Scraper Bikes Become a YouTube Phenomenon


Scraper Bikes Become a YouTube Phenomenon

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Scraper bikes are tricked-out bicycles adorned with things like colorful foil food wrappers, and painted to match. They've become a bit hit with teens in Oakland, and a scraper bike video has been viewed more than 3 million times on YouTube.

Read a story about the scraper bike phenomenon and hear the "Scraper Bike King" talk about how it all started.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94318161
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user-icon Submitted by Idlewild on Sat, 2008-09-13 10:48


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mythman's picture

That's One of Napoleon Hill's Methods-of-Creation

Submitted by mythman on Wed, 2008-09-17 13:32.

There's Original Creation and Combinational Creation. About 97% of all creation is combinational (he called it Synthetic), and that's what scraper bikes are! Yayy!

---Uncle MythMan, who KNOWS you're as awesome as Maria Bello (in your special way), yet needs to hear *your* comments! Join Here!SarahPalin

Idlewild's picture

Playing cards in the spokes of bicycle wheels

Submitted by Idlewild on Wed, 2008-09-17 14:29.

... that's how we "tricked out" bikes when I was a kid... it made kind of a motor sound. Not much to look at, though. Wish scraper bikes had been invented back then; I ate enough candy as a kid to cover every square inch of my bike with wrappers.

P.S. I'm a big fan of Maria Bello, back from her 'E.R.' days.

Chris Crow's picture

Wow. Those are pretty

Submitted by Chris Crow on Sat, 2008-09-20 02:45.

Wow. Those are pretty incredible.

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Idlewild's picture

Pimp my bike

Submitted by Idlewild on Sat, 2008-09-20 09:02.

Yeah, it's amazing what a kid can do with some food wrappers and a little imagination.

mythman's picture

I'm Such a Christine Daae on Xomba, Idlewild!

Submitted by mythman on Thu, 2008-09-25 12:23.

and just like Christine left ~her~ Myt-- Phantom for the rich-kid, I've left Maria for the mission below (not to mention America's next top- ... obsession of the day) ... but I don't believe Maria got as close to suicide ...

---Buddha tells Uncle MythMan, "Flood the Open Eyes with the Truth, for as Long as You Exist!" Help Him Spread the Truth (about stuff) Here!