ah, dont worry about us just yet - the industry may be shrinking some, but were specializing, and focussing on niche markets - and those that are making the transition are making better money than they used to (though not quite as much as we made in those dot-com years... sigh...) email will put a dent in the biz, just like the fax did, but its not enough to kill it off yet! :)
i was pleased to make it into the economist - ive been interviewed for quite a few mags over the years, but that was cooler than most - i just wish it couldve been perhaps a bit more in-depth article...
oh, uh, vintage content! er... bobet, robic, bartali and several other famous cr-period cyclists worked as bike messengers before their careers on the road! :)
-joel
At 13:13 -0400 07.05.2006, The Maaslands wrote:
>It doesn't happen that often that a CR listmember gets quoted regarding
>cycling in one of the premier magazines in the world, so I think it
>worth while noting that Joel Metz is quoted in an article on page 30 of
>the July st edition of The Economist. The article speaks about the
>possible decline of bike messengers.
>Because of their support of vintage and KOF bikes, it would be a pity if
>the bike messenger group were to lose importance.
>
>Steven Maasland
>Moorestown, NJ
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i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
after she got that bicycle...