Chased the Google Street View car on my bike today

As I was climbing eastbound on Fair Oaks Blvd towards New York Ave in Fair Oaks, I saw the Google Street View car traveling southbound on New York, so I decided to have a closer look. My helmet cam was recording, so I got video of it on several side streets off of New York Ave. When it went back northbound on New York Ave the car pulled over, so I looked at the driver and pointed at my helmet cam so they would know why I followed them down several dead-end streets. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is5VZLod_xE

In a few months you're going to need to go look at those maps. You, too, can be famous like me! :D

A couple Summers ago I was on a late afternoon 6 mile run and saw the Google cam car several times. So I looked at the street-level map of the route when it was up and about crapped myself when I saw it.

For some reason it makes my gut look preggers, though. I think my top must have poofed-out, or something. Very odd.

I want a job driving the Google car. :D

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Originally Posted by snapdragen

I want a job driving the Google car. :D

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Me too!

Wow. I've never actually seen the Google car. Until now.

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Originally Posted by zoom-zoom

In a few months you're going to need to go look at those maps. You, too, can be famous like me! :D

A couple Summers ago I was on a late afternoon 6 mile run and saw the Google cam car several times. So I looked at the street-level map of the route when it was up and about crapped myself when I saw it.

For some reason it makes my gut look preggers, though. I think my top must have poofed-out, or something. Very odd.

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That's cool! You're right, it does make you look pregnant. When I looked at the pic I hadn't read the rest of your post yet, so I thought to myself "You go girl!" :)

I can't wait until they update the maps. If I find myself on there I'll be sure to post the pics.

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Originally Posted by luv2climb

That's cool! You're right, it does make you look pregnant. When I looked at the pic I hadn't read the rest of your post yet, so I thought to myself "You go girl!" :)

I can't wait until they update the maps. If I find myself on there I'll be sure to post the pics.

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It's funny...I'd already had my tubes tied years before they got that shot. Everyone who's seen it has said "your belly doesn't look like that!" Camera didn't add 10#s, it added 6 months! :p

I think it was maybe 6 months later that I discovered they'd updated the street-level cam stuff, so you may not find anything for a while. I saw the car 3x during that run, so I was pretty suspicious that I'd see myself somewhere on the route.

did you know they have a google bike now too?

http://searchengineland.com/google-s...iew-bike-21320

Thought Kirsten was pregnant in the google pic. And I thought OMG, she's still jogging with her belly so big :eek:

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Originally Posted by smilingcat

Thought Kirsten was pregnant in the google pic. And I thought OMG, she's still jogging with her belly so big :eek:

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If they hadn't blurred out my face I'd be suing them for defamation of my shape! :p

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Originally Posted by zoom-zoom

If they hadn't blurred out my face I'd be suing them for defamation of my shape! :p

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On a brighter note, your legs look awesome in that shot!

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Originally Posted by indysteel

On a brighter note, your legs look awesome in that shot!

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And they usually don't look good in photos, so that part is good. :D

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Originally Posted by Antaresia

did you know they have a google bike now too?

http://searchengineland.com/google-s...iew-bike-21320

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I saw a video of that while searching for other videos of people following Google vehicles. I was hoping to find another cyclist chasing down a Google car. What a nice surprise it was to find out that they actually have a bike too! :)

I would love to ride that around! :D

A YouTube commenter just informed me that I show up in the newly updated images, so here ya go!

Monal Court

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8290/7...b14a8275_b.jpg
Chasing the Google Street View car on a bicycle by kittyz202, on Flickr

Mount Diablo Court

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8162/7...1635d5fb_b.jpg
Chasing the Google Street View car on a bicycle by kittyz202, on Flickr

Oriana Court 1

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8025/7...03d28c3e_b.jpg
Chasing the Google Street View car on a bicycle by kittyz202, on Flickr

Oriana Court 2

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/7...523a1587_b.jpg
Chasing the Google Street View car on a bicycle by kittyz202, on Flickr

When I first posted this video back in March, I caught a little flack on BikeForums for not making a complete stop at a stop sign, which happens to be at the bottom of a hill that I had to climb in order to keep up with the car. I had slowed down, looked both ways, and went for it. Oops! :o

Here's a better shot of the tank of a bicycle that I had to ride up said hill. It's a 2010 Trek 7000 WSD, which is a pretty low-end bike. I made it faster by replacing the power-robbing suspension seatpost with a normal one.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7113/7...6d87d0e8_b.jpg
Chasing the Google Street View car on a bicycle by kittyz202, on Flickr

Zoomed-in view. You can see the ContourHD helmet cam here:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7125/7...98cac8de_b.jpg
Chasing the Google Street View car on a bicycle by kittyz202, on Flickr