New York Alleycats

New York Alleycats chronicles, in 57 color and black&white photographs by Amy Bolger, the world-famous New York City bicycle messengers who race each other in events called Alleycats. A former bicycle messenger herself, Amy Bolger captures these messengers in stunning photographs with text provided by Kurt Boone and Kevin Bolger, both veteran messengers. ?Alleycats are wild, ? says Amy. ?Bicycle races organized by messengers, they're set in live traffic. The course emulates messenger work with checkpoints and a manifest. When I first started racing, I was drawn to the community and comraderie. We were competing against each other and look out for one another at the same time. I met some of the fastest and toughest messengers in one of the most hard-edged cities in the world, and they became my friends and family.' With illustrations by messenger Greg Ugalde, New York Alleycats is explosive, exciting, and perfectly captures the event and riders.Ugalde, Greg is the author of 'New York Alleycats ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780978994617 and ISBN 0978994612.