Tag Archives: seattle bike messengers

Viva La Niña

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Hoag

Picnic

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Woodland Park Cyclocross Race

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Hoag

The cyclocross race course at Woodland Park today was a wet, sloppy mess of composting leaves and mud; which perfectly suited the Seattle bike messengers that entered the event. 

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Nice Mug

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Hoag

(Craig Etheridge mug is an unofficially licensed product of Tommy’s Bike Shop) Fall colors

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Craig Ghost Rides the KOMO

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Hoag

Five Zero: too fast for my camera The faithful readers of this blog can attest that I posted the news of Craig’s World Bike Messenger Championship title way before those hacks at KOMO released this video today. Of course, my … Continue reading →

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Two Zero Gets His Nails Clipped

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Hoag

As America’s love affair with severed finger trophies continues, one Seattle motorist tries opening his car door to nip off the fingers of this unsuspecting messenger. Watch those digits

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Five-O Craig is the fastest bike messenger in the world

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Hoag

photo by Seth Holton Our friend and co-worker, Craig Etheridge, just won the 2010 Cycle Messenger World Championships in Guatemala. He won the plane tickets to Guatemala at another messenger race, here in Seattle. He wins a lot. When we … Continue reading →

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Are you going to let our emotional life be run by Time Magazine?

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Hoag

America by Allen Ginsberg America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing. America two dollars and twenty-seven cents January 17, 1956. I can’t stand my own mind. America when will we end the human war? Go fuck yourself with … Continue reading →

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Fun House Gold Sprint

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Hoag

Not Quite Valentines Scavenger Hunt and Roller Race, Funhouse, 2/13/10 There aren’t a lot of opportunities to play Slayer and De La Soul in the same DJ set. An indoor bicycle race is one of those opportunities. I thought I … Continue reading →

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Buy a Dank Bag

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Hoag

Bike Messengers are disappearing quicker than icecaps, and pretty soon all that will be left are those Jimmy Johns delivery dudes, and Mark Pilder’s fantastic cornucopia of photos spanning 10 years of athletic-alcoholics in Seattle. We should all go buy … Continue reading →

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One Less Seattle Bike Messenger

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Hoag

22 Jase catchin’ out for Chicago. So long Treebeard

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