Our friend Pher inherited a pretty advanced frame from his friend - a Giant TCR Advanced to be exact. The frame had three problems, though: 1. The top tube was broken. 2. The seat mast was broken. 3. The frame was not custom painted with Pher decals. Here at Ruckus,...
Liz So What? Who? Where? When? and Why?
Ruckus rider Liz So is an elite Chicago cyclocross racer renowned for her tiny stature, huge smile, ridiculous kit, and her fabulous baking skills. She's a fearless rider, and she's not afraid to go down shredding. Liz recently started mountain bike racing - on a carbon cyclocross bike. And she...
Ruckus Used Carbon Buyers Guide
Buying used carbon bikes can be awesome. It can also be not awesome. Time after time, we've seen broken-hearted people walk in with broken carbon that they just bought. After four years of repairing damaged carbon fiber, we’ve seen some few dodgy deals. Learn from our customers' mistakes. Follow these tips...
Dropout Repair
One of the hardest things to repair on a carbon fiber bike is the dropout. The primary reason why it's so hard is because it is next to impossible to get a replacement part (trust me we have tried). There are so many small variations that make each dropout truly...
Derailleur Upgrades
A local rider and friend of Ruckus broke his SRAM XX rear derailleur awhile back. The part that broke was a slightly wussy nylon cable guide, all his attempts were sadly futile to find a replacement part. To continue honing our abilities to mill and lathe aluminum I decided to...
Water Bottle Bosses
Sometimes carbon repair can mean re-installing water bottle bosses back into a frame.
Carbon Fiber Tables
One of our largest projects was fabricating two 4 foot by 8 foot carbon fiber tables for Adidas in Portland, OR. We finished off everything with metallic flake graphics and a high gloss clearcoat.
Hot Dogs in Space
At Ruckus we get a lot of fun requests in a week, one of our all time favorite projects was launching a hot dog higher than anyone has before. The Portland Mercury published a wonderful story about which you can check out here. http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/hot-dog-in-spaaaaaaace/Content?oid=8095207 <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/LImZfUCofB0?rel=0" height="480" width="853" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Carbon Fiber Paper Clip
When you need to really impress a client let us help you. We can fabricate all sorts of unique solutions that will wow someone. This is a large custom formed presentation clip.
Carbon Fiber Recycling
The other week Specialized announced a program to recycle carbon fiber in conjunction with Materials Innovation Technologies. Earlier this year Trek also announced a similar program. Instead of standard recycling program it is part of a process called downcycling; where you convert a waste material into a new material of lesser...