Samurai Messenger Service
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It’s lightly used, but apparently people will buy a used chamois. I don’t know that I would per se, but I also have a lot of samurai messenger cycling gear.
Anyway, if you want to race track or cross when races start happening again, you probably want this. Maybe you need it. It’ll definitely make you faster. Especially with a aero helmet and some leg shaving.
This was the first design did for us, circa 2013. My brother raced a bunch of velodromes in it. No scratches or rips.
Full description in the eBay listing (link in bio).
There’s no reserve. If you’re rich and desperate you can buy it now for way too much money.
On March 1st, Samurai had more than 20 employees and on March 31st we had 3. Most businesses - messenger or otherwise went through something similar.
Our work is slowly returning. Clients are in their office limited hours. Limited days. Often not at all! Empty storefronts are easily visible. The empty office tower, far more common here, is a little less obvious from the street.
Traffic is strange. The e-moped rush hour commute would be impressive most days, if it wasn’t squeezing bicycles into even less road space.
No matter how hard we try to change it, being a messenger never pays enough. It’s a job with a lot of risks. Adding a pandemic to the mix wasn’t the kind of change messengers were looking for.
Anyway. I hope you’re doing okay wherever you are. I hope the pandemic is some intangible thing you see as an inconvenience and not the killer of your friends, family, mentors and neighbors.
I hope next year we can get together, share some beers, hug and muddle through some normal bs messenger gossip drama.
As I’ve said on previous 10-9 days,
I appreciate most of you, most of the time. One filthy, smelly love
- difficult, physically taxing jobs that generally don’t pay enough
- a lot of l**e
- professionals at finding and using the back door
Happy Valentines Day y’all!
Despite being a vital link in communications, distribution and logistics for most major industries, bike messengers are rarely recognized for the important services they provide.
Being a messenger is a difficult job. You’re out there, on your own most of the time. You form relationships with the inanimate objects, buildings and traffic you interact with the most.
None of those are going to say thank you, or ask how you’re doing or see what’s new. Neither are most of your clients, security guards or messenger center employees you’ll interact with the most.
The only people you’re likely to form connections with are other messengers. In some cities, that’s a small crew of 10 people and you know every detail of all of their lives. In bigger cities that could be 200 casual relationships.
There’s no ceremony for International Bike Messenger appreciation day. No one is getting a key to the city, no laurel wreath or certificate of recognition.
There’s just us, recognizing each other and offering our appreciation for what we’ve done, what we do, and who we are.
Happy 10-9 Day everyone. I appreciate all of you (ok, ok I appreciate most of you). May your day have good weather, clean lines, low amounts of wait time/wrong addresses/rude security guards, and a cold beer at the end of it, if that’s your thing. -
@ The Second Chance Saloon
Same day delivery for less money than next day service.
03/24/2022
10/27/2020
We’ve literally never sold our cycling gear to anyone but our messengers, so this auction for a one of a kind skinsuit might be your only chance to score any of our cycling swag.
It’s lightly used, but apparently people will buy a used chamois. I don’t know that I would per se, but I also have a lot of samurai messenger cycling gear.
Anyway, if you want to race track or cross when races start happening again, you probably want this. Maybe you need it. It’ll definitely make you faster. Especially with a aero helmet and some leg shaving.
This was the first design did for us, circa 2013. My brother raced a bunch of velodromes in it. No scratches or rips.
Full description in the eBay listing (link in bio).
There’s no reserve. If you’re rich and desperate you can buy it now for way too much money.
Normally on 10-9 I throw a race or make some kind of reflective statement on the world of messengers, as I see and know it. This obviously isn’t a normal year and I’m at a bit of a loss over what to say. Not like that will stop me from trying.
On March 1st, Samurai had more than 20 employees and on March 31st we had 3. Most businesses - messenger or otherwise went through something similar.
Our work is slowly returning. Clients are in their office limited hours. Limited days. Often not at all! Empty storefronts are easily visible. The empty office tower, far more common here, is a little less obvious from the street.
Traffic is strange. The e-moped rush hour commute would be impressive most days, if it wasn’t squeezing bicycles into even less road space.
No matter how hard we try to change it, being a messenger never pays enough. It’s a job with a lot of risks. Adding a pandemic to the mix wasn’t the kind of change messengers were looking for.
Anyway. I hope you’re doing okay wherever you are. I hope the pandemic is some intangible thing you see as an inconvenience and not the killer of your friends, family, mentors and neighbors.
I hope next year we can get together, share some beers, hug and muddle through some normal bs messenger gossip drama.
As I’ve said on previous 10-9 days,
I appreciate most of you, most of the time. One filthy, smelly love
05/06/2020
How’s everyone doing? Yeah, us too. We still have a bunch of these 10 year anniversary t-shirts available in Medium and Small. Now available without the bundle. FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING is pretty good. But let’s do better. Use promo code messlife to save an additional 10% on these jammies. Support local businesses! Especially ours! No matter where you live.
02/14/2020
I never really thought about it before, but there are a lot of similarities between being a bike messenger and being a pornstar.
- difficult, physically taxing jobs that generally don’t pay enough
- a lot of l**e
- professionals at finding and using the back door
Happy Valentines Day y’all!
01/08/2020
New for 2020: our homage to the 70s MTA. 100% embroidered patch and sticker set based off a design. Our emergency clothing repair kit (seriously, vinyl stickers are as good as duct tape on most gore tex) is now available in our webstore (link in bio.) $12.00, postage paid worldwide.
Santa is a messenger. Prove me wrong. *tolympics
12/18/2019
I guess, in the end, there’s really only two kinds of bike messengers: Those who turn down work, and those that don’t. Duty now, for the future. 📸 happy holidays!
11/26/2019
Over the years “Im gonna race for Samurai at this UCI event” is a thing I’ve heard as often “I woke up with a flat.” So, it’s with great joy that I share actually getting out there with the follow through!
11/01/2019
October 9th is International Bike Messenger Appreciation Day.
Despite being a vital link in communications, distribution and logistics for most major industries, bike messengers are rarely recognized for the important services they provide.
Being a messenger is a difficult job. You’re out there, on your own most of the time. You form relationships with the inanimate objects, buildings and traffic you interact with the most.
None of those are going to say thank you, or ask how you’re doing or see what’s new. Neither are most of your clients, security guards or messenger center employees you’ll interact with the most.
The only people you’re likely to form connections with are other messengers. In some cities, that’s a small crew of 10 people and you know every detail of all of their lives. In bigger cities that could be 200 casual relationships.
There’s no ceremony for International Bike Messenger appreciation day. No one is getting a key to the city, no laurel wreath or certificate of recognition.
There’s just us, recognizing each other and offering our appreciation for what we’ve done, what we do, and who we are.
Happy 10-9 Day everyone. I appreciate all of you (ok, ok I appreciate most of you). May your day have good weather, clean lines, low amounts of wait time/wrong addresses/rude security guards, and a cold beer at the end of it, if that’s your thing. -
@ The Second Chance Saloon
05/09/2019
I haven't logged into facebook in like 2 years. Here's a photo of a cargo bike with lots of stuff on it.
08/10/2017
The opposite job of Messenger is Physicist? Well, at least they got the poor decision making part right....
https://t.co/ojGMekrugU https://t.co/miOKopbXO3
Samurai Messenger on Twitter “The opposite job of Messenger is Physicist? Well, at least they got the poor decision making part right.... https://t.co/ojGMekrugU”
07/28/2017
The NYPD's reaction to hit and run drivers is to start a cycling ticketing blitz. Maybe they could target drivers? https://t.co/3VEo9SUMdS
Stop Ticketing Cyclists When Reckless Drivers Kill When a person on a bike is killed by a driver, it is rarely the cyclist's fault. Yet it is NYPD policy to blame cyclists for their own deaths. This policy is cruel, and ineffective at preventing future crashes. Neftaly Ramirez. Kelly Hurley. Lauren Davis. Matthew von Ohlen. All these cyc…
TFW you learn you're bleeding because people are looking at you strangely.
07/07/2017
The only weather condition when it's appropriate for a bike messenger to cross the Brooklyn Bridge: https://t.co/sPJVQutfZ4
Instagram post by frank • Jul 7, 2017 at 3:14pm UTC 57 Likes, 2 Comments - frank () on Instagram: “my favorite weather for taking the brooklyn bridge ”
You can tell how expensive a retail store is by how unhelpful and nasty their employees are to bike messengers.
05/17/2017
We're going to franchise internationally as Sumo Messenger Service https://t.co/1dGfFUt7OF
Instagram post by @440matudo • May 17, 2017 at 11:51am UTC 65 Likes, 2 Comments - on Instagram: “両国とは…こんな町です。 #力士の居る町”
05/16/2017
TFW You're the face of Casper's deliveries, when you only did one job for them ever (they use trucks) https://t.co/HyAlPJgDdV via
Web-Retail Startups Turn for Growth to Bricks and Mortar Casper, which shook up the mattress business, is among several specialty web retailers shifting to brick-and-mortar stores after finding the pool of online buyers is only so deep.
04/18/2017
The finest golf pencils ever made of the highest quality wood and the most lustrous of graphite like substances known to humankind. Use them to keep a paper manifest, like messengers of days gone by, or emulate our president and score your golf game. The possibilities are endless. Now available in our webstore, use coupon code PENCILS to receive a set with any purchase.
Instagram post by Samurai Messenger Service • Apr 18, 2017 at 7:15pm UTC 0 Likes, 1 Comments - Samurai Messenger Service () on Instagram: “The finest golf pencils ever made of the highest quality wood and the most lustrous of graphite…”
04/15/2017
Cleaning out the closet, found some shoes I've never worn. Anyone want these? https://t.co/iGKvQph4OO
Instagram post by Samurai Messenger Service • Apr 15, 2017 at 4:45pm UTC 0 Likes, 1 Comments - Samurai Messenger Service () on Instagram: “Cleaning out the closet, found some shoes I've never worn. Anyone want these? ”
04/11/2017
Hitting 3 Boros in one day means passing by a lot cyclists that I don't know. https://t.co/Qfuo5NKUsF
Instagram post by Samurai Messenger Service • Apr 11, 2017 at 9:19pm UTC 0 Likes, 1 Comments - Samurai Messenger Service () on Instagram: “Hitting 3 Boros in one day means passing by a lot cyclists that I don't know.”
There's really nothing like getting told you have to use the freight at a building you've been using the front door at for 13 years.
03/30/2017
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03/22/2017
This photo is boring. But exciting! But actually boring. But not a bad benchmark for a messenger… https://t.co/EqtP7LMjRY
Instagram post by Samurai Messenger Service • Mar 22, 2017 at 5:46pm UTC 0 Likes, 1 Comments - Samurai Messenger Service () on Instagram: “This photo is boring. But exciting! But actually boring. But not a bad benchmark for a messenger…”
Doing messenger work in Soho is like trying to ride a bike through a shoddily constructed shopping mall filled with European tourists.
03/16/2017
Tomorrow is St. Patty's day, and our own St. Patty, office manager has an art show opening at at 7 PM. Come through!
Crampons, ice axe, and trekking poles would all actually be useful for navigating the city today. Leave the snowshoes at home though.
I sincerely hope NYC bike messengers know to wear all their rain gear today, despite the blazing sun.
TFW you're putting on long underpants for the second time all winter
In mid March.
03/11/2017
We got our first cargo bike, The Beast ( a Bullitt) in 2010. They didn't have US distribution yet, and we had to import it ourselves through air freight at EWR. Jules and I spent a lot of time driving around the Meadowlands, dealing with customs and border control, including some emergency filing of paperwork at the Customs house in downtown Newark.
Our reward for this day of bureaucracy was a huge bike that lived in our hallway, blocking entry for us and the landlords of our Bed Stuy apartment.
We realized quickly that no one wanted to keep the Beast in their house, and the daily roundtrip across the bridge with it was a fairly significant hassle.
We rented this tiny storage locker on Varick St, our toe hold in Manhattan. We squeezed two additional cargo bikes, spare parts, paperwork, and general messenger detritus in this 32 sf (roughly 3 square meters) for a few years.
When we added cargo bikes #4 and #5 we moved into a larger space - 60 sf, with full size ceilings (5.5 m2), but still kept our original locker, mostly for spare parts and paperwork.
As we make room for #6, and whatever else the future holds, yesterday Bret and I closed down both our sheds in exchange for a much larger one.
This is a long spiel about a self storage unit, but in some ways, this was our second office space, which allowed our company to grow and expand organically.
I won't miss banging my head jenga-ing three bikes into the space, or finding someone's rotting shoes buried under a box of tubes but do feel the need to recognize a passing piece of our history.
Rest in piece 1-3-21, may your new lessee keep you smelling fresher and significantly cleaner.
02/24/2017
HEY I KNOW THAT GUY!
WELOVENYC: «This Whole City Is My Office» https://t.co/hcdBH4hIeq # via
WELOVENYC: «This Whole City Is My Office» Passion: Biking, architecture, pizza Song that makes him happy: Nas -Memory Lane Angry tweet: “«The rent is too damn high» (Jimmy McMilla...
I've rode through literal hurricanes with less powerful gusts than today.
02/10/2017
Stoked Johnny is stoked.
https://t.co/Kxb2CYYJJR https://t.co/Kxb2CYYJJR
Photos: Midtown Manhattan Vs. All The Precious Snowflakes Add up intense winds, quickly falling snows and slush puddles and you get an obstacle course.
02/09/2017
We have more messengers on the streets today than Uber. That's the difference between a messenger company and an investment opportunity. 📸 by .alcantaraa
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