Boston has a unique biking culture and there is no limit to what you may see out there. Anything is fair game on the streets so that we can make it from one point to another. From the beautiful to the broken we pedal our hearts out praying that we make it through traffic without getting squashed before dinner. The most interesting breed of bicycles I've encountered are custom messenger bikes. The bike messengers in Boston are a unique society and do everything their own way. The bikes can have chopped bars, no shifters, and stuffed animals bolted to the handlebars. They can have baskets, flaming pink tires and expensive leather seats.
Anything is fair game here as expensive frames and crappy parts or cheap frames and expensive parts are combined with an artist’s attention to detail. There is literally no limit to how one of these can be put together. These brave men and women carry the important documents of the surrounding businesses through the death defying streets where cars and buses collide with reckless abandon. Most are young as the older ones possibly succumbed to the perils of the job. The riders of these messenger bikes can usually be singled out in a crowd from their razor thin appearance and tight jeans or pedal pushers. These ensure that loose leggings don't get caught in the chain gears. The dressing style is trendy with tatoos, funny hats, and plaid shirts being he norm. What do you ride?
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