This can be used in multiple scenarios and can be used as a person, place or thing, or even to describe something. A bitch, a snitch, a chismoso.
by Rebecca_007 May 5, 2020

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

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by Sam The Cumshot December 3, 2023

The Cambodian Space Rat is a celestial figure who seems to bless our impure and measly universe. he forgives our sins and leads deeper into the "Thicket" the only place he can formally adress you over a good game of batmitten. Most do not survive encounters with the Cambodian Space Rat. This demon of the stars is too good for the bible, God is jealous o what created him.
Oh Fuck, I forgot to pray to our savior the Cambodian Space Rat, I am only scum, i will surly punish for my materialistic ideals.
by The Rat's Acolyte November 6, 2018
