Over 700 bike messengers from all over the world gathered in New York in July 2005 to compete in the 13th annual Cycle Messengers World Championship.
They competed in 3 days of sprints, skids, bunny-hops, track stands, courier-inspired mayhem, and raw displays of athleticism. In the main event - a simulated messenger's working day - riders raced through the financial and post-industrial buildings of Jersey City off Manhattan to pick up and deliver parcels at checkpoints.
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Over 700 bike messengers from all over the world gathered in New York in July 2005 to compete in the 13th annual Cycle Messengers World Championship.
They competed in 3 days of sprints, skids, bunny-hops, track stands, courier-inspired mayhem, and raw displays of athleticism. In the main event - a simulated messenger's working day - riders raced through the financial and post-industrial buildings of Jersey City off Manhattan to pick up and deliver parcels at checkpoints.
Though couriers have long been fiercely antiestablishment - even though they are the lifeblood for many corporate businesses - bike messenger culture and athletics may be going mainstream as it attracts growing attention, both from the media and from sponsors. Could this be the next skateboarding?
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