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as promised, here is my bike stencil. i am not however promising any miracles in copying it as was done in my own random 'make it up as i go' style which may not make sense to some of you...but here goes nothin' (or um, somethin')

this is what you should trace



this is what it should look like after you trace it and cut it out (without the dried paint and possibly on a different material)


here was my process:
1. draw bike on stencil material
2. cut out bike
3. adhere stencil to fabric (i used masking tape around the edges)
4. lightly go over entire stencil with stiff stencil brush, adding extra paint (i used a 60 cent bottle of puffy paint) moving from outside of tire area inward to make it look like the tire is in motion
5. let it dry
6. go over where you think the bike frame should be (very technical, i know) with a small detail brush.
7. let it dry, again
8. it's done and you are much cooler for having tried it. really, you are.