Deliver the goods: Chicago's bicycle messenger rebound
Posted by kissdresses kissdresses on Friday, August 10, 2012
According to the last Sunday of the cobalt sky, I stood next to Chicago, on top of man-made sled Hill soldier field football field. To the North Central Business District, glittering skyscrapers and pummeling rhythm the Lollapalooza star. To the east, the sea and Lake Michigan, and a floating yacht. To the south, a bike messenger hundreds of people gathered in a huge parking lot, 20-year cycle messenger world championships, two delivery of the final test of the strength of the Finals.
This is a long,prom dresses 2012, alcohol fuel activities to celebrate the courier lifestyle, including street "do not kill the League" game, movie nights, track racing and Messenger, dance, cocktail dress and the soft evening dress, splendidly dressed Cycling a week. Many experts predict that the bike messenger to present the digital technology has become obsolete, the way of the Pony Express. This is true, e-mail and online file-sharing cuts to business, since the salad days of the 1990s. But the messenger has been from as far away as Guatemala, Japan, Australia, the crowd showed that the cities become more crowded, and may never be a fast, efficient,cheap bridesmaid dresses, environmentally friendly bicycle delivery.
Messenger dozens vying for Championship competition the final day of simulation in the Chicago Loop business district, with a number of checkpoints, visit and significant logistical and instantly decided. A lot of riding a fixed gear smooth cycle, wear some high-tech bike gear and a combination of thrift store threads. There are a lot of bright hair, braids, piercings and tattoos, almost everyone single or double with a messenger bag with colorful patches custom.
Rolling Stones, down from the mountains, I buttonhole, express dressed as a giant hot dog, an unofficial symbol of the meat-obsessed city. "I am the champion's favorite things from other places to see all my friends, drunk and racing," SK said from Minneapolis. "If you are a bike messenger, other messengers are the only people you want to hang out sometimes, like everyone in the world, everything seems to be a jerk."
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