From http://www.movingtargetzine.com/article/fakenger:



\"Why do some messengers get resentful when they see other cyclists engaging in the sincerest form of flattery? It’s a mystery. It’s not as if anyone could mistake a fakenger for a messenger, for one thing, the fakenger doesn’t smell nearly as bad, and for another he (or she) is probably paying for his own drinks.\"



I ride one too.

Tweaked the layout a little bit, made it more central.



Ride on everybody.

More colours added

i honestly think you're going for too much here, and i'm not sure the whole fakinger thing is going to resonate with anybody who hasn't read the article (and this is coming from a girl who commutes on a bike and owns three of them).



i would rework this in the theme of don't kill the messenger, because you have some good drawing elements here. i would keep your bike messenger (put the person in there!) and put laser targets on him or something. or have a bike messenger delivering a piece of old-time parchment to a king.



it's just my two cents, and feel free to ignore it all.... but i have found on threadless that you really have to create designs that the broader public can relate to. good luck!

The messenger/fakenger pun was intended as self referential humour (I recently got into fixed gear bikes after racing mountain bikes for years), and I was hoping to share the love. I did think there'd be enough cyclists / enthusiasts that it'd be a viable design.