Bike messengers are a frequent sight on Montreal’s streets, as they offer their clients a fast and flexible service. Their’s is an industry that hasn’t evolved a lot in the past two decades, however: mail, documents and parcels are the default items for which bike transportation is required, and most bike messengers work for companies whose dispatchers assign jobs without really meeting the messengers.
But that was before ChasseursCourrier’s arrival on the scene in May 2014. "Chasseurs came about as the team wanted to start a self-supporting bike delivery service that would push the boundaries of what’s being done in the industry right now," explains Kelly Pennington, one of the partners in Chasseurs. "The face of delivery is changing, with everything being digitized. So, to make money as a bike messenger, you have to think outside the box and deliver things other than parcels and documents: flowers, meals, bike parts for example. When you work for a traditional delivery service, it’s hard to do those things," she adds.
Kelly points out that founding Chasseurs was a way for the group to innovate in the delivery industry, as well as a way to support each other through what they like to do: riding bikes for a living.
