The most important rule of being a bicycle messenger is simple: Don't burn a job. To burn a job is to be late, and to be late is to commit the mortal sin of the business. When a client expects ...

“Whereas, bicycle messengers provide a value-added service that businesses seek out as a means to reduce costs and improve efficiency, crucial to the movement of important information…” — Mayor Sam ...

If you really want to learn about this city, do it on two wheels. Biking is by far the fastest and most efficient way to get around the downtown core, and bicycle messengers know that area best—the ...

Even in the heyday of the bike messenger business in the late 1980s — when an estimated 1,500 couriers zoomed around the streets of the Loop — there were fears the fax machine could end the need for ...

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