There's nothing we enjoy more than upgrading an older bike with some new swag. In this instance, our customer brought us a 2011 Sworks Epic that was already meticulously cleaned and maintained. However, they wanted to take it one step further and internalize all the cable routing through the frame....
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Ruckus Brand Refresh In 2017, Ruckus Composites celebrated nine years of business, which felt like the right time to refresh the brand. Over the summer, they hired a graphic designer to design a new logo, t-shirts, stickers, and a marketing lookbook. For more information, check out theThe Goods Page for...
Colnago C50 E-Tap Conversion
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...
Merida Team 09 Chainstay Repair
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...
3T Exploro Toptube Repair
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...
Independent Fabrication Full Frame Inspection
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...
Trek Madone 6.5 SSL Seatstay Repair
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...
BMC 4 Stroke Seattube Repair
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...
Colnago C59 Bottom Bracket Repair
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...
BMC Team Machine Seatstay Repair
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...