Chased the Google Street View car on my bike today

[luv2climb]

did you know they have a google bike now too?

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

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!

[luv2climb]

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

Monal Court


Chasing the Google Street View car on a bicycle by kittyz202, on Flickr

Mount Diablo Court


Chasing the Google Street View car on a bicycle by kittyz202, on Flickr

Oriana Court 1


Chasing the Google Street View car on a bicycle by kittyz202, on Flickr

Oriana Court 2


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!

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.


Chasing the Google Street View car on a bicycle by kittyz202, on Flickr

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


Chasing the Google Street View car on a bicycle by kittyz202, on Flickr