Are you a bike rider? 

If you're a regular Oakland Local reader, chances are you either ride your bike a lot or think you should (Amy Gahran and Kwan Booth fall into the first category; I cop to the second). But whether you're on two wheels or not, it is impossible to miss the joyful bike renaissance happening all over Oakland. 

To Slimm Buick - a Richmond-based artist and entertainer - bikes aren’t just tools for exercise or commuting. They’re also the perfect canvas.

The face of organized bike culture in Oakland is becoming more diverse as hipsters on "fixies" and spandexed weekend warriors are joined by neighborhood kids tinkering on scraper bikes and people of color of all ages riding en masse.

After the first set of interviews, profiling bikers of color in Oakland, I decided to join the movement and bought a bike from Bikes 4 Life.