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Ruckus Components

Handcrafted carbon fiber components from Portland, Oregon!

What sets our components apart from the pack is the engineering detail that goes into every piece.

All our components are designed and manufactured within our facilities, we pride ourselves on supporting the local economy.

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Jan 4, 2010Tweed Ride
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Sep 24, 2009BikePortland
Shawn Small, owner of Ruckus Components, stands in his machine shop located in the Brooklyn neighborhood.(Photos © J. Maus) Carbon fiber has been the darling of the bike industry for years now. Lance Armstrong's dominance aboard Trek's OCLV model in the early part of this decade, and an industry-wide obsession for lightweight performance (and a [...]

Sep 24, 2009BikePortland.org twitter feed
BikePortland: New blog post: Ruckus Components weaves a business out of carbon fiber http://bit.ly/3bmqor
Aug 10, 2009BikePortland.org twitter feed
BikePortland: Keep an eye on local carbon fiber guru Shawn Small of Ruckus Components. he's even doing fenders and racks now. nice - http://bit.ly/RAHhU
Oct 22, 2009United Bicycle Institute

We're looking forward to our open house Saturday! Many Portland-area bike vendors will be joining us. They will be displaying their wares and services on the grounds of our pad at 3961 N. Williams. Among those exhibiting are:

Portland Design Works

Northwest Bike Show Community Cycling Center Ruckus Components Queen Bee Ti Cycles Oregon Manifest Winter Bicycles Pedal Bike Tours and of course, UBI!

May 29, 2009BikePortland.org twitter feed
BikePortland: - Portland-based Ruckus Components is a company to watch. They've been progressing and looking better all the time - http://bit.ly/b8xhG
Oct 13, 2009BikePortland
Still from Vernor's film.-Watch Trailer Below- This Thursday, several bike companies based in southeast Portland will host a showing of Brian Vernor's film We Just Work Here as part of the Oregon Manifest. Portland Design Works, Ruckus Components, Showers Pass, and Tonic Fabrication will host the event which will also be a benefit for the Oregon [...]

Sep 29, 2009Flickr photos tagged 'pdx'

METROFIETS posted a photo:

Metrofiets-Race-Rack

Carbon fiber and birch make for a 3.9lb cargo pallet. We'll be using this on our Oregon Manifest bike - built for this race > www.oregonmanifest.com/

Thank you Ruckus Components for helping make this happen on such short notice! www.ruckuscomponents.com/

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Aug 26, 2010

RuckusComponents.com is going to make a few changes over the next few days to clean up a few things and make carbon fiber questions easier to find and answer.

A few of the changes will include

  • a Carbon Fiber FAQ section for all your carbon questions
  • an updated homepage with exciting new information
  • downloadable tech. sheets regarding carbon fiber for shops or home mechanics (basic damage inspection, drilling, exploding,cutting, sanding etc)
  • cleaning/removing sticky goo things
Until next time.

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Jun 20, 2010

Over the next 14 days I ll be on my first vacation in two years riding down the West Coast with two of my best friends.

Since I don't have a crazy rig like this guy, I won't really have email/internet access. But I will periodically check through my phone.

Ruckus Components, LLC, a pioneer in composite research founded on fundamental engineering design and manufacturing practices, produces the highest quality composite components for the cycling indu...