Scraper Bikes

photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Sister Rye

Scraper Bikes are beautiful, modified bicycles, typically recognizable by bright, customized spokes. The scraper bike movement was started by Tyrone Stevenson, Jr. in East Oakland in 2006.

In June 2020, 90th Avenue from International Blvd. to MacArthur was transformed into Scraper Bike Way. The center lane is painted with colorful bicycle wheels and the route marked with signage. ¹ In celebration and support, Oaklandish has some dope Scraper Bike Way merchandise.

There was a scraper bike art display on the third floor of the Main Branch of the Oakland Public Library (right outside the Teen Zone) in 2013.

Bikes4Life ride in 2009:

photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Sister Ryephoto CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Sister Ryephoto CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Sister Ryephoto CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Sister Ryephoto CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Sister Rye