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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024

Комментарии • 174

  • @daviddombroskie5206
    @daviddombroskie5206 8 месяцев назад +31

    Awesome video as always! That was a chill ride. He reads the traffic and flows through it. Nice style! Stay safe.

  • @jaivermartinez6815
    @jaivermartinez6815 6 месяцев назад +11

    I've always been amazed at how these guys break some traffic rules and nothing stops them. I mean, I do it all the time on my bike in Bogotá, Colombia :) but they're in NYC!! HAHAHAHA ... love you, guys!

    • @sebastian3004
      @sebastian3004 2 месяца назад +3

      too many crimes. they got no time chasing cyclist lol

  • @johndunbar2393
    @johndunbar2393 8 месяцев назад +11

    Such a well put together video man! Probably my favorite of yours, so far. Thanks for sharing, brother!

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад +3

      I appreciate that man! I wasn’t sure how it was going to come out haha

    • @ColdHardTruthNews
      @ColdHardTruthNews 3 месяца назад

      @@Fixedgearr There's a video game called Parcel Corps coming out later this year.
      Check it out. You're gonna love it!!

  • @Incorruptus1
    @Incorruptus1 8 месяцев назад +7

    I hardly ever saw one use a smaller width on the bar, fut the logics in traffic suits it for sure. I think I saw such widths on foldable bikes, but wow. My compliments on the riding done here. I loved watching this. Just the red light runs are a bit...well... Still amazing to watch though!

  • @thundersnow819
    @thundersnow819 8 месяцев назад +18

    the power of YO

  • @franklawrence1232
    @franklawrence1232 3 месяца назад +5

    1:29 you know your in nyc when your lane is blocked by an enormous inflatable rat

    • @notabagel
      @notabagel 3 месяца назад +1

      scabby the rat stays busy

  • @beatslion4841
    @beatslion4841 7 месяцев назад +3

    7:10am Sunday morning Auckland New Zealand, watching this clip and lovin the YO’s

  • @GeekPlusGamer
    @GeekPlusGamer 2 месяца назад

    you guys don't need to go to the gym after a day like this. Respect.

  • @leontaylor3721
    @leontaylor3721 7 месяцев назад +4

    Dope filming and editing brother👍

  • @7stringst3r
    @7stringst3r 2 месяца назад +2

    Agreed. It’s hard to do other work after doing this 2-3 years

  • @r1n488
    @r1n488 2 месяца назад +1

    Tbh, I do lowkey agree with people that get mad at their unsafe practices, and even breaking some laws. But you still have to have tons of respect for these guys, their guts, but specially their skill and service.

  • @GoodEnoughBags
    @GoodEnoughBags 8 месяцев назад +4

    best kinds of videos.

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад +1

      Means a lot coming from you! I plan to order something soon 😁🙏 keep it up!

  • @EdgarCastilloJr
    @EdgarCastilloJr 2 месяца назад

    ya'll both got some nice steeds and steeze out there in the streets ! nice work brotha !👌

  • @Octobersky-e7x
    @Octobersky-e7x 13 дней назад

    "" you just added purpose to my life""

  • @rogermedrano3617
    @rogermedrano3617 8 месяцев назад +3

    Cool video ! Y’all be safe out there. Also what bike is being used in the video ?

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you!! I appreciate it 🙏 it’s a volume bando!

  • @johnalcantara6892
    @johnalcantara6892 8 месяцев назад +8

    back in the day when i was working for Mess Kollective, it was me and one other person handling the whole city which turned out to be a really crazy day! i dont know how many people Aias got working for MK nowadays

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад +1

      Super legendary to hear from ya! That must have been back in the OG days when they was just 4 people haha! Now I think there are around 7 or 8 🙏

    • @johnalcantara6892
      @johnalcantara6892 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@Fixedgearr yeah when i worked there it was only three of us on a shift. good and the bad times i can say.

    • @Ve_erre
      @Ve_erre 8 месяцев назад

      🫡 Responding to how many people now there are 5 messengers per shift so not a big difference obviously much more orders every day

    • @johnalcantara6892
      @johnalcantara6892 8 месяцев назад +1

      Oh heck yeah glad there’s more people on the road now for MK! I mean try working fashion week with only two or three people on the road back than lol

  • @shreddersaurusrex323
    @shreddersaurusrex323 8 месяцев назад +2

    NYC messengers: “And I took that personally.”

  • @lucachiostergi
    @lucachiostergi 2 дня назад

    What camera are you using? it's insane

  • @krill_nyc
    @krill_nyc 8 месяцев назад +15

    yoo those transitions are crazy

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад

      Thank you bro!🤙🏼🙏

  • @Outdoor_S
    @Outdoor_S 2 месяца назад +1

    Extreme ride 👍👍👍

  • @Jrguzman46
    @Jrguzman46 8 месяцев назад +3

    Sick to see bro. As I’d love to do this line of work one day, hopefully soon !

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад +1

      You would love it bro! We only do food out here but that’s how I started just watching videos on here! 🤙🏼 we gotta record something soon too

    • @Jrguzman46
      @Jrguzman46 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@Fixedgearr that’s dope you can inspire people like me through your videos. This makes me look forward to work couriering food. id love to record sometime bro work on some content together that’d be cool asf🤘

  • @Alioune818
    @Alioune818 8 месяцев назад +3

    Amazing as always 🔥🤙🏼

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад +2

      Ayeee! Thanks broo🙏🙏

  • @Felipe-kz6lp
    @Felipe-kz6lp 18 дней назад

    Excelente work ...saludos king felipe

  • @ellieandadambullion7708
    @ellieandadambullion7708 2 месяца назад +2

    What red lights?

  • @b.griffin317
    @b.griffin317 8 месяцев назад +3

    9:10 New York's newest and narrowest bike lane.

  • @yukkwongng9945
    @yukkwongng9945 4 месяца назад

    Awesome! What is your gear ratio?

  • @pretzelogic2689
    @pretzelogic2689 8 месяцев назад +2

    Those bars the camera dude has!

    • @pityuiam1384
      @pityuiam1384 5 месяцев назад

      They seem so limiting. The messenger dude also has wide bars.

  • @WanderLensStudio
    @WanderLensStudio 6 месяцев назад

    Great vid! What is your medium speed here ?

  • @requiem7891
    @requiem7891 7 месяцев назад +1

    How many km u ride in a day my friend 😊

  • @migzz7976
    @migzz7976 8 месяцев назад +9

    Average life expectancy all depends on which direction you are thrown from your bike. That and whether or not you land on top of a car or underneath one.

    • @leo-wi4qu
      @leo-wi4qu 7 месяцев назад

      life expectancy in cross walk for innocent pedestrian with this super star give them your helmet nothing between your ears ..oh and someday you will wish u had brakes sonny boi ..ex bike delivery here ..till a parking meter convinced me to get new work ..

  • @greer776611
    @greer776611 Месяц назад +1

    Narrow-ass handlebars drive me crazy!

  • @DB-xc5zu
    @DB-xc5zu 7 месяцев назад

    whats that band you're using to hold your bike lock to your pants/hip?

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  7 месяцев назад

      Trash messenger bags! Hip pouch

  • @georgevossler8528
    @georgevossler8528 4 месяца назад

    Riding in nyc is soooo fun! No rules🤘🤘🤘

  • @vfclists
    @vfclists 3 месяца назад

    How wide are the cameraman's handlebars?

  • @801oap
    @801oap 8 месяцев назад +47

    What is the average life-expectancy of one of these riders once taking up this type of work?

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад +69

      Forever

    • @indiopeltier9758
      @indiopeltier9758 8 месяцев назад +11

      I've been doing this for 20 years on and off

    • @MrMenghis
      @MrMenghis 8 месяцев назад +1

      1

    • @tommykarate6226
      @tommykarate6226 8 месяцев назад +29

      A lot longer than your regular road toad or shiti bike cyclists.... These guys and gals actually read the roads and flow of traffic...if you know you know ....pro active riders not reactive!!!!

    • @gearcampradio
      @gearcampradio 8 месяцев назад +4

      Yo! Watch your mouth :o)

  • @bungaseroja8685
    @bungaseroja8685 Месяц назад

    what kind of backpack is that? i rarely seen people use it here in Jakarta. its cool backpack, i think i need that one lol

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks bro! It’s a 47 hand works bag, but you can check trash messenger bags, or Bagaboo chef bags!

    • @bungaseroja8685
      @bungaseroja8685 Месяц назад

      @Fixedgearr thanks a lot, cant wait to have one 😁

  • @craze-5351
    @craze-5351 7 месяцев назад

    What kind of handlebars do you have? And can I buy it off of a website?

  • @beatrizkj
    @beatrizkj 7 месяцев назад

    Nice video!!!😊

  • @rickute1458
    @rickute1458 5 месяцев назад

    Back in the day, there use to be a messager name skeletor, does anyone know if he is still working ? He was still riding in 2017

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  5 месяцев назад +1

      Loved watching him in a few videos like PEDAL. I think his name was William Lopez?

  • @유민영-i1m
    @유민영-i1m 8 месяцев назад +2

    오 형제여,,나도 한국에서 전기자전거로 배달하다 지금은 오토바이로 배달하네..형제의 특별한 재능은 하늘이 주신것이네..다치지 말고 돈을 벌어서 원하는 삶을 살기 바라네..

  • @fespariz
    @fespariz 4 месяца назад

    Asombroso el poco (realmente, el nulo) respeto por las normas de circulación.

  • @atrocitus9198
    @atrocitus9198 7 месяцев назад

    how much on average do you make per day by delivering food ?

  • @KeenPeach
    @KeenPeach 2 месяца назад

    Do you do this full time? Or do you have a different form of income?

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  2 месяца назад

      Full time

    • @KeenPeach
      @KeenPeach 2 месяца назад

      @@Fixedgearr Could you afford to live in New York on just delivering without the money you get from uploading videos?

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  2 месяца назад

      @KeenPeach I don’t make barely anything from videos but yeah depending on the company sure. Delivery is about how many hours you put in

    • @KeenPeach
      @KeenPeach 2 месяца назад

      @@Fixedgearr Cool thanks for the info! I grew up with cycling, was taught to ride without training wheels right before I was 3 years old, I have toured by bike, and I have never considered doing this as a job till I saw your videos! I think you may have changed my life 😂 thank you

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  2 месяца назад

      @KeenPeach haha I love to hear it! I saw a video of delivery on RUclips and tried it out. Loved it ever since. Although it comes with its own challenges the perks are worth it

  • @Lifetabs
    @Lifetabs 8 месяцев назад +1

    Back from the Triple Rush days!!!!!

  • @Che710
    @Che710 Месяц назад

    Какие огромные монументальные города и какие широкие улицы.

  • @TDD.Studio
    @TDD.Studio Месяц назад

    Damn, you definitely need amino tablets pre shift and then after shift some protein shake for muscle repair. Mad respect to you guys!

  • @Christafa724
    @Christafa724 8 месяцев назад +1

    Yo bro what backpack is that

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад +2

      It’s from 37 hand works!

  • @samwaffle6821
    @samwaffle6821 2 месяца назад

    what kind of backpack is that?

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  2 месяца назад

      Trash messenger bags (vortex)

  • @maximoleyva9483
    @maximoleyva9483 8 месяцев назад +1

    EXCELENTE VIDEO VELOZ POR EEUU SALUDOS 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @Fixer_1999
    @Fixer_1999 8 месяцев назад +2

    Я тоже работаю в доставке, использую трековый велосипед, с фиксированной передачей 49/12

    • @GeorgiyGadiliya
      @GeorgiyGadiliya 7 месяцев назад

      and how is it on the climbs?

    • @Fixer_1999
      @Fixer_1999 7 месяцев назад

      @@GeorgiyGadiliya мало подъемов в том городе, где я работаю. Заезжаю. Хватает сил

  • @birbgamg
    @birbgamg 8 месяцев назад +1

    greetings from the philippines brother

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching! 🙏

  • @Tintoycar
    @Tintoycar 7 месяцев назад

    No odemeter? How many miles per year?

    • @BUSCA3ULLA
      @BUSCA3ULLA 6 месяцев назад +2

      that's for weekend warriors and strava users lol. Messenger cyclists don't give af about that lol

    • @Tintoycar
      @Tintoycar 6 месяцев назад

      @@BUSCA3ULLA 🤣🤣OK

  • @rawdogg30
    @rawdogg30 8 месяцев назад +1

    u always looks like a karate master when the camera is in ur chest/tummy (i dont know if its only me)

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад

      Haha it must be the jacket 😅

    • @rawdogg30
      @rawdogg30 8 месяцев назад

      yea men, looks cool on you

  • @KeenPeach
    @KeenPeach 2 месяца назад

    If you rode like this in my town you would be hated big time 😂 this is big city commuting

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  2 месяца назад

      In my town we get it too haha

    • @KeenPeach
      @KeenPeach 2 месяца назад

      @@Fixedgearr Yesterday I saw this woman freaking out in her car and yelling with her windows up because I went through a 3 way stop sign intersection obeying the "Idaho stop" law. Either way I was basically on the sidewalk and not in the road at all. These people just look for something to complain about I swear.

  • @velofixed
    @velofixed 8 месяцев назад +1

    Nice 🚲

  • @Nick-cs5yc
    @Nick-cs5yc 7 месяцев назад

    Ride it like you stole it😁😁😁😁

  • @andmoreagain
    @andmoreagain 3 месяца назад

    no foot retention is crazy

  • @bencritterson640
    @bencritterson640 3 месяца назад

    1:36 you are on the wrong side of the road

  • @greenwave819
    @greenwave819 8 месяцев назад +1

    for real tho the fastest would be riding EUC

  • @파이트클럽타일러더든
    @파이트클럽타일러더든 6 месяцев назад

    좋은.영상.잘보고있다,좋은영상

  • @SouCarolina
    @SouCarolina 6 месяцев назад

    INSTA360?

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  6 месяцев назад +1

      Go pro hero 11 🙏

    • @SouCarolina
      @SouCarolina 6 месяцев назад

      @@Fixedgearr thankssss ❤

  • @johnlawrencegumapas1132
    @johnlawrencegumapas1132 8 месяцев назад

    Premium rush

  • @scicarelli
    @scicarelli Месяц назад +1

    Absurdo nao respeitar sinais vermelhos e nem pedestres cruzando a faixa..Eu como ciclista profissional me envergonho dessas atitudes

  • @yeswevape2039
    @yeswevape2039 7 месяцев назад

    I need the Shoe Name o.o

  • @ygarh66
    @ygarh66 7 месяцев назад

    4:20

  • @ygarh66
    @ygarh66 7 месяцев назад

    11:50

  • @TheSplashMan
    @TheSplashMan 24 дня назад

    By encouraging these bikers to chase deliveries like this the bike delivery businesses really turn people into sociopath bikers, completely numbed from caring about traffic rules. Its so dangerous I dunno if this should be allowed as valid form of business even.

    • @Aaosj
      @Aaosj 13 дней назад

      Actually, considering our contemporary habits while walking/driving on the streets, we can learn a lot from this guys about how to BE on the street and how to interact with it.
      Of course, nobody is perfect.

  • @pierspim4341
    @pierspim4341 7 месяцев назад +6

    This makes for an exciting video, but the riding is reckless. No helmet, no brakes, no lights, no bell, no respect for traffic laws, no common sense.

  • @thefinn6969
    @thefinn6969 8 месяцев назад +1

    I suppose if you were driving without brakes, then the accident insurance wouldn't cover much. In fact, the insurers probably won't pay for anything at all.

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад

      As bike messengers, most of us have no insurance at all. Besides life insurance

    • @thefinn6969
      @thefinn6969 8 месяцев назад

      @@Fixedgearr This is called Russian Roulette. But why is there no brake on the bike?

    • @velofixed
      @velofixed 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@thefinn6969😂

    • @801oap
      @801oap 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@thefinn6969I think they would argue breaks are a display of lack of handling skill as they have ways to break via back pedaling, skidding, etc...essentially, within the fixed gear community it probably isn't considered "cool'.

    • @thefinn6969
      @thefinn6969 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@801oap I believe how cool it is to have good reflexes, but pedestrians don't always have them, and if you bump into one, they could hit their head and remain permanently disabled or die, then that's not cool in my opinion. Seeing so many instances of this really depends on luck most of the time. I guess instead of coffee, the cyclist stimulates themselves with something else, that's why they're so daring.

  • @twix2615
    @twix2615 7 месяцев назад +5

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸

  • @GabMolinaro-uy5lk
    @GabMolinaro-uy5lk 6 месяцев назад

    I would like to see these guys in Mexico City traffic, they wouldn't survive three blocks

    • @BUSCA3ULLA
      @BUSCA3ULLA 6 месяцев назад +1

      would do it while eating a burrito. NP

  • @goingnowere101
    @goingnowere101 8 месяцев назад +1

    I love these videos but like guys Is this not proof of recklessness and endangerment of pedestrians? It just takes one person to be like oh yeah that’s the cyclist that is running red lights and cycling in front of people and take it to the police?
    If I’m wrong grand

    • @rudyburgess8106
      @rudyburgess8106 8 месяцев назад +4

      This is status quo for NYC! NYPD has other things to worry about besides bike messengers.

    • @goingnowere101
      @goingnowere101 8 месяцев назад

      @@rudyburgess8106 grand

    • @zamoranyc
      @zamoranyc 12 дней назад

      @@rudyburgess8106 and almost doesn't count in NYC so the cops don't care.

  • @EGregorio78
    @EGregorio78 8 месяцев назад +4

    Reclkless riding. 👎🏻

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад +1

      Daddy chill

    • @rudyburgess8106
      @rudyburgess8106 8 месяцев назад +2

      Stay on the bike path in the park! Leave city riding to real bike riders

  • @yusuf5316
    @yusuf5316 8 месяцев назад

    E bikes will be faster.

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад +3

      We passed a few in the video

    • @yusuf5316
      @yusuf5316 8 месяцев назад

      @@Fixedgearr rocket man!

    • @BUSCA3ULLA
      @BUSCA3ULLA 6 месяцев назад

      Id bet I could give you a ebike that can hit 40mph with throttle and you would still get smoked by a novice bike messenger on a fixie in NY from point a to b. Those guys dont play.

  • @Ve_erre
    @Ve_erre 8 месяцев назад

    @fixedgearr you’re the best ❤

    • @Fixedgearr
      @Fixedgearr  8 месяцев назад +1

      That’s all you bro! 🙏

  • @Thfhefd
    @Thfhefd 2 месяца назад

    Why not electric bikes?

    • @zamoranyc
      @zamoranyc 12 дней назад

      More maintenance is involved and they are heavier. A young fit bike messenger will still be faster.