Amazing documentary! I ride a bike everyday to work in Singapore and people think its like kind of a hobby not realizing that it could be an excellent means of transportation.

the last dialogue took my heart "We are the traffic".

This is my favorite short documentary film I have seen to date! Great work!

This is the best documentary and a movie about cycling couriers and the issue of transportation by bike I've every seen! None of the "you ride a fixed gear bike and gain precognition skills" nonsense. This is a nice down to earth movie about the real issues and solutions. Excellent job!

I started a messenger company in SOUTH AFRICA : Your Documentary Really Is BEAUTIFUL ! GOD BLESS YALL

Oh, yes! I forgot to mention that this is a great documentary, Thanks for publishing!

Huge respect for this guy. City biking is so hard. I used to bike in Los Angeles, but I got in a crash and had to stop. Be careful, man.

Excellent video! Thanks for posting this!

Really nice documentary! I live in Rio de Janeiro, and cycling here is just insane. But there is also a bike culture growing up here day by day, even though there's no infrastructure for bikes. We, cyclists, must take the streets with our bikes and show everybody that we exist!

I ride my fixed around Cambridge, UK. It's truly a blessing being able to just slip through the traffic and the feeling of dodging and weaving is unmatched. I persoanlly ride brakeless, Its got me in some sticky situations sometimes but theres something so attractive about the raw connectivity to the drivetrain, It's addictive. Keep riding fellas, respect.

Very nice documentary. Thumbs up for you guys.

I am a bike commuter here in Houston, Texas. A city that is known for its heavy car dependency and minimal bike infrastructure. I get honked at daily and drivers could care less about me. I won't stop cycling though, out of hope that maybe I'll inspire others to do the same. And maybe one day my city will change.

Great documentary, More like these please.

Beautiful Documentary !! 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼 !! Bravo

awesome folks! cheers from São Paulo, Brazil!

Excellent documentary.

thanks ...very nice documentary......

Bravo, a great film, inspirant!

we are all traffic!! interesting... good documentary cheers!! saludos from Argentina.

Wow things have changed, I worked 6 months on my bike in Brussels this year and I can say bikes are respected, there are good paths on most arteries and ring roads, enough signage on every other road and I only got into one crash, which as far as I can remember was the only time I got even close to an accident. Of course I had an electric bike, so less conflict due to quick acceleration. This was the reason I got into this crash, because I came up on this car from the right, moving faster, just before he decided to abruptly turn into a gas station presumably to skip the red light. Still many main roads to improve though, as many arterials rely on bus+bike lane which is annoying in rush hour. And main roads like Chaussée de Gand or Ch. de Mons or Ch. de Ninove are hopeless. All there is, is painted bike symbols every 20 meters with double parked cars at every convenience store or snack shop.

What an adventure --well done you guys

Thank you for this great documentary. Sounds like Brussels has the same problems as many other big cities like Berlin. I'll share it right away!

loved the documentary, I live in Holland here we are getting a lot better at getting on your bike to go to school or work.

Salute to you guys!

Good job guys! This documentary is really interesting, we have the same problem in Italy.

At 4:19, when explaining why we are faster than autos, he also forgot to add "because we violate every traffic rule there is". Trust me, I'm a messenger. I am not particularly proud of doing it but if you want to deliver all the stuff on time, there is no other way. It does not matter if you ride super fast or if you know the city very well if you then get stuck 5 min in a busy traffic light.

Excelente reportaje. Felicidades.

Excellent documentary guys! Interesting, we have the same problem in Ecuador.

thanks for this

Great work! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Wow!! Fantastic doc, guys! What a problem there...stuff like this should make a difference.

Lovely documentary

Very nice documentàry!

great documentary

Now if you have a bicycle, you are the king of the street. Covid really changed everything.

That was a fascinating film. I live just outside Glasgow and, whilst we have taken some positive steps to promote cycling, we lag very far behind our sister city of Edinburgh in terms of infrastructure. However, I had naively assumed that all of Belgium was like the Netherlands when it came to cycling access in towns and cities. We have to do much, much more in Europe to make cycling an everyday activity.

excelente documental

Im lucky to live in Sweden where biking is highly encouraged. I would say most people my age (24 yrs) don't even have a car if you live in a city/town with plus 20,000 people.

I live & ride in Liverpool (UK) everyday & sadly I have to agree with every issues what was related with the traffic light system & roads & motorised drivers in this video. And before someone ask me: Yes, I have car as well btw, but I like to use only when I have to buy some really big &/or heavy thing or when I have to go really far (50+ km), out of the city & the time is matter.

Excelent vídeo 😊👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

We have the same problem in my city. I felt really understood by the film, because I have the exact same thoughts every time I dare to go out on the bike. And here too, more and more, people are using it on daily basis.

In Santiago of Chile ( ~6 million inhabitants) while traffic is still a problem you can easily see how fast it is becoming a bycicle city. It was funny the day when taxi drivers made a strike against Uber that it was paradise to ride, streets were almost empty and I got near half of the time that usually took me to my work place

Great video. Like and share~

I live in Bucharest, Romania. Same problem.

Good one

Hi guys, what is the name of the last song? It doesn't seem to be Syndrome (Mathieu VDKH) nor Sdeah. Thanks & Great documentary!

anyone that rides a fixie in Europe has my respect.

This is everywhere you want to ride your bike. Why 1 person needs 3 to 4000 lb,s wrapped around them to go down the road a mile is insane and just Lazy. Ride Safe an Ride Often 🚴

This is necessary!

purée ça fait bizarre de voir Bruxelles de l'époque

things have changed a lot since then

I live in LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA I have seen busy streets, AVENUES and BOULEVARDS that has increased a lot over the last 35 years. These people uses their cars for multiple reasons, but when it comes to bicycles for commuting that hasn't popped into their heads even there's public transportation, but the chances are very slim due to over crowded busses or subways or some times busses will pass by you even you have been waiting for 30 minutes and as soon as I be able to walk again, I will start riding my bicycle for commuting purpose an everything else can wait.

Brussels, like Bangkok, has the MOTOR VEHICLE DISEASE. Bangkok has a serious motorbike/cycle variation of it.

can we find out what parts hes using on his bike? hubs etc. would appreciate it!

Fascinante o-o !_!

REAL STREET LIFE

This is more about cycling in Brussels than a story about messengers.

People care about money and status. We don't care about the planet or each other. I really like how they offered solutions to the problem at the end instead of sensationalizing the topic like I just did in the beginning of this comment.

Does anybody know what kind of frame the guy has!?

Orlando, Florida is like this too. Everything is spread out here and the humidity is killer so most people prefer driving a car. most drivers have no regard for cyclist safety, which sucks, and a lot of the bike paths end abruptly on busy streets which is really fuckin stupid

Come to Netherlands

Atleast you don't have to worry about car theft, they won't be getting far any time soon.

Wow

Hi! Does anyone knows the name of the composition starting from 17:30 to 18:00?

How about some love for Karl's bike! That bike is nice man

What brand of bike is karl riding, maker and model, anyone know??

Hi, what Bag brand is that you are using? Thanks.

Bring them over to NYC.

Wich camera was used to shoot this? Somebody?

The ending music?

The bike featured in this documentary a Cinelli Mash, if so, I'm wondering how does one brake on these bikes when it appears that they have no braking mechanism?

Luckily things are changing in Brussels, at a slow pace, but changing.

What bag is he using?

I live in Warsaw Poland and here is the same problem only cycling Traffic 6 % but only Summer/spring Warsaw is too the most congested city in Europe

What's the name of the outtro song ?

I think the Brussels councils should hire a group of Danish and Dutch bike traffic specialists to give a good advice to improve the bike infrastructure. Both the Danes and the Dutch have an excellent cycle culture... It will take some time, but I think Brussels, and other Belgian cities with a flat landscape, like Antwerp or Gent have the opportunity to become a cycle city like København (Copenhagen) or Amsterdam. Sadly just in the nation with the largest number of sport cycle classics like the Flanders Tour (Ronde van Vlaanderen) or Liege-Bastogne-Liege there are relatively little 'regular' cyclists... Ik denk dat de Brusselse deelgemeenten er goed aan doen een groep Deense en Nederlandse deskundigen voor fietsinfra in te huren, om een goed advies te geven om de fietsinfra te verbeteren. Denemarken en Nederland hebben een uitstekende fietscultuur. Het kost wat tijd, maar ik denk dat Brussel en andere Belgische steden met een vlak landschap, zoals Antwerpen en Gent de mogelijkheid hebben om een fietsstad zoals København (Kopenhagen) of Amsterdam te worden. Jammer dat in het land met de meeste wielerklassiekers, zoals de Ronde van Vlaanderen en Luik-Bastenaken-Luik, er relatief gezien zo weinig 'gewone' fietsers zijn...

To be honest this looks like heaven compared to what is like riding a bike in Mexico City. At least they got beautiful sweet soft roads. Traffic jams doesn't even look that much horrible. Add insecurity, the social stigma of riding a bike, pollution and high altitude.

Legendado em português, por favor

a messenger bag!? or do you mean the brand and model?

En un mundo lleno de automóviles, usar la bicicleta es ir contra el sistema. ❤ Entusiasmo por la bicicleta.

One should not ride so fast in the left lane due to risk of dooring. These parked car drivers sometimes open their doors quickly and unexpectedly. At lower speed one has a chance to react.

*These Belgian bike messengers are the fastest I've seen!*

Very good example of reckless riding 👍

Eddy Merckx carbon track bike?! Wow!

Respect!!👏👏👍👍. Vous embauchez en ce moment? Less cars more cyclists= better for the future generation, and planet Earth!!!!!

outro song?

I wish this was an English this is a very good video it just that I can't understand it

So can anyone tell me, what frame and fork karl is riding, and potentially what hubs and crank arms?

I was going to ask the same thing, what brand bag is that? I've been looking for a messenger bag that also has the secondary strap to keep it more stable whilst riding

anyone know what kind of drop the Karl dude has? or maybe something similar, looking for a deep drop.

TOP INTRO IN HOLLYWOOD STYLE

SOU BIKE COURRIER BRASIL

There is no way to be a more congested city than Bucharest. Just have a look at some videos with traffic jams in Bucharest.

Interested in the bag lol is it a Bagaboo workhorse L or XL?

I want a backpack like that. Where i can get one from?

Hi

Do one of you very nice guys and girls in the comments who say they are also messangers have a clue of which bag he is using? im riding my bik every day since i am 5 and now wanne start working as a messanger as a partimejob after school. i was searching for specific bags but his one looks very practical with the vellphone hope and the as ist look triangular mounting

I wonder which other European cities are like that?

Yug in this documentary?☺

Belgium is such a car based country :( Cities in general need to be beter organised: Work close to home and shop.