Riding with friends is always great but sometimes a touch of the wheels in the paceline is all it takes to go down. Accidents happen whether by lapse of concentration or bad timing, that's a fact. The nice part about riding partners is they'll help you get up after you've...
Kona Superjake Seatstay Repair
Cross is here to stay for a bit and the damaged frames have been rapidly showing up! This Kona came in after crashing in an off-camber section, sadly the seatstay was damaged. However, seatstay repairs are some of the most common repairs we perform; they require immense patience when removing...
Trek Superfly SS Toptube Repair
Like we've been saying recently, MTB season brings tons of "oops" moments when out on the trail. Most often these little slips or crashes are just that...little, and have no overall effect on your bike. Or body, for that matter. This Trek Superfly SS came into the shop after one...
Focus Izalco Max Seatstay Repair
We see A TON of different bikes here at Ruckus, and we're constantly surprised at some that show up. This Focus Izalco Max AG2R edition arrived for carbon fiber repair with a crack in the seatstay. Upon picking it up out of the box, we noticed how light it was...726g!...
Specialized Torch Epic FSR Downtube Repair
For many of us, MTB season is nigh after the heat and smoke of summer has passed. Personally, we at Ruckus love getting into the woods and mountains for some great tacky trails and changing leaves right about now. Also for us, it's not if we crash...but when. Luckily, we're...
Felt F3 Seattube Repair
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Accidents happen, and sometimes we don;t even know that they have. That's the case for this Felt carbon fiber repair; our customer knocked over their bike and continued to ride it for a year. After a while, the carbon simply failed due to high-stress loads on an already compromised tube....
Specialized Sworks Epic Seatstay Repair
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It's that time of year again, the crisp cool air, the falling leaves...the mountains are calling! Tacky trails can sometimes inspire overconfidence in the berms, and that's what happened to our customer on this repair. They lost it in a corner, cracking their seatstay. Seatstay repairs are some of the...
Specialized S-Works Tarmac Chainstay Repair
Chainstay repairs are some of the most complex 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. This Cervelo arrived for carbon fiber repair and we were able to turn it quickly and...
Guru Photon Dropout Repair
One of the things we pride ourselves on here at Ruckus is our ability to return great bikes back to service and to give them a new life entirely. This Guro Photon repair started with a broken dropout, but our customer wanted to take advantage of our full custom capabilities....
Merckx EMX-3 Toptube Repair
Unmistakably Belgian, the Merckx EMX 3 is an endurance-type, carbon road frame designed to battle the elements and harsh roads of northern Europe. However, brutal accidents can happen and damage even the most robust of carbon fiber frames. This specific Merckx arrived for repair after our customer toppled over and...