found from Joe Hendry from messmedia.org
A Bike Theft in the Time of Twitter
By J. DAVID GOODMAN
New York Times, March 9, 2010
Austin Horse thought he was just leaving his bike for a second when he ran into the lobby of an office building at 28th Street and Madison Avenue last Tuesday afternoon to make [...]
(photo by dublinmessenger)
Ten Nine Radio is a podcast about messengers.
Check out their new episode (#3). Extended Program with Messenger of the Moment Shawn Bega.
“Episode Three February 1st: In this special exteneded broadcast we share a bunch of time with Shawn Bega as our Messenger of the Moment who was able to give us [...]
Fashion magazine from London Huck has a photo piece on bike messengers who are always ahead of the trends.
Check out more from issue #14: Rules of the road, here.
Bike messenger radio now at TenNine Radio.com. They’ve got two shows already posted about bike messenger culture, Check it out.
For those who don’t know, this year’s 2010 Cycle Messenger World Championships will be held in Guatemala, making new connections and bring the world’s couriers to this amazing South American country which makes for a unique travel destination. This event is being held from September 3rd-13th with lots of time to see [...]
Not to think too far ahead but if the world is going to end in 2012,
Maybe Amsterdam isn’t a bad place to go out with a bang.
Looks like their working on a bid:
www.cmwc2011amsterdam.blogspot.com/
This happened a few weeks ago but I thought it was worth a mention.
On August, 31st, 2009–Toronto Courier, Darcy Allan Sheppard was killed by former Ontario attorney general Michael Bryant in a bizarre escapade of road-rage.
(picture of Darcy Allan Sheppard)
There was this article in the New York Times.
Canadian Politician Charged in Death
By IAN AUSTEN
Published: [...]
Buffalo Bill is the real deal in the worldwide messenger scene.
here he is in a photo by Andy Zalan, in 1994.
Bill has been posting his old school messenger zine (where moving target all started) online at flickr.
Check out this blast from the past linked at his website.
www.movingtargetzine.com
I just wanted to report on this event that happened in Harlem, last Sunday. It was the 35th annual Skyscrapper Criterium, a day of pro racing in NYC where they have a closed course and have different categories of racing.
But it wasn’t just for the spandex crowd, Bike messengers got a chance [...]