Scraper Bike Wheels

Step 3 Method 1 - Color Tape (and maybe some found materials)

What you need:  TAPE!

Duct tape, floor marking tape and packing tape are all good choices and available in 8 or more colors.  electrical tape also comes in many colors but tends to be a bit more expensive and the thinner rolls mean more work.  If you can't find your colors at a home improvement store, I found some online sources:

• identi-tape.com has a huge selection of colors and styles.  24 colors of duct tape and 20 colors of floor marking tape!  plus metallic tapes and more.
• fast-pack.com has the cheapest colored packing tapes i can find
• and the old standby - mcmaster.com has some - part numbers 6031T897  or 7769A14

Tape in hand, just start wrapping around your spokes!  You can make triangle wedges, rectangle wedges, or more complex wrapped shapes.  You can also tape in some found materials like your favorite candy wrapper.

Check out all the inspiring photos.  I've annotated each of them explaining how the effect was created.  I started with the simplest methods and progressed to the complex ones.  Many of these can be made in 1 to 3 hours and won't need much practice to do well.  The last 3 shown i think will be fairly tricky to do well and i wouldn't recommend for beginners.

Comments

[yuquite]

so niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, thank you

[smallstrangegod]

the one you're not sure on is a tie dye duct tape. I just bought some at my local fabric store today. it's made by duct tape. =)