Scraper Bikes

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2009-08-05T18:51:25Z

Oakland, CA

2007

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Scraper Bikes <div align="center"> <p><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/7692/original/scraperbike.jpg" alt="" /></p> </div> <h2>About</h2> <p>Scraper Bike is an emerging custom bike trend in the San Francisco Bay Area that typically involves tricking out ordinary bicycle spokes with candy-colored pinwheels and matching body/wheel colors, using tinfoil, re-used cardboard, candy wrappers and paint. It was first popularized by Oakland teen rappers known as “Trunk Boiz” on YouTube.</p> <h2>Origin</h2> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hQGLNPJ9VCE&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hQGLNPJ9VCE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>The term “scraper bike” was first coined by Tyrone Stephenson Jr., a 20 year old innovator and co-founder of the <a href="http://www.wiretapmag.org/activism/43927/">movement.</a> According to <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94318161">NPR’s coverage</a> on the phenomenon, Tyrone originally sought to imitate the flashy custom designs of “scrapers”, a local slang for old- school Buicks or Oldmobiles commonly spotted around Oakland, CA. Known as ground-zero of Hyphy music/movement, Oakland is also the hometown of <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bubb-rubb">Bubb Rubb</a> and infamous whistle tips.</p> <h2>Trunk Boiz, An Internet Sensation</h2> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/geIsWq5xOSE&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/geIsWq5xOSE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /> <div align="center"><h1>“My scraper bike go hard, I don’t need no car”</h1></div> <br /> What was once a local urban fad in Northern Cali went viral in April 2007, when Tyrone and a group of Oakland teen rappers known as “Trunk Boiz” uploaded their original music video on YouTube. It features the crew riding on custom-decorated bicycles through the residential streets, repping their pride with catchy lines like “My scraper bike go hard, I don’t need no car” and “my scraper bike (x10).” The song was nominated for Top 20 Best Music Videos of 2007 on YouTube and has been viewed nearly 3 million times as of August 2009.</p> <h3>Sundbyøster Scraper crew in Copenhagen, Denmark (in Danish / no sub):</h3> <p><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3unS_SyRan0&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3unS_SyRan0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object></p> <h3>Scraper Bike Movement in Münster, Germany:</h3> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dL9g_3haAIw&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dL9g_3haAIw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <h3>Kids Scrapin’ on Scraper Bikes in Austin, Texas:</h3> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KveGYCOCzVY&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KveGYCOCzVY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <h2>Google Trends Keyword: “Scraper Bike”</h2> <p><img src="http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=%22scraper+bike%22&date=all&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sa=N" alt="" /></p>

2009-08-19T17:28:01Z

603

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