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Carbon-Multi-Tool-4

Carbon-Multi-Tool-4, originally uploaded by ruckuscomponents.

Had to kill sometime while waiting for a few things to dry.

FIRST PROTOTYPE

Finally I got out the camera and took a few photos of the first prototype of the cyclocross brake that will be released soon! You can check out our flickr feed at http://flickr.com/photos/ruckuscomponents/



Specs: Utilizes Jagwire Sleek Pro Cross Lite half-moon style brakes, this allows you to easily toe-in the brakes however much you want. Also by using a slot you are able to slide the brake cartridge post up and down to really fine tune them in. The pictured part weighs only 34 grams.

A cup of logo and web-dev update

With the recent addition of Tank Design for the logo work, Jesica Oliverio for web design, and Sweeping Design for web development everything is starting to come together and looking great. They are all an incredibly talented group of people and I highly recommend them for graphic design/web work.

So after that plug, I am hoping to machine the first brake prototype this afternoon. Pictures to follow.

FlickR

see some random company and component photos at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruckuscomponents

Company Update

It has been very busy times down at the Brooklyn Technology Center with:

• insurance policies
• 3D models
• sourcing
• new web development team
• graphic designers
  

I would like to thank everyone for all the inquiries lately, sorry that the new website isn't up yet and you can't order your own piece of Ruckus Components. Hopefully in a few weeks everything will be running more smoothly by then! Until then you can contact us at
info (at) ruckuscomponents.com

Fender Prototype

The first fender prototype has been completed. Overall it has turned out great, very light and strong. Currently it weighs in at 90 grams, 65% of this weight is the current hardware. New mounting hardware/methods are being researched to further decrease the weight without sacrificing strength or quality. The materials and processes are almost finalized for production.

Office 2009

Since moving into the new facilities at the beginning of 2009, there has been a lot of work to complete. Putting up walls, insulating walls, painting, bringing in new equipment, setting up work stations, all of these improvements will lead to increases in quality and productivity.

The new office is about 99% complete, minus a few odds and ends (wall art, mini-fridge, coffee maker, Roomba battle arena, etc...)

Here are a few shots of the new office

From Blog

This is a nice large work bench in the office for smaller projects, it comes equipped with a soldering and electronics station for various projects/hobbies, a sewing machine for stitching together carbon fiber patterns, and a large pegboard wall for pegboarding.

From Blog

Here is a shot of the rest off the office, there is a large table on the side which has a makeshift photobooth (which actually works really well), a large markerboard on the wall for doodling and quick notes, and the main work desk which has two large monitors (for increased productivity of course).

Overall this area has turned out really well and there is ample room for a wide variety of activities in here.

**Not pictured Roomba battle arena**

Hello World 2009

Starting today we officially are leasing an expanded workshop at 4629 SE 17th  in th SE neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.  

Here is a very crude floor plan.

There are now three larges rooms for each step of the process,

• a large machining room which houses the CNC router and other equipment, plus a new walk-in thermal chamber for temperature control of the curing process
• a smaller cutting and casting room with fabric storage, this allows seemless movement between processes before the parts are moved to the thermal chamber
• an office to do office things in, there will eventually be an electronics bench in there as well to further tinker with the shop roomba and not-so-secretly develop an electronic shifting system to revolutionize the cycling world!!

Once the new Roomba comes in and I outfit it with a camera there will be a live vacuum view of the shop as the little guy tirelessly drives around the shop.

Came across this interesting article this morning about the problems with form overtaking function in the cycling world.  Now we have known this for a long time at Ruckus Components and are working as hard as we can to retake the function of the bicycle!!

http://www.bikeradar.com/blogs/article/the-form-versus-function-battle-19049