Even in our modern information society, the bicycle courier or a job. You would think that in the age group of fax and e-mail, no, but most should be delivered by hand from special packages and documents.
But what saved the bike messengers '120 years old job, that man's inherent distrust of anything new and the need to physically feel the things that are important. From my results, it appears that the first bicycle messenger company in North America appeared in 1880. H.T. Baily was a non-stop service, couriers are used on motorcycles.
In the United States Bicycle Couriers her career began in 1894 when a railway strike had halted mail deliveries in San Francisco. A Fresno bike shop owner got the brilliant idea of a route from Fresno to San Francisco, the remarkable successes achieved.
Soon enough large companies began to do with bikes at first deliveries including Western Union and finally even the U.S. Postal Office. With the appearance of UPS and DHL courier services and other large transport companies began to suffer, but bike messengers even faster service for local deliveries.
In the 20's and 30's bicycle couriers. Although most companies called to specialized companies to ensure their needs, some companies had their own messengers, with Tamblyn Drug Stores with a messenger of the largest "fleet".
Due to the fact that messengers were often used to transport more expensive packages (and more often than even money) have been prey for thieves and muggers. At one point it even had specialized in gangs rob bike couriers, the things so bad that were in places like Toronto night deliveries stopped for some time.
The most famous messenger companies after the Second World War, founded by Carl Sparks in 1945, in San Francisco. Sparkie's later Aero, which was bought by City Sprint in 1998.
Today's bicycle couriers are as modern as they come: mobile phones with Internet access, state of the art walkie-talkies and even GPS devices (even though most use the good old paper maps), but the most important piece of kit is often a relapse into the past - Fixed Gear Bikes.
Although fixed-gear bikes could be seen by outsiders as an unnecessary headache to bicycle couriers for a good reason: if you cycle every day 80-100 miles for the work that has more pieces of your bike are the more opportunities there for something are broken.
However, many mediators prefer to take it easy on the knees, but still keep it simple so that they single occupancy rates. For those who do not know the difference - a fixed gear is a single-speed without freewheel - the pedals on a fixie is always spinning, while the wheel is in motion.
Theft is a very serious issue for bike messengers, especially when you consider they have it on the road and a suitable anchoring structure may not always be found. Most messengers wear thick chains around their waist and attach the wheels with U-locks, if possible.
But what saved the bike messengers '120 years old job, that man's inherent distrust of anything new and the need to physically feel the things that are important. From my results, it appears that the first bicycle messenger company in North America appeared in 1880. H.T. Baily was a non-stop service, couriers are used on motorcycles.
In the United States Bicycle Couriers her career began in 1894 when a railway strike had halted mail deliveries in San Francisco. A Fresno bike shop owner got the brilliant idea of a route from Fresno to San Francisco, the remarkable successes achieved.
Soon enough large companies began to do with bikes at first deliveries including Western Union and finally even the U.S. Postal Office. With the appearance of UPS and DHL courier services and other large transport companies began to suffer, but bike messengers even faster service for local deliveries.
In the 20's and 30's bicycle couriers. Although most companies called to specialized companies to ensure their needs, some companies had their own messengers, with Tamblyn Drug Stores with a messenger of the largest "fleet".
Due to the fact that messengers were often used to transport more expensive packages (and more often than even money) have been prey for thieves and muggers. At one point it even had specialized in gangs rob bike couriers, the things so bad that were in places like Toronto night deliveries stopped for some time.
The most famous messenger companies after the Second World War, founded by Carl Sparks in 1945, in San Francisco. Sparkie's later Aero, which was bought by City Sprint in 1998.
Today's bicycle couriers are as modern as they come: mobile phones with Internet access, state of the art walkie-talkies and even GPS devices (even though most use the good old paper maps), but the most important piece of kit is often a relapse into the past - Fixed Gear Bikes.
Although fixed-gear bikes could be seen by outsiders as an unnecessary headache to bicycle couriers for a good reason: if you cycle every day 80-100 miles for the work that has more pieces of your bike are the more opportunities there for something are broken.
However, many mediators prefer to take it easy on the knees, but still keep it simple so that they single occupancy rates. For those who do not know the difference - a fixed gear is a single-speed without freewheel - the pedals on a fixie is always spinning, while the wheel is in motion.
Theft is a very serious issue for bike messengers, especially when you consider they have it on the road and a suitable anchoring structure may not always be found. Most messengers wear thick chains around their waist and attach the wheels with U-locks, if possible.
