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.
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Typically seen in public accounting.
Typically seen in public accounting.
SG (tax accountant): hey Bro, you here JM asked for more work from the managers & partners. He said he still had capacity working only 60 hour weeks. Wants to up to 80.
DB (Other accountant): Man, that guy always tries to make us look bad we we only work the designated 37.5 hours a week. He’s such a fucking Nerd-Rat. *bangs fist on table*
SG: yea but your also a fucking nerdrat working 42 hours a week.
DB: Your a fucking nerdrat
SG: fuck you. Nerdrat
DB (Other accountant): Man, that guy always tries to make us look bad we we only work the designated 37.5 hours a week. He’s such a fucking Nerd-Rat. *bangs fist on table*
SG: yea but your also a fucking nerdrat working 42 hours a week.
DB: Your a fucking nerdrat
SG: fuck you. Nerdrat
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The Ramp Rat is always on the lookout for free booze, narcotics and its next victim.
They acquire random phone #s from random guys to use them for their boats.
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They acquire random phone #s from random guys to use them for their boats.
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Stay away from that hoe....
She's a Ramp Rat."
#2 "Did you see that Ramp Rat I picked up yesterday? Looks like its your turn today Bro"...
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She's a Ramp Rat."
#2 "Did you see that Ramp Rat I picked up yesterday? Looks like its your turn today Bro"...
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