Badass Bike Messengers in New York

got this from a cool cat (Nick McGlynn) who lives in New York. check out his stuff:
http://nickmcglynn.tumblr.com/
http://randomnightout.com/
http://animalinsider.com/
http://whitepeopletryingtolookserious.com/
and of course, http://www.youtube.com/user/nmcglynn9

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[TheTwistedKIM]

If i where a pedestrian, and saw ppl on bikes racing towards me like that, ill push em off the bike, and call them all the bad words in the book.......After that, ill go home and see them on Youtube, thinking ..."Thees guys ROCKS, they are AMAZING"

Weird World....ehhy..?

[envoy3]

@StrayCubone I wouldn't hit them to the degree of killing them. but if they are driving like that, then it seems highly likely that they have collisions with traffic due to their negligence and arrogance..

[Chucker69er]

Really cool video. Surprised at the amount of hostility some people feel towards all sorts of bicycle riders on this and several other sites though...

[DemonicDevilpain]

@GoingTerminal

What's the music?

[carsonsflyinghigh]

I would knock them over too..bunch of jerks!!!

[FR2T]

now do this on a fixie. It will start a new kind of messengers in NYC. The NYC Hipster Bike Messengers :)

[dtaylortf]

Great video, music ruins it tho

[MegaDyneSystemsExe]

@StrayCubone this guy obviously has a personal issue with perspective. There was so much wrong with his retort to comment that I had to reply three freaking times and I still haven't done it justice.

And the 'joint' thing was good advice. Seriously.

[MegaDyneSystemsExe]

@envoy3 Seriously tho', the "soccer mom" mentality has really infected the population of this country. That's on top of a regrettably obese population that have a raging, bitter attitude towards bicyclists probably because they hate seeing people do what they can't or won't do because they like expending the minimal amount of physical effort just to stay alive.

Also, were you serious about bike messengers ripping off car side mirrors if they hear a driver complain to them? That happens often?

[MegaDyneSystemsExe]

@envoy3 ...mentioned because 4-wheeled vehicles just can't feasibly get away with it without constantly and consistently maiming and killing people by the hundreds if not thousands. Yeah, I don't see cars ripping through pedestrian crosswalks while people are walking unless it's a senile old man/woman who shouldn't be driving anymore anyways. I mean, c'mon man, lol... get real. Were you even remotely serious with that question?

[MegaDyneSystemsExe]

@envoy3 I've never been to NY. I won't repeat my entire comment but I'll reiterate; the negligence and arrogance of people in vehicles far outweigh any I've ever seen from bike messengers in the cities I've lived in. Your observations comparing actions of the bicyclist against the driver are flawed. They both ride the streets and have to obey pretty much the same laws, however, it's 'apples and oranges'. It's like comparing a 'smart car' to an 18-wheeler. Seriously. I don't see those things you

[envoy3]

@MegaDyneSystemsExe I work as a courier and I see way more cyclist related infractions and ignorance then drivers. Look at this video.Those assholes are ripping through redlights,cutting off pedestrians,going in the wrong lane of traffic and if a driver complains they would probably rip their mirrors off. Do you see any cars ripping through pedestrian crosswalks while people are walking? Running redlights? Going in the wrong lane of traffic or deliberately hitting cyclists for avoiding the laws?