Add Alleycat Races to List of Bike Messengers’ Risks
From the NY Times
Bike messengers believe that their profession is one of the most grueling and perilous that any person can pursue — especially in Manhattan.
So perhaps it should come as little surprise that messengers were the ones to pioneer a breed of unsanctioned urban contest in which bicyclists race one another while also weaving at top speed through streets crowded with cars, trucks, buses and all the other objects and obstructions typically found on city roadways.
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3 comments:
Don't forget the danger of motorists throwing things at you.
I think motorist only throw things at florescent brightly colored moving targets
excellent article alley cats are the best I know I told everyone there would be one yesterday but the condition of the weather over the past two weeks has left me with no motivation but I promise there will be one before the end of this month
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