NYC Bike Messengers are F&%#ing Crazy!!!

[robriguez]

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[RatzoRC]

That makes me want to go to sleep.
I see them every day. They are crazy!

 

[HeartBreak]

Sheesh, I could never do that... my fat self would be layin in the gutter at turn three. My hat is off to 'em tho; they have to have massive concentration and trust in the traffic.

 

[Monkey Wrench]

Didn't Plaidfish used to be a bike messenger, in addition to a pro skateboarder, world renowned mountain climber, alpine skiing ace and porn star?

 

[supersavage]

Thats crazy. Out here we got 1200 square miles with 3 roads thru it and you can't trust anybody. They are either drunk or learned how to drive in mexico. I do respect those guys though, they are fit!

 

[4u2nv]

If one of them dudes came that close to clipping me while I was walking, Id push him into a parked car. Or even came close to me in my truck like that, Id open my door.

 

[FastEddy]

What messengers? All I saw was a dude in a red dress.
Tacky! Should have been green.

 

[Plaidfish]

Didn't Plaidfish used to be a bike messenger, in addition to a pro skateboarder, world renowned mountain climber, alpine skiing ace and porn star?

Hey ease up on the sarcasm...yes I did do that for almost 7 years...it was the only job I could get at 17 that you could afford to live in NYC.....and I never claimed to be world renowned just at a "better than you" level, ya monkey lookin mofo...LOL....and personally I thought that poop was lame.....I rode a fixed gear with no brakes for 3 of those years those bitches even had gears..LOL.....enoch's bike shop in hell's kitchen has the last road bike I got creamed on as a "wear your helmet" display.....at least 3 years ago they still had it......that job turned to poop when fax machines dropped below 350 bucks......I went from taking home almost 1g a week to struggling to make 600.....

If one of them dudes came that close to clipping me while I was walking, Id push him into a parked car. Or even came close to me in my truck like that, Id open my door.

no good messenger would be on the side lane cause every peepee-head jumping out of a cab on teh street side "doors" rookies.......and remember this if you did it in the middle lanes to try and get back at them....these guys ride over 100 miles a day average carrying at least 25 lbs of chain and tools and bike supplies...then add up to 50 lbs of deliveries at times and probably get into more fights than you will ever get into in your entire life...most fight dirty and carry weapons for the bigger guys....just food for thought on who you pick senseless battles with.....
as far as the walking bit...if you cross on my green I got f'ing mean....I put shoulders into more stupid ass suits and knocked em on their armani wearin asses then I could remember.........I know pedestrians are supposed to have the right of way but when they blatantly don't consider a bike as important as a car on those streets...screw em...I'm trying to make a buck too and them slowing me down because they aren't obeying the crossing laws was just frustrating as hell.......