"Would You Ride in This?" — Bicycling October 2015

I was a bike messenger for seven years. In fact, Bicycling's fact-checker will doubtless confirm I was the coolest, fastest courier to pedal the streets of Portland, Oregon. I could ride across the Burnside Bridge without spilling my coffee. I could carry my body weight in architectural blueprints. I could make captivating small talk in elevators about the weather. But here's what I couldn't do: deliver packages in a full-body banana costume.