Other Messenger-related Links

Bicycle Blueprint for NYC - the bike messenger section of Transportation Alternatives' ideas for bikes in NYC

Messenger 29 - the legendary messenger comic book

Shoe Leather Express - a site for walking couriers, mostly Toronto-focussed for now, but eventually to become more comprehensive

The Long Ride Home - Cass Gilbert, a former London courier, made this 2-year journey to raise $ for charity

Zurich's famous Lucky 7 Bar.

Courier Diaries and the like

One guy'sexperiences as a courier in NYC, from word.com

George Melville's notes on couriering in Washington D.C. in the 80s

An erratic courier diary from Boston

Another courier diary, from Vancouver this time

And another Boston courier diary

Some bike courier soundbites, from SF

The Ride magazine's Courier Corner

An interview with Toronto's Velocity Messengers

One guys thoughts on the courier image

Dexter Benjamin, NYC's one-legged bike messenger

Projects and research

The speed principle - a German student's fashion design project, featuring messengers.

Speedy Bike Courier - a fictitious courier company by McMaster students

Career information and other advice

The entry for "bicycle messenger service" from the Bicyclopedia website.

The entry for "bike messenger" on the alt.culture website.

Career information on becoming a bike messenger?

Yet more career information about our chosen trade.

The entry at mylifeguardforhealth.com on bike couriers

Stories and other writings

Toothpick girl's poem on couriers

Velocity, a story about a bike messenger

"The Bicycle Messenger from Hell" - fiction from "Urban Nightmares"

A Harlequin Romance about a bike courier

A comic, Webb the bike courier, from CitySearch Toronto

Video games and such nonsense

Even a Playstation game, Courier Crisis.

A simple on-line game, Bike Messenger Bernie vs the Space Guys

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