I've seen chinese delivery guys riding something along the lines of 52x14's, why? Cause they're moving 12 freaking miles an hour. I can run faster than that. And yea, many of em just get their hands on whatever they can afford. And not all messengers fly around on $7000 carbon bikes at 40mph. 95% of them just barely eek by a meager living, it's the other 5% you hear about.

Was it just 1 spot of brown...?

ya get some?

Reading that while looking at your av makes me queasy.

You mixed up your adjectives. Whoever messengers on 52/14 brakeless is not a "good" rider but a "silly" one.

Oops, no straps... make it "********" then.

well i have seen that guy out there on the road i think he is crazy rockin that kind of gear.
He just rides that bike nice and smooth " takes it easy and does his runs" not a speed racer like most of us.

Can we all at least agree that, even though they don't give a ish what their gear ratio is, couldn't point to a hub on their bike, and show a general disdain for the written rules of the road and any unwritten protocols that most might subscribe to (unlike most on this forum), foodies are the most f&*in' hardcore cyclists out there? I've seen these cats delivering food in the dead of January nights, getting blasted by sub-zero wind chills with no gloves on. Yeah, it might be stupid, and they're most likely just barely getting by, but that ish still rates in my book.

this thread ftl.

i think i saw this guy... except the guy i saw, his bike had a mangled seatstay that was crap-welded to the seatcluster with a bug, ugly glob of metal.

I feel for him, I did 53/13 for a year messengering and didn't like it afterwards.

I did Bear Mountain on it and was flying. I was young so no pain.

Now, I wouldn't think of it.


Riding clipless and strapless is fun, I did it for my first 3 years as a messenger because that was the way we rode our bikes ( we didn't know about staps and clips around my way) .

I road the Gianni Motta like that last year for 3 months and the Level for 6 months.

Red Menance was laughing because it thought it was wild as did those who came to CMWC 05.

I will not ride freewheel without brakes like Ted Shred(SF-NYC messenger/DJ)


S/F,
CEYA!

How old were you when you started?

1982-83 , young back then..I wish I can go back.

S/F,
Ceya!