For many people, bikes and beer go hand in hand. We decided to our own homage to this reality by repurposing previous-spec Rodeo hub shells as tap handles with a clever hardware adaptation. If you’ve got a kegerator or tap stashed away in your shop or garage where you service your Rodeo Labs bike, this could just be a match made in heaven.

Available in gunmetal silver.

Find it in the schwag section on our website at rodeo-labs.com, or link in bio!

The first Pueblo Orange TD4.2 / UDH is off to Joe, who by coincidence is also taking to the heartland of gravel: Kansas. Joe opted for a naked for with black accents to pop against the orange frame, which we are happy to oblige because every TD4 is painted to order. The AXS Transmission drivetrain is looking very at home on our new LockJaw 2 slider system, which ensures compatibility with every 1x, 2x, mechanical, electronic, and singlespeed drivetrain out there, with 1x chainring clearance maxing out at 48-50t depending on crank / spindle length. TD4.2 is the next evolution of the most versatile frameset on the market.

#traildonkey

Cheers to @gabriel0rtiz with the new Pana Cycles Esperanza that took home silver in people’s choice at @phillybikeexpo this year! It’s a honor to be a small part of this build, and the Spork logo send up is amongst the best we’ve seen. Keep an eye on Gabriel, he’s making moves and creating a fresh story in cycling!

#rodeospork
#rideexplorecreate

Ad Astra per Aspera. The first TD4.2 delivery is going to Kansas, which to many, is the home of gravel. This beautiful custom commission blue, white, and radiant gold design reflects the state flag of Kansas, and goes to Paul by way of @bicyclepedaler, themselves an anchor of the Kansas cycling scene.

Happy #newbikeday Taylor!

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#gravelbike
#rodeospork
#rideexplorecreate

Our much loved Flaanimal steel bike platform began development 10 years ago, in 2015 with the 1.0 frameset. Never sold publicly, the 1.0 was offered to Rodeo team members on a testing basis. We collected feedback on ride and function from those initial bikes and iterated non-stop from that first version to where we are today with 5.0.

In the early days of Rodeo we were already deep into our love affair with color. The 1.0 prototype paint design was not only distinctive and unique, but also challenged our idealism about how important color was, because as it turns out, painting a frame with four colors is expensive! With those early frames, the paint cost half as much as the bare frames themselves did. As such, this iconic color scheme didn’t make it into wide production because it would have increased the cost of the bike significantly.

Cut to 2025, 10 years later. We recently added a 1.0 frame to our our archives thanks to a generous original owner who donated it. While reviewing it, someone suggested that we create a tribute 5.0 frame with the exact 1.0 livery. We got to work on it immediately, and we’re so glad we did! As soon as the paint had cured, we were reminded afresh just how good this bike looks. The result is this one of a kind 5.0 frameset that is on offer now as a Ready To Roll Rodeo. One rider out there can scoop up this beautiful re-creation, faithful down to the original red seatpost and original Rodeo rim decals. We kitted this bike out with a time-proven Sram Apex groupset, which features excellent braking, ergonomics, and versatile 1×11 gear system. The rest of the build is a premium mix of Rodeo 3.0X carbon wheels, Ritchey components, an eeSilk custom painted suspension seatpost, 45mm Vittoria Mezcal tires, and a handmade Italian Selle Repente ultralight saddle.

Rodeo-labs.com / ready to roll bikes section / lnk bio

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When special requests are made, we’re super excited to oblige. Chris asked for a dream spec set of our 3.0X rims to be laced with @berdspokes Polylight spokes to a @sonnabendynamo dynamo front hub and a @chriskingbuzz rear.

We’ve really upped our Berd lacing game recently, with a streamlined Berd insert prepping process so that the spokes go in efficiently and perfectly every time.

On this wheelset, the spokes are black save two parallel white spokes on either side of the valve, for a dash of panache.

We’re convinced that our 3.0X rims are amongst the most robust carbon rims on the market, with zero rim failures in over two years, across all rims manufactured.

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