Another view of the first Cycle Messenger Championships, Berlin 1993
This is from Avi, who ended up being the poster boy for that edition of the Champs.
“Two NY guys thought we should skip the formalities and hand the prize to them. They rolled in on tricked out race bikes, and it was obvious they weren’t riding their “work bikes” as the rules specified, but nobody really gave a shit about things like that. They ripped on my fellow Bostonians for staying out ’til 6 am in East Berlin the night before the race. (Uh, it’s a MESSENGER race, in BERLIN! What, are you gonna come home telling everyone you were tucked in bed the night before?) I remember being very happy to beat both of them.”
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