NYC bike messengers reveal their surprisingly busiest time of year — and best parts of the job
NY Post
Models may have worked the runways during New York Fashion Week, but couriers did the legwork.
The bike messengers dashing around NYC, delivering designer duds to star-studded shows and photo shoots, said the city’s biannual celebration of style, held earlier this month, is their busiest yet most profitable season — and they make up to five times as much.
Victor “VR” Ramirez, 30, a native New Yorker who works for Mess Kollective, told The Post that he and his fellow pro-rollers find themselves rolling in the most dough during NYFW, which generates a reported $900 million in revenue for the Big Apple.
“Fashion Week’s the greatest time of year for us,” said Ramirez, of Bushwick. He typically transports togs for top fashion houses, such as Stella McCartney, during the bash, making drop-offs at “scary fast” speeds from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. But the pay is worth the pain.
“You can easily make $500 a day,” raved the millennial.
On off-peak seasons, delivery cyclists earn around $100 each day — and, for most of the workhorses, that doesn’t include tips.
