FOUND: scraper bike in austin!

Man, have you guys seen that video for "Scraper Bike"? I first became aware of it about a year ago, before I moved to TX, and I thought (jokingly) about getting a scraper bike (I guess making one) when I was in need of two wheels. In case you haven't seen it (and seriously, have you been living under a rock? Even my parents have seen it!), here it is:


(btw my favorite part is: "What is this? What do we have here? Handlebars! I don't even gotta steer!")

The other day while cruising up to get some FreeBirds, Tom and I saw our first real live scraper bike.







hahahahaha!

What a doozy! However, we both agreed this scraper bike is wrong from the frame up. The point of a scraper bike is to take an ugly bike (because that's all you can find/afford) and "class" it up with tape/paper in the spokes, bad paint jobs, and making giant trikes. You don't want to take a road bike frame and make it ugly! Road bikes have potential!