Theme: Bike Messengers
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On his last day of work as a bicycle messenger, my brother organized a race. Messenger races, known as alleycats, usually consist of straightforward if anarchic runs across the city. A raggle-taggle peloton will gather at some anonymous starting point, then commence on a mad dash from checkpoint to checkpoint, a wave of rubber and steel crashing through the streets.Read more
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Working and socializing as a messenger, it did not take long for me to realize that for many of these urban cyclists, their job was more than a paycheck. It was part of an all-encompassing identity.Read more
