Employees at the Google campus will have a new way to zip around. The company has unveiled new GBike, which was created by a team of engineers within the company. It is the result of about 40 submissions in a design competition from company employees, and it will debut later this month.
Google reportedly looked at for design criteria including easy production, affordability, comfort and security. The results is a basic form factor bike that features a beach cruiser design, and that the company has dubbed “Googley” (no word on whether Ned Flanders had input on the name). It features coaster and handbrakes, along with a basket and bell. Google will also reportedly order enough bikes for its 10,000 bikes on its campus.
At first glance it is a little more “Plain Jane” then the reported 19th century old Penny-farthing high-wheel bike or mountain bike designs that were also submitted. In truth, wouldn’t you think the Mountain View-based company might’ve gone for a true mountain bike? But if employees don’t like it, they can always go work at Yahoo or Facebook.