According to this report in Hurriyet. Also worth noting is that according to report, courier companies have to be licensed. No mention of pedal-bikes in the article, though.

1985. Thatcher, hip-hop, big hair and New York City bicycle messengers riding geared bikes. 4 1/2 minutes of nostalgia from the CBS news archive: paper dockets (tags to the NYCers), pagers, De...

An extraordinary, and ill-informed, rant by a correspondent in the Vanguard, Portland, about ‘fixed-speed’ bicycles, which includes some other grotesque errors and misrepresentations.

An extraordinary, and ill-informed, rant by a correspondent in the Vanguard, Portland, about ‘fixed-speed’ bicycles, which includes some other grotesque errors and misrepresentations.

An extraordinary, and ill-informed, rant by a correspondent in the Vanguard, Portland, about ‘fixed-speed’ bicycles, which includes some other grotesque errors and misrepresentations.

An extraordinary, and ill-informed, rant by a correspondent in the Vanguard, Portland, about ‘fixed-speed’ bicycles, which includes some other grotesque errors and misrepresentations.

An extraordinary, and ill-informed, rant by a correspondent in the Vanguard, Portland, about ‘fixed-speed’ bicycles, which includes some other grotesque errors and misrepresentations.

You might remember the ‘dancing bear’ ad, which, despite its faults, drew people’s attention to how easy it is to miss things when you are not looking for them (if you don’t...

You might remember the ‘dancing bear’ ad, which, despite its faults, drew people’s attention to how easy it is to miss things when you are not looking for them (if you don’t...

You might remember the ‘dancing bear’ ad, which, despite its faults, drew people’s attention to how easy it is to miss things when you are not looking for them (if you don’t...

You might remember the ‘dancing bear’ ad, which, despite its faults, drew people’s attention to how easy it is to miss things when you are not looking for them (if you don’t...

You might remember the ‘dancing bear’ ad, which, despite its faults, drew people’s attention to how easy it is to miss things when you are not looking for them (if you don’t...