PEDAL

[@TerryB]

The OG is back ❤

[@petehalupka1]

This is absolutely legendary. Unreal. And filmed on VX1000.

[@7275vrt]

Vx is life

[@thore589]

This is so good

[@Rizmeister6518]

This was a fun documentary to watch. I was surprised how many perspectives were included too, from messengers (of course) to taxi drivers, police officers, and even an ex-mayor of NYC. Makes me miss NYC a ton too, especially early 2000’s and late 90’s when I was going into NYC as a kid.

[@smallw2050]

Beautifully done documentary. I love how it shows both the highs and lows of mess life.

[@SuperOlds88]

Hard to believe tough athletic humans surviving hell aren't making a better living.

[@chiliandtots]

Wow! Saw this at the SXSW screening and haven't been able to see since. So many scenes stuck with me all this time later. Thanks for uploading!

[@Oncesavedalwayssaved1611]

I was a San Francisco bike messenger/courier back in the years 2010-2014. No harsh winters. But it was tough riding. This is the vibe. One of my favorite docs. I used to have it on bootleg dvd haha.

[@nicholassansone3963]

thank you for sharing your film. such a gem!

[@VikingRagnar-cp7ql]

And this is a mother way how Good old Americans worked hard in America 🇺🇸 ❤❤💯💪love this video so cool thanks to you all out there

[@davidreidy5750]

I love riding my bike thru NYC,its a high like no other.🗽♥️

[@derekkeith108]

Such a classic, thanks for the re-upload.

[@jamestoday2239]

This stuff is gold. Respect to the riders.

[@guillermo7298]

Great classic Doc, paired with Red light go! and Master king promo video from the 2000s you can get a picture of what mess life was in New York

[@anghush]

Really good doc. Well done. Really captures the vibe of the city and the people doing the job.

[@jared1212]

roots! thanks for making this and uploading it, big ups.

[@CobwobblersBikes]

Cool, I'd like to see a "Where are they now" follow up...

[@funkytransport]

all wearing knee braces, that's for sure....

[@RyanjamesfordOfficial]

Loved this and bought the DVD when it was released... Beuiful times

[@arbord00d]

So great to see this back up, first saw in 2007 and loved it immediately. Awesome characters, phenomenal soundtrack and great diy cinematography. Thank you!

[@ETANOLLE]

Lovely docu in which the people make the aesthetic

[@ETANOLLE]

shoutout eric hope hes contempt

[@gregmarcus3064]

Saw this more than 10 years ago on You Tube when Fixie, Mash SF was hot back in the day.

[@nickfitzham]

SAME

[@mysteryY2K]

the cops running the red lights cracked me up

[@tulpenberg4066]

Good old times.

[@aaronbest1748]

This footage is insane in 2024.

[@Scott-Free-123]

It’s not that different

[@BrianT383]

Great doku, thanks for posting!

[@Adversitiv]

Legend

[@kozmicbluescali1]

Well done documentary, it took very long to upload on KZbin.

[@Сонька-б7т]

Респект и уважуха ИСУС СИЛА !!! Храни вас Господь Бог .

[@kelmuna]

@petersutherlandclips just saw this right now for the first time. So dope. The fastest hour on KZbin 💯 Thanks for posting it up for those of us who haven’t had a chance to see it before now. This has to be one of my new (to me) favorite indies.

[@MISJPEREZ]

it's been a minute for this doc

[@edwarddapra7674]

I get a strong feeling that the cabbie they interviewed doesn’t like bike messengers.

[@chrome_enthusiast]

the real deal

[@NeatSix]

I'd love to know what bags they've got, specially the one kid ill has on. I know the low resolution doesn't help sadly but any messenger from back in the might know.

[@squidrocknyc]

Yellow bag that Kid has is an Ortlieb. A lot of Manhattan Portage bags in this as well

[@chris4536]

What's happening with the steering wheel in that taxi? 😂

[@brandlessheadphones]

Is bike messengering still a thing in 2024?

[@Vtoq]

yes indeed, i know a couple of people who still do messenger work on a fixie

[@catchsmok3]

100%, especially in downtown areas where there's no parking and traffic. Paper documents are often outsourced to bike messengers between offices still to this day.

[@guillermo7298]

Yes but mostly apps

[@indiopeltier9758]

Yes ,I'm am a Bike Messenger/Courier in Portland Oregon 🤘🏾

[@okokokitsk]

yup

[@RETIREDAMATUER]

10 years

[@noelsmith1852]

They didn't use radios to communicate?!

[@Slash90ita]

is the taxi driver a human version of jabba the hutt?

[@mysteryY2K]

i way is that Steve The Greek from the documentary Need For Speed??

[@clydeg4274]

Skeleton seems so fuckin cool

[@elijahgarcia1015eg]

He actually still rides to this day in nyc if your part of the messenger community in nyc you will see him around he’s cool af and a local legend

[@eldee1628]

I became a messenger in London in the late 90s as it was the only job I felt waking up in the morning for which I could get. Did it for two winters for 18 months in the mid 2000s too. Never road like some of these plebs though but do know at least two died during that last stint and a few others had some nasty accidents due to riding the way the clueless girls here did, crossing junctions on red lights and riding in between a bus and a truck. I saw one guy's broken bones severed at the wrists sticking out after landing hard hands first. Another needed a dozen titanium rods in his face after breaking jaw, cheek bones, nose etc and all the scars from entry points of those rods to show for. I loved it except when it was raining. Snow and cold were great but not like summer when all the girls ovulating were out and about on the'r lunch breaks. Scored with a few of those too. Sadly the roads are full of food delivery twa*s on bicycle's with batteries now, who present more danger than cars and trucks as you can't hear them and they are mostly completely clueless. I miss those days and aspects of London then which are no more.