google bikes

The google "campus" is VERY large. It spans at least 6 city blocks by 6 city blocks. Scattered all around the place are these yellow green and red bikes. The bike are free to use and abuse! BOO!! bikes are your friend don't hurt them... I usually roller skate around the area and I thought It's time to share what I have witnessed.

 

I ran into a bike mechanic truck servicing a tandem bike and asked if he was fixing the google bikes. He told me he was a fixing the employees bikes. He was saying that the google bikes are in their 3rd generation by now. He didn't know how many bikes there were but he did say most of them will wander off and end up in LA. Looking at the above picture you can tell there are 20" bikes and the newer 26" bike featuring the green tires.

 

 

Here is a Google Bike I found on the side of the road. Yes it's specially made for google by REPUBLIC bike company. Most of the bikes REPUBLIC sells are are just like this so it's no big deal really. I was expecting some google people to be designing a bike but the answer is no.

 

It's a great idea to have bikes all over the place and just grab one and ride it. It might be even better if the pick up and drop off points were some what known. I don't think these republic bike are really top notch bikes but that's no reason to ride them around with a flat tire. I did see lots of riders with low tires riding around, but riding a bike with no tire inflation is what it comes too. Even if you are making 50 thousand dollars being a google worker it would be awesome if you cared about bikes offered in a free service. But the answer is NO!

 

What about reporting or taking bikes with issues to the BIKE DOCTOR?? hmm. Yeah I am a outsider and what do I know. Google people make this blogger software happen. They don't have time to pump a tire or put a seat post and seat in a bike.

 

Still as a side note check out the buses the google people use to get to and from work.

I was kind of hoping for some Utopian vision of bike sharing but it didn't really turn out like that.

I walked into modern society where disposable products are the norm even if they are repairable.

 

video below:

 

 

Now imagine if all of those people rode bikes. That would be a bike army.

PUPUSH AND BEYOND!