This week at Ruckus we started reorganizing the shop, we listened to some great jams (courtesy of Dan), we lost one of our beloved houseplants and completed a whole lot of repairs. One of the more interesting and illustrative repairs we finished up was a dropout replacement on a Trek...
CUT HERE
This week we worked on a number of cool repairs. One of the most interesting projects we completed was a full head tube replacement on a Look KG 386. The bike arrived here with a broken 1” head tube in need of repair. This older 1” standard means that it’s...
30 is the new 30
This week at Ruckus we’ve been keeping busy--we’ve seen over 30 bike repairs come through the door! One of the more interesting projects we got our hands on this week was a bottom bracket shell replacement on a 2012 Cannondale Super X.
Kintsugi: Repair as Art
Every frame repair that we see here at Ruckus tells a story. "I was leading the Master’s A field when I hit that keg...” “A mountain lion was chasing me down this rocky ravine...” “I forgot about the roof rack...” We see it all, and we think it’s great when...
Save Tens of Dollars With This One Trick The Shipping Company’s Don’t Want You To Know
Use a smaller box. That’s it, the whole shebang. Last week we saved a customer $65.00 by cutting four inches off one end of his box. Here’s some data from earlier today, when we were deciding if we should cut down the long dimension on a 52” x 8” x...
Paint Chips and Touch-ups
We get a lot of questions about why painting can get expensive, or why it can take awhile to do. We wanted highlight the steps required to fix a small chip on a frame.
How to pack a frame for shipping
We receive and ship frames every day. For most people though, it’s a rare experience, and the best way to package your frame for shipment is not always obvious. We’ve seen all sorts of things used as shipping material, from your usual packing peanuts or bubble wrap, the contents of...
Time Seatpost ReMade
At Ruckus Composites, we’ve seen and dealt with the worries and woes of nearly every different aero seatpost/mast-bearing bicycle. From the LOOK that got its mast cut too short to the Serenity without sufficient seatpost clamp relief - we’ve seen it all.
Hello World
We are excited to use this new site as a way to show you who we are, what we do and for you to learn about bikes, materials, and science. Thank you for all the support, we are trying to be the best company we can be.
We’re hiring
At Ruckus Composites we specialize in keeping carbon fiber frames working for a lifetime, but what good is having a structurally sound bicycle without amazing paint? This is where you could come in. We have a full paint facility ready for you to make your ideas a reality, and a...