Zipcar’s Fleet Techs

The ride-sharing service Zipcar employs a team of Fleet Techs to handle daily maintenance of their cars, year-round. This service includes tasks like changing flat tires, topping off liquids, cleaning interiors, moving the cars, and bringing the cars in for further service. That’s where the bikes come in: Because Fleet Techs move between Zipcar stations on bicycles, it’s easy for them to stash their bikes in the back of a Zipcar and drive the car in for further maintenance or to a new location. (zipcar.com)

Biking Billboard

Want to get paid to ride in circles through your city’s downtown without any of the danger, back problems, or potential hipster trappings involved with being a bike messenger? Biking Billboards is a Seattle-based advertising agency that uses bicycles to get their billboards in front of more eyes. It’s an eco-friendly way companies can reach more customers, and the company is hiring riders—or “brand ambassadors”—now. (bikingbillboards.com)

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Bike Fishermen

This isn’t the kind of job where you get paid to ride, but it does involve bikes and a giant claw game, so it has to be somebody’s dream career. In Amsterdam, there are so many bicycles everywhere that, naturally, some of them end up in the canals. Bike fishermen get paid a full-time wage plus benefits to pull them out so they don’t scrape the bottoms of passing boats. Once bikes have been removed, fishermen take them to a recycler on a special barge. According to PRI, bike fishermen remove 15,000 discarded bikes a year—and there’s no sign their unique industry will let up. (pri.org)

Elderflower Courier

Want to spend your spring cruising through the French Alps? St. Germain’s sweet liqueur is flavored with elderflowers harvested by cyclists, who load up their bikes with flowers and ride them back to collecting stations. The elderflower harvesters work as independent contractors for a 4-6 week period, and are paid by weight. (drinkstraightup.com)

Bicycle Mover

If it’s hard to imagine a bicycle as a practical conveyance of the contents of your home, you haven’t caught a glimpse of these bikes. Cargo bikes and bike trailers are great environmentally-friendly ways to transport even furniture a short distance, and more and more companies are providing the service. (bikesatwork.com)

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Traveling Gin Salesman

Here’s a classic tale of combining your favorite things in life into a full-time gig: Ed Godden and Joe Lewis were on vacation in Holland when they stumbled onto the idea of mounting spirit dispensers to their bicycles, for easier enjoyment of cocktails. Upon returning to London, the two created the Travelling Gin Co., a cocktailpop-up store operated from their bicycles. In addition to classic gin and tonics, they also serve a number of custom cocktails mixed from materials they carry around in their delivery baskets. (the-tgc.com)

Party Bike Tour Guide

While lots of party bike companies let you delegate your own bartender, some—like Sprocket Rocket in Nashville and Big Red Pedal Tours in Philly—provide a tour guide or bartender. While the job might not exactly involve much pedaling, you do get to be at the helm of one of these pedal-powered behemoths as it cruises the city looking for trouble. If you’re the kind of cyclist who likes to relax on the back of a tandem with your feet up, this job posting at Arizona Party Bike might be for you. (arizonapartybike.com)

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