Friday, 26 April 2013

Inside the cycleplex: the weird, wild world of Google Bikes

Google bikes

Not far from Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, there's a nondescript building that looks like it might be home to stealth startup. But if you walk in the front door, you won't find cubicles or computers. You'll find a secret bike shop where people like Robert Jimenez and Terry Mac twist wrenches and true tires all day long, rocking out to AC/DC and Pink Floyd. Then, if you slip into the back room, you'll see them: 1,300 green, blue, red and yellow Google Bikes, stacked Santa's workshop-style as far the eye can see.


This building is the nervous system for a remarkable campus-wide bike-sharing program that doubles as a mirror of the search giant's corporate culture.


By: Robert McMillan, Edited by: Kadhim Shubber


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via Wired.co.uk



http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-04/26/google-bikes

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