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Joe Hendry - Chronicling media issues and stories related to bike messengers
Remembering San Francisco bike messenger Joe Woods who was killed on November 9, 2000
09.11.2025 11:23 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering Calgary bike messenger Terry Tuck who was killed on the job on November 8, 2002
08.11.2025 12:19 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Remembering much loved Zurich bike messenger, mechanic and shop owner Benno Ernst Meier who passed away November 7, 2024
07.11.2025 09:19 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Remembering Minneapolis bike messenger Christopher Jack Nordby who passed away November 7, 2001
07.11.2025 09:09 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering Toronto bike messenger Mike Rankin who was killed on the job on November 7, 2012 by a taxi driver was “clearing the light.” (i.e. trying to beat the red light or running a red light). Police threw Mike’s belongings and evidence in the garbage next to where his body lay on the road
07.11.2025 08:59 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Remembering Vancouver bike messenger Kevin Holness (Dumptruck) who passed away November 4, 2022. These clips are from “Murder of Couriers” a film by Neil Brill and Tom Macleod
04.11.2025 09:28 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering Vancouver bike messenger Kevin Holness (Dumptruck) who passed away November 4, 2022
04.11.2025 09:27 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering Portland bike messenger and musician Boyd Littrel who passed away after a bike accident on October 31, 2017. Boyd’s brother Paul was a bike messenger in San Francisco who passed away in April 1993
31.10.2025 10:10 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Remembering Vancouver bike messenger Greg Della Mattia who was killed in traffic on October 28, 1998. The sad news of Greg’s crash came during the 1998 Human Powered Rolercoaster so racers raised money for Greg’s family
28.10.2025 08:32 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering Boston bike messenger David Reuter who was hit by a truck and later died. He was 5 minutes into his first day as a bike messenger on August 19, 1988 and died 6 weeks later on October 26, 1988
26.10.2025 18:13 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Remembering Sarasota bike messenger Jean Vallery passed away October 20, 2024. Jean created the Bike Messenger Emergency Fund to help injured messengers. He was the recipient of the 2005 Markus Cook Award for service to the international messenger community
20.10.2025 10:51 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering New York City bike messenger James Mimnagh who was killed on the job on October 18, 1998
18.10.2025 10:13 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering Washington DC bike messenger Paul Jensen who was killed on the job on October 18, 1994
18.10.2025 10:11 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering Toronto bike messenger William Fox who was killed on the job on October 16, 1934
16.10.2025 08:24 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering longtime Toronto bike messenger Rhys Downie who passed away October 11, 2016. Rhys was always kind enough to share his experience and wisdom with me when I was learning to survive on the road. He was charismatic, cool, funny and gentle
11.10.2025 10:44 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering Toronto bike messenger Gary Cote who passed away October 10, 1999. Gary is first cousin of Toronto. Bike messenger Darren Williams who was killed by a motorist in 2021
10.10.2025 12:26 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Happy Messenger Appreciation Day to all the messengers around the world
09.10.2025 13:01 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering San Francisco bike messenger Mathew “Matty Luv” McLeod who passed away October 5, 2002. www.mattyluv.com
05.10.2025 09:59 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering Philadelphia bike messenger Ryan Rhoads who passed away in October 2017
01.10.2025 09:51 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering Baltimore bike messenger DeyQuawn Cooper who was accidentally shot and killed on October 1, 2015
01.10.2025 09:45 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering much loved Boston bike messenger Jody West who passed away October 1, 2023. Jody was also a skateboarder and created a brand called D.I.F.F (Doing It For Fun). He loved being a messenger appreciated and adored his fellow messengers
01.10.2025 09:41 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering London bike messenger “Danny” Reider Farr who was killed on the job by a truck on October 1, 1999
01.10.2025 09:39 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering New York City bike messenger and race organizer Stanley Ramos who passed away October 1, 2020
01.10.2025 09:22 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering San Francisco bike messenger, writer, and advocate Thomas Meredith who was killed by a bus driver while working on September 27, 1994. The Messenger Memorial was created by Thomas’s sister America Meredith.
28.09.2025 00:44 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering New York City bike messenger and fixed gear pioneer Ed Wonka who passed away September 26, 2024
26.09.2025 10:21 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering San Jose/San Francisco bike messenger and racer Patty Do who was killed by a driver of a car on an expressway ramp in Yokohama at CMWC 2023 on September 25, 2023. Rides were held for them by messengers in cities all over the world
25.09.2025 09:52 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Remembering legendary New York City bike messenger and race organizer Eric “E” Baker who passed away September 25, 2018. Eric appears in both “Red Light Go” and “Pedal”.
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Remembering legendary New York City bike messenger and race organizer Eric “E” Baker who passed away September 25, 2018. Eric appears in both “Red Light Go” and “Pedal”.
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Remembering Montreal bike messenger Nikolas Barkelay who was killed on the job after being hit by a van on September 22, 2002. He had only been on the road for three months
22.09.2025 10:15 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering Philadelphia bike messenger Tony Spampinato who passed away September 21, 2022
21.09.2025 14:35 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
