Originally posted by fietser_ivana
No experience, but I'd like to be a part-time bike courier/messenger. However this is not very likely. ....
But the main reason is that they told me outright that I wouldn't be suitable, being a WOMAN! Perhaps they were correct in assuming that I would be more obedient to traffic rules and less willing to risk my neck for some 'stupid' parcel. It just seems a good way to get and stay in shape....
Ivana,
I don't have any official statistics, but my own observations on street and in our office shows there are a few female bike courriers. How many? Probably between 5 and 10% at most.
I'd like to do that one day, for fun, but I know I don't fit the profile. I'm good at long distances, and I hardly speed...
Regards,