May 2nd, 2008 | Antonio Sureshot |

Okay now. If you’ve spent any time at all looking through streetwear media outlets (magazines, websites, blogs, whatev) in the past few years, you know that tons of hypekids are all up on the fixie trend - expensive, custom limited edition ______x_______ fixed gear “racetrack-only” bikes with no brakes. They get these expensive ass bikes and then ride em on the street. I even have a few friends who are into them - like my homie Robby from 360vm and of course Mark from Fatlace and Mike from FakeRich. I guess everyone’s gotta have their hobbies, right?

But as for me… I’m not into bicycles - I don’t think I need a custom bicycle. I like CARS. A cool bike might have been cool when I was younger, but I own cars now - and I think it makes much more sense at this stage of my life to have fun with a car, especially if you live in the Los Angeles area. Everything is so damn far! All my friends live far apart! Can you imagine me hitting up one of my friends to go out on the weekend?

Me: Yo whatup Jay! What’s crackin?

Jay: Chillin, we’re probably gonna go out later… maybe go shopping by Melrose, or Fairfax… then maybe get a drink later. You wanna come thru? We’re gonna go chill tonight, and the girls said they’re down to come out too, so the crew is all getting ready to come over soon.

Me: Aight man… well I’m in San Gabriel Valley still, so I’mma start pedaling now, and I’ll be at your crib in LA in 3-4 hours.

Jay: Uhhhh…aight then………………….. (silence)

Come onnn! Bicycles might work fine as a mode of transportation for people who chill in a small geographical area like Santa Monica or Newport Beach or whatever, but I just don’t think it’s conducive to my lifestyle. Instead of buying limited edition wheels or gears for a bicycle, I’d rather buy rare Japanese racing wheels or a TRD close ratio gear set for one of my cars!

Anyways, it seems the DUB magazine crowd from the 510 is getting hype off bicycles too - but they sure aren’t the ultra expensive fixies that the streetwear hypekids are rockin! Check these joints out! They’re straight outta Oakland… scraper bikes!

You know you’re gonna see these things at the DUB Show any day now. You might see these things cruisin in the dirty south, or even the grove in Miami… maybe even featured in everyone’s favorite magazine, DONKS Boxes and Bubbles!

HAHAHA! I think these scraper bikes are ludicrous to put it lightly! Thanks to my homie Fred from TRD for sending me this video. (Uhmmm… you may want to turn off the sound. I did. Their song was sooo f*ckin annoying!) The video is hella funny though, straight comedy! Don’t you love the hook? “Movin on my scraper bike! Cruisin on my scraper bike! Scrapin on my scraper bike!” Brilliant. Oh man.