One of the things that we do best here at Ruckus is updating or converting older bikes to take on new equipment. Sometimes that means retrofitting bikes with internal cable routing or a different bottom bracket standard. Our favorite conversion to do is to equip a bike with a Sram E-Tap group; the work it pretty tedious and time-consuming but it...

Seatstay repairs are some of the most common repairs we perform; they require immense patience when removing the damage, an accurate layup, and usually an interesting way of extracting the resin from the laminate. At Ruckus Composites, we pride ourselves on quickly and safely repairing carbon fiber bike frames. It is our continuing mission to us...

Toptube repairs are some of the most common repairs we perform; they require immense patience when removing the damage, an accurate layup, and usually an interesting way of extracting the resin from the laminate. At Ruckus Composites, we pride ourselves on quickly and safely repairing carbon fiber bike frames. It is our continuing mission to use...

This year we revealed our full frame ultrasound inspection service and it's proven to be immensely popular for many customers. Some have had crashed and wondered about the structural stability of their frames, while others have older carbon bikes and they wanted to just have them looked at to guarantee safety. This beauty of an Independent Fabri...

People ask us all the time: "Is it even worth it to repair my bike?". Well, we have questions back in return. Does it fit you well? Did you enjoy the ride quality when it was not broken? Do you potentially want to upgrade many parts? What is your crash warranty price and how does it affect your budget? The long and short of it is, Yes, we believ...

There's always the temptation to let out just a liiiittle bit more pressure from your tires and shock when mountain biking. Sometimes, we cross that line and let out too much; you burp a tire, you bottom out your shock, or worse...you rub the back of your seat tube with your tire. A seat tube-tire-rub situation is what caused this BMC 4 Stroke t...

We're dedicated to saving bikes, even when the repair process is extremely difficult. This Colnago c59 came in for a bottom bracket replacement and a fixing of a seat tube that became separated from a lug. Often times, alloy bottom brackets separate from carbon shells...for a variety of reasons from poor surface prep to corrosion. The BB area al...

Who would win? A seatstay made out of material developed at this point for realistically over 130 years into the perfect synthesis of weight and rigidity, or one derailleur? We all know the answer to this. The derailleur always wins. Not in the long run, though. Soon enough it will clap out, become feeble, shifting sloppily, jockey wheels gunked...

Dropout Repairs are one of our specialties at Ruckus. They require an immense amount of patience both before and after the repair process occurs. First of all, we need to fully investigate the amount of damage using ultrasound technology (because anything else is mostly guesswork). This allows us to find exactly where the carbon is damaged so we...

We've been saying it for years: the bikes that break the most are the ones that get ridden the most. And you know what? There's nothing wrong with that. Accidents happen while out on the MTB, arguably even, it is an experience quintessential to any MTB endeavor. Furthermore, toptubes are the most common damage we see, so we're always willing to ...