YouTube has spawned many sudden sensations. Take scraper bikes, for example. A music video about the tricked-out bicycles posted to the site by some teenagers in Oakland, Calif., has attracted a cult ...

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 ...

In a city struggling with violence and misguided youth, Oakland, California’s Scraper Bike Project has done amazing work to give kids a positive outlet that promotes the green movement through ...

“I’m a big shot. Scraping on my bike. I don’t need a car gas price too high… Blue, yellow, orange wit bling, scraper bikes is on the scene.” That’s a line from a rap by Baybe Champ, the Scraper Bike ...

OAKLAND — A wide grin spread across the face of Scraper Bike Team co-founder Tyrone “Baybe Champ” Stevenson. Jr., as he gazed at two new vibrant, colorful murals at the Coliseum BART station in his ...

Click here if you’re unable to view the photo gallery on your mobile device. OAKLAND — In a salute to Oakland’s scraper bikes, colorful circles resembling bicycle wheels now brighten the pavement in ...