Brave or Brazen? Underground Bike Messenger Races Explored in the New Line Of Sight Trailer

Motorist dont hate cyclist, they just ignore them or they are jealous…. This is a form of revenge, because if anyone can be a douchbag on the road, cyclists have that right too

Guns?

@Bike Rob:
I could not agree more: it’s wankers like these that make it harder for all cyclists.

Now, is it cool? Absolutely. Like wingsuit BASE jumping, it’s amazing video, unnecessary risk. Except wingsuiters only hurt themselves. These chumps make it harder for the rest of us.

Respect gets respect. Don’t be a dick. Simple.

Well said EricNM

A bunch of jerks! Simple as that.

Lucas is a dick. He took the money from his IT company and used it to make the dumbest helmet ever and gain fame off of working class men and women while filling their ranks with idiots. A great messenger I also call my friend said, “We used to have a community, now we have a scene.” You never heard anyone say boo about messengers before commuting became a buzzword and Lucas brought his $$$ and cheesy-ness to the game.
@Bike Rob @avi @ericNM @Psi Don’t like the way we ride? Tell your bosses, doctors, lawyers, architects to stop paying us to get something somewhere in time frames that can’t even be matched by a helicopter.
@Arron If you are in city planning I guarantee that you have benefited from a messenger’s delivery expertise.
@satisFACTORYrider You suck.
@Rico There’s tons of wars going on playboy. Get off the internet and go be brave in the war.

It’s interesting, Scott, how apparently you have no control over how you ride, with apparently “bosses, doctors, lawyers, and architects” controlling how you ride. Perhaps you shouldn’t be on a bike if you are unable to control it yourself……or take responsibility for how you ride, however that is.

I got much respect for real messengers – I lived and rode in NYC for 4 years while in college, saw them all the time. I could keep up until those insane intersection crossings. Before that I was semi-into the alleycat scene as it began in Seattle. I quickly realized it wasn’t for me. It turned into a bunch of asshats riding wreckless through the streets for nothing more the street cred and a 6-pack of PBR. And most of clowns doing alleycat races were not messengers, never have been, then and now. It was a scene that evolved into the hipster/fixed-gear trend.

Personally I see a difference in riding like that for work as a messenger vs sport/fun.

@Psi I was on the road as a messenger for 15 years and never hit anyone. I have been hit by cars plenty of times, but it was never when I was doing a move. You would be jealous of my bike control if you saw me ride. The majority of times I got hit I was in a bike lane.

Just like most things people are good at that include danger, you learn to look at things in a way that someone on the outside can’t. I’m not saying you could not learn this, just that you haven’t. So don’t speak on things you don’t understand. That makes you look ridiculous.

Pedestrians get scared watching “wingsuit basejumps” on youtube. How are you supposed to worry about what is going to scare someone. Take a GoPro of your next mountain bike ride and show it to your mom. See if she gets scared and then see if you quit mountain biking.

the article isn’t about “bike control” it’s lack of “self control” and not warning the “spectator” that their “participating” on the course.

been in that hurt locker. lived in nyc for 6yrs but congrats on calling me out and changing my perception of the article though.

This is not a way anyone should behave in a built up environment. When I ride around in a city I take care and I don’t want to scare anyone, sure I run a red light or two, but I would never get that close to a pedestrian. For example I know that my mother is an older lady and takes her time crossing the road, it’s a job that hard enough as it is. The last thing she needs is someone getting very close to her very fast. These guys have no respect and no decency for other people. Therefore, I have no respect for them or for their way of life.

I have done a little work as a cycle courier and I would go as fast as I could without doing something I felt inappropriate.

As for Scott (who I personally think to have the emotional intelligence of a small child), it’s nothing to do with “bosses, doctors, lawyers, architects” it’s to do with messengers trying to be the fastest and thus setting a precedent which other messenger firms follow.

It’s dumb things done by dumb people, my only fear is that it will be aspired to by other dumb people. Which makes me fear for old ladies like my mama.

@Bike Rob
“it’s to do with messengers trying to be the fastest and thus setting a precedent which other messenger firms follow.”

Actually most messengers work on commission. Therefore, the more jobs they can do per day the more they get paid. So while I’m sure there is some friendly competition among messengers, going fast and taking those risks reflects on their paycheck.

Yup, very inappropriate but… sure looks fun.

@Gillis Saw what if they get paid by jobs (rides). It’s there choice to ride like this. If the risen for this are money that means they are greedy. The bankers brought us the crisis and no one is defending them. They also where greedy and reckless.
@Scott I don’t care if someone riding like this will get hurt. But I do care about every one else who can : drivers, pedestrians and even bikers.

I will never support a film like this.

Stuff white people do

I just want to know who the girl is around 1:53 and how I can get her number?

I really didn’t notice anything else in the video.

Former courier. Lucas Brunelle is a chump. As are 75% of the people who deal in the alleycat “scene” which is hilarious.

Best job in the world. Miss it every day that it’s not raining outside.

…love to *see* these guys…

I was messenger for more than 10 years. I know well Lucas. He is not a dumbass. He ride really well and strong. He just follow those crazy messengers on fixie on his ROAD bike. He can go faster then them.

I think what is dumb, it’s riding a fixie on the street without brakes. First, it’s not going enough fast because of the single chainring/cog and secondly, there is not brakes… as people said it’s reckless.

I did a lot of messenger’s race. I never get reckless because always using a road bike. Never hurt somebody, scare them for sure, but no crash. Pass on the red light… it’s not reckless, we did that 100 times a day to deliver stuff in time. So after years, experience it’s everything.

I agreed with Scott, satisFACTORYrider you’re an ass…
Nobody should be door, nobody deserve to get door, NOBODY, understand?