NYTimes.com:

Need a package rushed across car-clogged Manhattan? Hand it to Alfred Bobe Jr., a 31-year-old bike messenger from Brooklyn.

He lays claim to the title of America’s fastest messenger on a track bike, the type of high-speed vehicle preferred by some messengers who favor its single fixed gear and lack of brakes.

Mr. Bobe is a member of Team Puma, a cycling team consisting of city bike messengers that, since forming last July, has been dominating many of the messenger races held across New York and the country.

“We’re taking urban street biking to the track to represent New York and show we have the fastest messengers,” said Mr. Bobe, who finished first among all track bikers participating in last month’s North American Cycle Courier Championships in Portland, Ore.

via Surly Bikes