Downtown L.A. Bicycle Messengers
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Bike messengers work hard to earn their $7.50/hour (on average). Here, Leduar Acero reveals the recent "road rash" he acquired in a collision at the bottom of Elysian hill.
	Most messengers share a passion for bicycling as well as a love of risks. Mauricio Reyes displays this dual enthusiasm through the scars on his knees and the tattoo on his leg (it's his own design).
In this view, a speedy messenger almost blends in with the murals in L.A.'s colorful Broadway shopping district.

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