As we move into a busy season for road racing, we close out a rainy winter here in Portland with a project demonstrating our passion for custom fabrication. Unfortunately for Canadian bicycle company, Guru, their winter came to a screeching halt in December. Accompanying the expensive relocation of their massive...
Any Bike. Any Dropout.
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...
The whole 9 yards
This 2012 Cervelo had a broken dropout and was destined for a sad retired life collecting dust in the garage never to see tarmac again. But the owner decided to come to Ruckus to have the broken dropout removed and a Ruckus designed solid carbon fiber dropout installed.
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...