting, it got uncomfortable so we had to keep standing from time to time. We only did 30 minutes but the lowest time is an hour. I couldn't wait to get back to the dock! It's definitely once in a lifetime opportunity that I won't be doing again but you have to definitely do it once!