We see SO many different examples of carbon fiber failure here at Ruckus, but few are as dramatic (and borderline explosive) as this Guru Chrono. What happens when you completely obliterate your ten year old custom bike from a company that no longer exists? Well, that’s where we come in....
MARKETING MAD SCIENTIST
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INANIMATE.CARBON.TUBE.
Today is an exciting day for all of us at Ruckus Composites. While we have been repairing carbon fiber bikes for the last decade; we have been studying all the designs and changes in mountain bike technology. Mountain bike technology continues to push the envelope with bigger suspensions, plus sized...
Ruckus ReMade
As we move into a busy season for road racing, we close out a rainy winter here in Portland with a project demonstrating our passion for custom fabrication. Unfortunately for Canadian bicycle company, Guru, their winter came to a screeching halt in December. Accompanying the expensive relocation of their massive...
The Perfect Fit
Here at Ruckus Composites, we are first and foremost a problem solving company who packs a lot of technology into our carbon fiber repair. We have a saying around the shop, “Better Service Through Science and Technology,” because we are confronted with unique situations and problems every day. It takes...
New Year; New Positions
We are excited to open up two positions. Become part of the Ruckus Composites Team. Ruckus Composites does a lot more than repair the “unrepairable” for the bicycle industry. It is a place to explore potential, set goals, earn respect, disrupt and learn leadership skills. We are looking for people...
CXC 2015: Celebrating Women in Cycling
There was a cyclocross race a couple of weeks ago that took place on a farm near Corvallis, Oregon. It was muddy. And windy. There were bizarre course features and ill-advised egg nog hand-ups. Seasoned racers high fived first-timers, rinsed off mud-caked bikes, shared post race coffee and bourbons. It...
That New Bike Feel
The last time I got a new bike, once it was finally built up, dialed, bars wrapped just so, it was well past midnight, into the wee hours of a sticky morning in August. I fell asleep on the living room couch, bike resting a few feet away, and woke...
Clean. Sleek. Unique.
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The rain's arrived in Portland but we continue to be as busy as ever down at Ruckus HQ. This week we saw several dropout replacements, a number of cx bike repairs and some great paint jobs come through the shop. A project that we were excited to get completed was...
Supporting Women. One Muddy Race at a Time.
So this morning the White House posted a letter from a 13 year old girl, Ayla, on Instagram. In the letter, Ayla expressed to the president how frustrated she feels about gender inequality in sports. We’re frustrated, too. It’s an important reminder to us that we still have a long...