Streets of Chrome: Damian Riehl

his legs are fucking ripped

Still one of my favorite streets of chrome videos. Still inspires me to take a ride every once in a while

such a beautiful bike

It's fun to see this video 7 years later. When I first saw it I had just moved to Portland and was busy with school. Now, I know my way around — I rode on the Hawthorne Bridge on my way home from a bike thing (on my brakeless Affinity Lo-Pro, wearing my Chrome Kursk AP Pro shoes and old school Chrome knickers). I know exactly where Damian is riding, in one part he's just a few blocks from where I'm typing this in my downtown apartment. Portland may be a small city but it has solid public transit, every sort of bookstore you can think of and many you can't, we have 4 photo labs, a fixed gear only bike shop, several cargo bike shops, a few used parts/bikes shops, a few community shops, at least one mountain bike shop ... I can keep going. Portland is a rad place. So much has changed. That wonderful Chrome hub is no longer there, Chrome no longer does community events or makes these videos, at least for now. Damien moved to LA but then back here to Portland. I never met him and I don't know if he still rides. I've since sold my wool Cobra hoody and a ton of my Chrome gear (I had a lot from over the years), maybe I should get another once since they make colors again.

Such a beautiful bike! Such a rad edit. Watched this one and the one with Mike riding through Brooklyn so many time! 👌

That bike looks sweet!!! Future goals: Legs like that!!!

damn that bike, I love that feel when wheel almost touches the the frame when the frame is like retro looking

Watched this video back in the day, still inspiring.

Totally inspirational.

More of these please

para tiempos de cuarentena, para no bajar la moral, amé estos videos. Saludos desde Chile! lml !!!

Wow Thank you for the memories, I was a bike messenger as a teenager in New York City back in the 70s. I had no idea they still had bike messengers. I'll never forget zigzagging between all those cars to make the delivery as fast as possible in order to deliver more than other curriers, we used to get paid by speed and number of packages.

That's an amazing work you do

What a poetry life, God bless you, bro.

riding for work has been the best job I ever had!

I really liked it mate - nice to see life from your angle, thanks

Love the filming. Its so good

Deliver 1 package a day, afford Hasselblad.

Man, that is a clean bike.

You are a braver man than I. I have a (freewheel) single speed to commute to work on, but there is no way I'm jousting with downtown traffic with no brakes.