Slang for an experienced bike mechanic.
It takes several years to become a shop rat. Only after spending thousands of hours building bikes, building wheels, rebuilding suspension forks and shocks, setting up derailleurs, replacing bottom brackets, rebuilding hubs, matching chainrings/cranksets/cassettes, and bleeding every type of hydraulic brake system does one become a shop rat.
A shop rat is the guy/gal you want to talk to about your bike's issues. They've seen every possible problem a million times over and know how to fix it professionally and quickly. They also know secret repair tricks that you'll never find in a service manual or on YouTube.
The opposite of a Tool Box Ted.
It takes several years to become a shop rat. Only after spending thousands of hours building bikes, building wheels, rebuilding suspension forks and shocks, setting up derailleurs, replacing bottom brackets, rebuilding hubs, matching chainrings/cranksets/cassettes, and bleeding every type of hydraulic brake system does one become a shop rat.
A shop rat is the guy/gal you want to talk to about your bike's issues. They've seen every possible problem a million times over and know how to fix it professionally and quickly. They also know secret repair tricks that you'll never find in a service manual or on YouTube.
The opposite of a Tool Box Ted.
I spent 10 years as a shop rat in a Colorado bike shop.
The main Pinkbike guys all used to be shop rats for something like 10+ years before their current jobs.
The main Pinkbike guys all used to be shop rats for something like 10+ years before their current jobs.
by BB30 May 16, 2020
Get the Shop Ratmug. by Nay-bear July 25, 2017
Get the bae shoppingmug. When a woman gets so enamored with sales and shopping, she'll block out everything else unless she's snapped out of it.
Man: Honey, we gotta go, my cousin's baby's due.
Woman: Hold on! There's a bargain at Sears!
Man: ...Damn shopping trance...
Woman: Hold on! There's a bargain at Sears!
Man: ...Damn shopping trance...
by NewbDeffy August 27, 2017
Get the shopping trancemug. October 7th is National Littlest Pet Shop Day!
Get your loved ones a meaningful gift such as a Littlest Pet Shop toy or throw a Littlest Pet Shop themed party to celebrate this wonderful day!!!
Get your loved ones a meaningful gift such as a Littlest Pet Shop toy or throw a Littlest Pet Shop themed party to celebrate this wonderful day!!!
Today is National Littlest Pet Shop Day. I am going to give you a Littlest Pet Shop toy and party to show I care. Giving you a Littlest Pet Shop toy and or party on National Littlest Pet Shop Day shows I care.
by hot mom38947 October 6, 2023
Get the National Littlest Pet Shop Daymug. In which comments in a post on Twitter allows you to view exclusive contents of the spiciest memes .
by Spicy Tea January 11, 2019
Get the Meme Shoppingmug. What you as a couple tell your kids that you are doing when you are leaving to meet up for a threesome/orgy
by CalzoneDemon March 12, 2022
Get the car shoppingmug. An everyday test over morality and responsibilty over the simple task of returning a shopping cart after unloading groceries. You aren't forced by the law to return it, you won't get any punishment for not returning it, you won't get rewarded for doing it, it doesn't take a lot of time or effort to return it, but it is the right thing to do and it organises the parking lot and makes it easier for the next people to use the shopping cart. Most people should be able to return it unless they are in a hurry. Ultimately, it's a test to see if people can do the right thing without being forced or rewarded.
"You're just gonna leave that cart there?"
"Yeah."
"You failed the shopping cart theory."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Yeah."
"You failed the shopping cart theory."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
by ItsRonny January 7, 2025
Get the Shopping Cart Theorymug.