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Nowadays, available methods and materials are the key to a good scraper bike, as is a good sense of color and a practiced spray-can-finger. A complete scraper bike typically has a color theme including both frame and wheels. You can find articles online about painting your frame, this article only covers wheel construction.
There are several ways to do wheels, and the methods are evolving. In 2008 the prevalent method was to wrap aluminum foil around their spokes and spray paint it. This looks great but it gets trashed pretty fast. By 2009 the most common style uses colored tape wrapped around the spokes. This method is clean, durable and easy. As an experiment I made 2 of my own wheels using other methods, but the result wasn't much better than the widely used colored tape method.
Now lets build some rockin' wheels!!
There are several ways to do wheels, and the methods are evolving. In 2008 the prevalent method was to wrap aluminum foil around their spokes and spray paint it. This looks great but it gets trashed pretty fast. By 2009 the most common style uses colored tape wrapped around the spokes. This method is clean, durable and easy. As an experiment I made 2 of my own wheels using other methods, but the result wasn't much better than the widely used colored tape method.
Now lets build some rockin' wheels!!
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