That means North American Cycle Courier Championships! The rest is self explanatory but this year it is in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States of America our neighbours to the south. The official dates of the event; August 1-2, 2009, expect numerous pre-events and post-events held in neighbouring cities by the communities sending racers to Boston.

Under The Weather is proud to be an official sponsor of the NACCC 2009!! Aside from helping finance the event we hope to attend ourselves, especially since it is right there in Boston. Hmmm, bike ride or train ride? Both?

The NACCC is an event brought to you by the messenger community itself, born in 1998 when the first NACCC was held in Montreal, QC, Canada. It was an immediate success within the messenger and cycling community drawing hundreds of messengers from dozens of North American cities and always a few of our friends from Europe and Asia as well. Known for being a friendly, organic event that celebrates the camaraderie, excitement and challenge of being a bike messenger in North America it also has a reputation for speed and mayhem in the main race and side events.

An NYC messenger at the NACCC when it returned to Montreal in 2004.

We will try to post updates when we get them, for the straight dope from Boston here are some links, the NACCC 2009 website just went up at http://www.naccc09boston.com/ and you can get more information now at the Boston Bicycle Messenger Association website. They have an email list there as well for regular updates on NACCC activities.