Until today I always thought that us bike racers had some pretty mad skills. Flying down mountains at 50mph with no guard rails, rubbing elbows at 40mph in all out sprints, night time criteriums in the dark. Turns out that the bike messengers really do have us beat. Video below from a messenger competition in NYC. The amazing thing is that the video was shot by a guy following with a helmet cam. Impressive. Note that there are a few guys in there on fixed gear bikes. No brakes.