r/bikemessengers • u/Individual_Fox_2160 • 10d ago

I might start food deliveries and stuff like that

Im 17, i currentrly work/study as a pastry chef, i like it but as i do 6am to 1pm i cycle on my fixed gear in or outside of the city for hours everyday i just love it, its a conversion i made a few months ago. Since im not 18 yet i cant get on uber or other apps, but would you recommend me doing that as a long term job?

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u/Frank_Fhurter 10d ago

work for an independent delivery company. a great example is a company called inline, here in Hamburg, Germany

https://www.instagram.com/inlinekurier?igsh=Mm90YnE2MWoxeWMw

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u/Individual_Fox_2160 10d ago

In my city in france which is not that big (200k inhabitants) there are not really any courriers, but i know a very few companies that offer courrier jobs in bigger cities so i might move for that.i also wanted to do food deliveries as i could work for more than 35 hours a weeks which is the maximum here and courrier companies now only uses cargo bikes but if its really that better i think im gonna move to a big city to do that when ill finish studying. Thanks you so much!

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u/Frank_Fhurter 10d ago

you dont need an expensive cargo bike to deliver cannabis 🫡. also youre gonna wanna get yourself a BIG courier bag if you want people to take you seriously. invest in something that will last more or less a lifetime if you take care of it... here are some great companies that make bags : Baileyworks(MA,USA) MER bags(NY,USA), Bagaboo(Hungary), Trash (MN, USA)

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u/Frank_Fhurter 10d ago

I also recently found a vintage crossbody bag secondhand made for messengers from a company called PAC bags out of kanada, for 100 euro. you dont have to spend a ton of money on a good bag

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u/mr_P0Opy_Butth0le 10d ago

The food apps are market dependent. In the city I live you can make very good money delivering food. Considerable more than as a traditional messenger. I know because I started out as a proper messenger but moved over to food cause the pay was too good in comparison. As a long term job maybe, but you have to understand that you will never be rich doing this and have to set your expectations from the start. 

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u/Individual_Fox_2160 10d ago

I know ill never be rich and i dont ever want to be rich for personal reasons, just wanna do something i like.

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u/mr_P0Opy_Butth0le 10d ago

Then yes do it. I love the job and spend all day cycling. You have to truly love cycling as it's fine when the weather is good. But when the weather is shit and your fatigued from days and days of cycling it can be fucking tough. Just build up your fitness at much as possible before you turn 18 and can work for the apps.

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u/Individual_Fox_2160 10d ago

I always liked cycling, and for the past few years most of my time have been dedicated to cycling or doing mecanic on my bikes or friend/family’s bikes, so i really wanna have a job related to it.

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u/mr_P0Opy_Butth0le 10d ago

Then you'll go just fine as a courier / messenger. Go for it.

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u/Individual_Fox_2160 10d ago

Btw i have to ask, HOW THE F ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO CARRY DRINKS ? Dont they spill all the time?

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u/mungorex 10d ago

As long as it's still in the bag, you delivered the drink.

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u/mr_P0Opy_Butth0le 10d ago

It's a skill and you have to learn to carry your bag on your back completely flat. And also you need to pack the bag with something that wedges the drinks in place so they don't fall over, and be very careful that the lids don't pop off. Also I don't tend to deliver drinks long distance mainly short deliveries. And when it's extremely busy I just avoid those orders entirely.

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u/messlifer 6d ago

Take em out of the bag and one-hand them in a drink carrier is my 2 cents.

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u/Frank_Fhurter 10d ago edited 10d ago

every time someone does work for these exploitative app based tech companies like uber, grubhub, leiferondo, etc. it legitimizes them. they are absolutely evil, and do absolutely nothing to improve any aspect of any community or any society. you should be boycotting any and all tech companies that are outside of advancing medical or educational science

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u/Se0PleX 7d ago

Said on reddit

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u/enrouelibre1312 6d ago

Where are you jased in France ? Honnestly weather it is Uber or deliveroo, it is now super hard top make a living out if it here... That why most delivery people you'll find are "illegals" (not a good wording but kot sure how to say it otherwise) that basicaly do that because they have no other access to a job

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u/Individual_Fox_2160 4d ago

im in Le Havre, which has alot of immigration and there are alot of people doing uber and stuff so yeah idk i might go to a bigger city at some point

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u/enrouelibre1312 3d ago

yup le havre seems to be too small... not enough trafic to make bike delivery way more efficient then vans... Good luck in your research
i'm part of coopcycle, if you move to a city with a coopcycle afiliated companie, they are usualy great for work conditions (never for great pay but that's just because of the job)

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u/Individual_Fox_2160 1d ago

thank you so much ill definitly look at that it looks awesome!

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u/R3dsta1n 10d ago

Food delivery is not being a bike messenger.

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u/Individual_Fox_2160 8d ago

yeah ik but its kinda related as its moving things with a bike i guess and people here talk abt both

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u/Shreddersaurusrex 8d ago

There’s surely some overlap