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SCUL (formerly an acronym for Subversive Choppers Urban Legion) is a Boston-area bicycle chopper gang that builds and rides mutant bicycles, chopper bicycles, and tall bikes.
Spun off of a group called the Flying Donuts, SCUL was founded in Boston in 1995. It is organized in a paramilitary fashion with a hierarchical ranking structure, distinct naval/space terminology and a sci-fi atmosphere. Members adopt nicknames and ranks are reset each year. Advancement criteria include receiving a high five from a bystander and crushing cups.
SCUL conducts "missions" every Saturday night starting at 10:30 PM from April Fool's until Halloween. A typical mission involves routine patrolling of the local "star-systems" (cities), getting high fives from civilians they pass and crushing discarded soda cups on the street. Occasionally, they will stop to hone their "flight skills" with some friendly bicycle derby. Centuries (100-mile rides), Intergalactic and Interuniversal Missions (across state or country borders) have also been completed.
On August 25, 2005, the Coolidge Corner Theatre premiered the film SCUL: Operation SuperPosi. SCUL was featured on the PBS television show Design Squad in an episode called "Skunk'd" (named after Skunk, the founder and fleet admiral of SCUL).
SCUL is composed of four divisions, Metro Alpha Division (MAD) of Somerville, Massachusetts, the Star Chaser Division (SCD) of New Bedford, Massachusetts, the Rural Combat Division (RCD) which is based in Maine, and the Southern Beta Division (SBD) of Providence, Rhode Island. Currently the Metro Alpha Division and the Star Chaser Division are the only active divisions.
SCUL is housed by Somerville hackerspace Artisan's Asylum where it maintains a bicycle repair and modification facility, and members offer classes in welding and bicycle maintenance. SCUL is loosely allied with the Rat Patrol and is similar in some ways to other bike gangs such as C.h.u.n.k. 666 and the Black Label Bike Club.
Usage examples of "scul".
The rush of a sculper, its soft cluttering laugh of a retreat--sounds he already knew by heart.
Riker, no longer between the sculper and the cave, threw himself after it, landing heavily in the damp, trampled ground growth Missing the creature entirely.
Panting, somehow already smeared with sculper blood, Riker climbed to his feet and ran to the cave, where he found Ketan sprawled in a dazed and bloody state, his previously wounded arm now badly bitten as well.
After the sounds of struggle in the darkness--the wounded sculper, torn to pieces and consumed--the sculpers came back.
Chapter Ten AS DAWN finally trickled down to the bottom layers of the canopied forest, Riker dropped the tip of his club to the ground and leaned the handle against his leg while he wiped the sweat and grime from his face--careful not to use the sleeve stiff with dried sculper blood.
Takan shifted restlessly, the dark purple of his blood seeping to the surface of the bandages around the sculper bites.