Posts Tagged ‘messenger’

In San Francisco, You Aren’t Cool If Your Bicycle Handlebars are Too Wide

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Note that these handlebars have room for hands, brake levers and a bell – I think that they can be chopped a bit more, don’t you?

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Still, the slim look is handy for getting around buses and traffic ‘n stuff.

Bravo.

The Vanishing Bike Messengers of San Francisco – Where Have They Gone?

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Back in the day, there would be hundreds of them lounging about waiting to get going.

What’s left from ”The Wall.” As seen on San Francisco’s Market Street:

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Not that many left these days. Some blame the Internet.