Old school bicycle messenger
3.11.07 by Buffalo Bill
You are not an old school London bicycle messenger unless you
a. called yourself a ‘cycle courier’ or a ‘despatch rider’.
b. can remember when the bicycle of choice was a Muddy Fox Courier. Like this one. OK, not like this one, cos it’s a mixte frame. Like this one, only with a top-tube in the right place.
c. used clips and straps. Not because you thought they were cooler, but because clipless hadn’t been invented.
d. remember what colour Ricardo’s hair was before it all went silver.
e. used to wonder exactly what it was that the chef did to the food at the Court Caff to make it taste so bad.
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if you are now a van controller
— f. Nov 4, 11:23 AM #
Yup, let’s take exclusivity one step further, all you newbingers listen and learn, f**king whippersnappers.
— iifbm Nov 4, 01:06 PM #
oh forgot to add
g. used to think that garishly coloured lycra was cool, and wore it all the time. Even when not working.
— Bill Nov 4, 01:18 PM #
‘used to think’????
— iifbm Nov 4, 02:09 PM #
Old school, shmold school.
What you really want to be is Mid-school : steel Kona converted to singlespeed, Specialized Fatboys and home made spds. The ‘Bones Brigade’ of couriering.
— westcoastmess Nov 4, 08:20 PM #
WHATEVER grandads, its great being young and havin a life to look forward to and not have to whinge about everyone, whilst reminissing about the life you once lived.
as for garish lycra that never went out of fashion, i’m currently lookin for some neon pink or yellow, anyone know where can sum?
— Nik Nov 5, 12:25 AM #
Heritage is good, plotted up in the hole with those two miserable bastards that ran the fruit box sippin a benjis. nang
— stupidP Nov 5, 01:10 AM #
oh yeah!
h. know where the Hole is/was.
— Bill Nov 5, 08:14 AM #
I got food poisoning from an egg sarnie at the hole Benjys…..it’s where Ray Eden used to hang out in his duracell skin suit too.
— Winston Nov 5, 12:49 PM #
moorgate by london wall
— overdrive Nov 5, 01:00 PM #
NIK’s right (on this occasion only)
— Winston Nov 5, 03:35 PM #
which bit the lycra or the whinging?
— Nik Nov 5, 05:25 PM #
The hole
— alastair Findlay Nov 5, 05:55 PM #
— alastair Findlay Nov 5, 05:56 PM #
h) if you remember when bill rode around with indian war paint on his face and a rats tail. Cowabunga dude
— rememberance day Nov 6, 09:00 AM #
What about the patchwork trousers and big specs
— al@creative Nov 6, 12:53 PM #
Lies. The only people that remember the warpaint are either dead, senile or illiterate.
— Bill Nov 6, 12:59 PM #
remembering the girl who served at benjys in ‘the hole’. “thankyoupleasenextplease, thankyoupleasenextplease.thankyoupleasenextplease,thankyoupleasenextplease”. amazing.
ooh, also, knowing why it was called ‘the hole’.
— footlong Nov 6, 02:15 PM #
aah, nostalgia’s not what it used to be..
I remember when it was ALL about who had the biggest todger.
(it was me, by the way, even in those days)
— Swiss Tony Nov 7, 08:04 PM #
Surely Ricardos hair has always been Anthracite in hue?
— straightedgeandy Nov 7, 08:39 PM #
pro flex!
— sweaty Nov 7, 10:20 PM #
Timmy Mallett Specs?
— jefferson Nov 9, 10:17 PM #
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a hungarian Muddy
— kare Nov 11, 04:11 PM #
still going on and on and on, eh Bill?
— Moosefucker Nov 27, 04:24 AM #
And a good afternoon to you, too, sir!
— Bill Nov 27, 08:49 AM #