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A bicycle courier in London riding a fixed-gear bicycle with spoke cards A bicycle courier transferring urgent mail onto a high-speed train in Geneva, Switzerland. Bicycle messengers (also known as bike or cycle couriers) are people who work for courier companies (also known as messenger companies) carrying and delivering items by bicycle.
The Cycle Messenger World Championships, or CMWCs, are an annual urban cycling competition whereby cycle messengers and cycling enthusiasts showcase their skills in an array of events, many of which simulate everyday tasks for a cycle messenger. Each year, the CMWCs are held in a different city around the world, with each host city designing ...
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The UK's GPO (General Post Office) Telegram messenger motorbike of the 1940sIn many English-speaking countries, a telegram delivery boy, telegraph boy or telegram boy was a young man employed to deliver telegrams, usually on bicycle.
Alley cats reflect the personality, contemporary environment and competitive interest of their organizers. Races may be extremely grueling and designed to eliminate all but the fastest and best overall messengers, or less competitive and meant to be enjoyed by the local messenger community around set holidays, such as New York City's July 4 Alleycat.
An average day in the life of a NYC bike messenger 7:00 a.m. — Wake up, shower, eat breakfast (either homemade fare or food truck grub) 8:30 a.m. — Bike to the city
Bicycle messenger culture in the late 20th century and early 21st century is a major influence to freestyle on fixed-gear bikes. Fixed gears date to the mid-19th century, and bike messengers in New York have long found them to be dependable and practical machines for tough city streets.
The first bicycle stamp of the 20th century was a 1900 stamp issued for local postal delivery during the siege of Mafeking, depicting Cadet Sgt. Major Goodyear on a bicycle. [9] The United States issued a special delivery bicycle messenger stamp in 1902. Bulgaria issued a cycling stamp as part of a set commemorating the Balkan games of 1931.