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“We were supposed to be there yesterday,” says Brandon Correia, 13-year veteran of the San Fransisco bike messenger scene and self-professed “badass.”  Correia is the founder of Godspeed Courier, a bike messenger service that employs about a dozen urban cyclists, each of whom can be tasked with delivering up to 20 packages in as few as 90 minutes on a given ride. That’s not an easy job. Correia says he’s hit the ground hard at least 3 times, suffering broken bones and countless broken bikes. Risk is part of the riding. It’s also a big reason he loves his job. Check the video above to catch a glimpse of what his life is like in (but mostly out of) the bike lane

The Valparaiso Cerro Abajo is the most insane downhill bicycle race in the world. The guys who ride the course might be the craziest bros on earth… and some of the most skilled. Watch as 2011 winner Filip Polc narrowly avoids beheading a poor street dog with his foot-powered tire saw at the 28-second mark. Things only get more impressive from there as he navigates the oil and piss stained stairs and alleyways of the dizzying Chilean mountainside track. And you thought your weekend bike ride was helmet cam video worthy.