Google Wants to Make Silicon Valley as Bike-Friendly as Copenhagen

Re:Google Wants to Make Silicon Valley as Bike-Friendly as C... by URSpider94 on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @04:23PM (#10267886)

Outside the Bay Area in the US, I see a lot of hybrid and mountain bikes. In Silicon Valley, there's definitely a preference for multi-thousand $ road bikes -- and people ride them, hard.

Still, riding your carbon race bike to the office is akin to driving your Ferrari to the grocery store -- uncomfortable on rough roads, no storage space, and when you get there, where do you park?

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Re:Google Wants to Make Silicon Valley as Bike-Friendly as C... by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @05:17PM (#10268302)

When I bought my road bike, I tried to optimize the hell out of the performance/price ratio. You could get a pretty good road bike for less than $2k, or quite a bit less than that with some effort. Choose a store with good prices, and use all the discounts and sales you could get your hands on.

This was a few years back, but I got mine for $1200. Granted, this was in the middle of a massive sale, but still. It's even got a carbon fiber fork (but aluminum frame).

Frankly, not being Lance Armstrong, I don't care about the last few percentage points of performance. All I care is how much I get for the buck I pay, and whether I get a decent bike or not. Keep the chain lubed and the tires rock-hard, and the thing flies on most roads.

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Re:Google Wants to Make Silicon Valley as Bike-Friendly as C... by nkassis on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @05:14PM (#10268283)

Parking can be an issue but I would hope that most large tech companies now offer interior protected bike storage. Seems like a cheap perk that keep employee healthy.

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