OAKLAND, Calif. -- At the height of the hyphy movement, Tyrone "Champ" Stevenson along with his friends and family, pioneered colorful bike designs resembling Oakland's iconic scraper cars. Called ...

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In the unique folds of the bicycle universe, among the brightly colored niche of what is known as the "scraper bike" - descriptions like ostentatious, overdone and lacking subtlety are often thrown ...

Every week, the Mercury scours the streets to bring you photos of a sexy bike and a mini-interview with its bound-to-be-a-baller rider. I caught Luke doing donuts in a basement art gallery and on his ...

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