messenger bike racing

[solon]

Wow. Messenger bike racing. Watch this:

Then answer the following questions:
1 What the...?
2 How in the...?
3 Why the...?
4 Did you see that?

[k-vette]

1.  Bike messengers
2.  By bicycle
3.  Adrenaline, maybe money,  but mostly adrenaline.
4.  He totally got hit by a car at 6:09!

On that note, don't do anything in the video.  You'll probably die.

I've always thought a bike messenger job would be fun.  Good exercise and paid to do it?  Why not.  The dangerous riding part could easily be eliminated though.

[Russ]

Mr. Brunelle is well known for playing up the danger for his viewers' entertainment. None of the couriers I know ride like this often enough to call it a habit. Movies are not real life.

[Eric]

Awww man, the link is disabled.  I wanted to see crazy bike messengers on video!

[zoltani]

YUR GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!!

[solon]

Awww man, the link is disabled.  I wanted to see crazy bike messengers on video!

Shoot! That's too bad, it was a crazy video.

[DollarBill]

Line of sight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGlZrK9WYpo

[Wildflame]

Ty Dollarbill! <3

I wish I was cool enough to run red lights in the middle of a city in the middle of the day.

[zoltani]

It is not about being cool.

Poster above was right, it is all about adrenaline, we all get it different ways.

[Kris]

Wow. 

Two comments:

1) What a bunch of assholes, putting other people in danger like that.

2) A friend's daughter participated in one of these races a couple of summers ago.  She is now "recovering" from a TBI.  She'll never hold a job, communicate via her mouth, or live independently again.

[zoltani]

That is sad to hear about your daughter's friend, but do note that the participants are fully aware of the dangers when they sign up.

[Kris]

That is sad to hear about your daughter's friend, but do note that the participants are fully aware of the dangers when they sign up.

Right.  That part -- whatever.  Adults can make their own decisions.  She was wearing a helmet, too. Didn't help.

The first part, though... I just can't enjoy watching people who do stuff like that without regard for anyone else around them. Adrenaline is one thing, but get it in a way that doesn't put others at risk.

[Jomar]

Didn't watch it, but I can imagine what it is...

But on the bike messenger note, this is a pretty sweet retirement "job". A guy in my city who owned one of the best bike shops around "retired" and now works as a bike messenger. He's in his 60s and competed in the Olympics and the Panam Games back in the day. This is one of the things I would like to do when I ER (be a bike messenger, not compete in the Olympics, that is).