Ian, a messenger in Philly, sent these photos from their scavenger hunt race, July 4th, 2003.

Ian writes,

Great site! Now here's the real issue. I notice you have a lot of pictures, but (for obvious reasons) they're all from New York. Well, I live in Philadelphia and work as a messenger, and we, too, have a lot of fixed-gear/track bike riders. Just today I filled up an entire roll of film photographing them. I was wondering if you could post them. I just felt like the Philadelphia scene needed a bit of representation. Personally, I would also like to help the CM here grow larger (last Friday's only 12 strong), but that's another matter. Anyway, let me know, and I'll send the pictures if it's cool.

A scavenger hunt race went down on July 4th of this year. It was organized by Mike Dailey, a messenger here in Philadelphia. It was basically just what it was called, a scavenger hunt race. After it was all over, we all went to a park to play kickball and drink beer. It was a really nice day, and I had my digital camera (which I'd never take while working), so I decided to photograph bikes, specifically track/fixed gear bikes.

Thanks! ~~Ian