Originally Posted by
Sixty Fiver
Ever work as a messenger ?
I always liked watching the posengers cruise along on their shiny clown bikes while we tore it up making a living... used to do at least 20 runs in a 6 hour day as well as a set daily run that I did twice a day where I'd drop off and pick up from 15 locations in an hour or less and sometimes have to squeeze in a straight line trip while doing that.
So... about 50 drops a day.
8 drops a day is starvation unless you are getting some pretty juicy trips.
No, I haven't. Never wanted to either.
I have nothing against messengers. I'm very familiar with messengers and the ins and outs of it all.
I agree with messenger robertv's thoughts on the matter:
Originally Posted by
robertv
This constant association with messengers and fixed gears is also annoying...Still it was amusing when I went into a shop that sells a bunch of fixed gear freestyle stuff wearing my work jersey. They definitely treated me a bit better than they otherwise would have.
They looked at me as though they thought I was pretty cool.
My point is that we are all (obviously) into bikes, yet somehow messengers have become the epitome of the fixed gear rider. A rider who (very stereotypically) doesn't use the best gear available, is utilitarian, physically untrained (relatively speaking), uncoached, and works in an uncontrolled urban environment...just like a taxi driver.
It's interesting that car enthusiasts don't aspire to be taxi drivers like some SSFG member aspired to be messengers. Remember all of the "How do I get into being a messenger?" threads of 2004-2006? Nobody in the car scene ever asks, "How do I become a taxi driver?" They do however enjoy the gear, become familiar with pro racing, and sometimes race at the local level and above.