i bet these guys are stoked about the mission bike lane we have now lol cool doc thanks for uploading

Harvey was a Saint. He was in China during WWIi while it was blockaded by Japan. He said he knew what hunger felt like...

"I don't crave danger... but it feels really good at the end of the day to come that close to death" MENSA membership NOT required to be a messenger

This is awesome!!

i hate e-bikes

great documentary

I see bike messengers around town now and then, but is it much less common due to the internet and smart phones?

This is fucking amazing. I'm writing a character study about a bike messenger and what compels them to be a messenger to begin with. This gives 100 percent context of what I had in mind for my protagonist and confirms what I'd expect: creatives wanting to work on their own dime with flexibility and pursuit of something genuine. While I wish they showed more dispatching and the package end of receiving, this is a beautiful documentary.

@ 4:42, Ted Bundy?!.....oh, wait, nevermind..

WHAT'S UP BRO, I INTRODUCE MYSELF I AM FRENCH, I AM A STUDENT OF COLOMBIAN HISTORY, AND I AM COMPILING DIFFERENT SOURCES FOR MY THESIS WHICH IS ABOUT THE APPROPRIATION OF URBAN SPACE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN CYCLING, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A LITTLE HELP , I REALLY LIKED THE VIDEO ON YOUR CHANNEL.

Dogpaw missed is calling as a voice artist (DJ, presenter etc).

Jason was my first boss as a bike messenger and he was great. Told me i wasnt doing good enough so he pushed me to be better.

The 2001 fixie flick made me lose my appetite.. This one brings it back. Thanks

Wtf am i watching

There is no way of getting something done faster.....

Rode for Mobile Messenger, NYC '77. Best gig I've ever had, including getting paid to ski and light rock concerts. Nice flick, captures a bit of the taste of freedom. 64 now and resting a broken rib from going over the handlebars a week ago. You can take the boy out of the city...

I've been a bike messenger for 8 years..... I'm 44 old and I still enjoy it, I would never change it. of course I also have a second night job, but I won't give up on my bike messenger.

These people are largely self centered dicks. The roads and streets belong to everyone, not just them.

You guys are awesome. Helping each other, living empathy. And still people call you names. Good and bad ones. 💪✨

if you like this youre gonna love carts of darkness

Let's revisit this crew...See where this path has lead them.

I'm old now, but I regret I didn't do that job. Keep safe guys.

Love it when that dude who looked hella up tight said that bike messengers had to be “on of the most skilled athletes know to mankind.” Skilled and useful for sure, way faster than a car in certain situations, but just as fast in other situations. Watch out for those tracks, they’re killers

💜🤎🧡

interesting video watching in the uk

I wanna see a unicycle messenger that would be so badass , also a penny farthing bike messenger

I watched this in the 90s, when I was a teenager, it taught me how to cycle in the city.

Anyone know the original date of release for this?

d.aww, A young tieriny britz.

I LOVED this! Fantastic!!!!!! Thank you!!!

Filmed in 1984😂

I was a messenger in Philly in the 90s into 2000s. I worked some in NYC but mostly Philly. My brother and I we're both Messengers... He moved on to ride in SF for a while. I started at One hour on 2nd st then on to Philly express on 13th . Oh yeah can't forget heaven sent up on 23rd and Washington I think was the cross streets... Been a while.. It was always a party lol..

This is amazing. So accurate. I love it

I am planning to visit New York and defiantly going to ride one day with a bike messenger. very excited.

....what happened to them....we have one who is 61 and is still one of the fastest....

I miss Erik Zo coming by a bicycle Odyssey in sausalito. Super down to earth guy, and always eager to talk bikes!

Awesome Documentary !! 👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼 Vive la messengers !! They are artists of streets !! 🚲 ❤️Frim Paris (a delivery person)

Individualist.. 😊🙂 I love that word!! I guess,not too popular,in the time of the collectivism!And all that neocommunist garbage, that's being peddled this days! Social apps, group think,hive mind,and all that other crap!!

Marcus = Fur we worked together @ Now courier the sweetest guy rip

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I want one of those bags so bad

They work hard on that bike, they can eat whatever they want but still burn all the calories. And it is fun to run a bicycle in city traffic once you get the pulse of the town. But that job is not for anyone.

25:35 fender Jaguar, I love this guitar. I love my track bike. I love this old video.

These guys are what motivated me to get a single speed road bike. I know it's not the same thing, but it's some what difficult. The amount of athletic ability these guys have is amazing.

Born in SF. 96’, started fixed gearing w homies9th grade. we need SF back like this or the essence.

Bunch of losers. Im one of the baddest messengers to ever live and no one knows who i am because i dont subscribe to the "culture". Bunch of deadbeats they are just stand around getting high/drunk talking about things they cant afford as they hate on money. I was riding all day no breaks delivering heavy loads too my back was the rack or carry by hand while peddling. Sometimes carrying stuff so heavy had to walk it several city blocks or more. No helmet, just me, a chrome bag, and a trek.

The one thing I'm curious about that I haven't seen in the docs I've watched.... Their meals, their nutrition. NOT in that dbag "what I eat in a day" that is everywhere on KZbin. That's burning some calories. No such thing as an overweight bike messenger. :)

Came here after my delivero+foodpanda shift 😬

the 90s was the last era to appreciate solid nicknames

I just finished my first day as a bike messenger. This shit is fucking real to me. You spend so much time out there on your bike that it's inevitable that your going to get hit from time to time and one of those time you could just die