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....
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...
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...
Filament Tandem Inspection & Refurbish
Normally, we don't feature cases that are mostly inspection-based, but this one happens to be an exception for such an incredible bike. This custom carbon fiber tandem arrived at Ruckus after a dreaded roof-rack-meets-garage-door-frame type accident. The fork almost disintegrated and so the customer thought it was a wise idea...
Look 585 Revival
Black matte paint. It's always in fashion. It's totally simple. It's undoubtedly the best choice for a sleek, understated cool frame. This Look 585 carbon frame arrived at Ruckus for a very small repair, a bottle cage-mount replacement, but the customer wanted to take the opportunity to make something big...
Lael Wilcox’s Baja Divide Lauf Boost Fork Mod
"It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are..." - Ernest Hemingway Lael Wilcox states via her website : “I think about things when...
BMC SL01 Chainstay Repair
Destroying something unique and valuable usually carries a certain amount of heartbreak, after all, loss is always difficult. Fortunately, it doesn't have to be that way with carbon fiber bicycle frames. This BMC has one of the more unique paintjobs that we've seen, and our customer loves it. It needed...
ReMade in the USA v. 1.0
What to do when your frame needs a new small part to keep rolling? Bicycle frames require countless specific small parts with even smaller tolerances and sometimes they break or go missing. We encounter these obstacles frequently and are well equipped to make any part necessary to completely repair...
Time Seatpost ReMade
At Ruckus Composites, we’ve seen and dealt with the worries and woes of nearly every different aero seatpost/mast-bearing bicycle. From the LOOK that got its mast cut too short to the Serenity without sufficient seatpost clamp relief - we’ve seen it all.