Some rats that have probably broken in to your house and ate most of your food, or you could call the person closest to you a fat rat just because your bored.
by FatRatsForLife May 13, 2020
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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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Get the Smack rat mug.When Edgar, who often plays weak cards and has overcome significant odds to win several hands determined by the final card dealt; he refuses to fold bad hands and has laid many bad beats.
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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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