PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
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Lamb Transport Dept Version 4 // Wool Jersey
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Bib Shorts
RDO LAB // Explorts 2.0 Arctic
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Forks
Rodeo Spork Series 3
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Bib Shorts
RDO LAB // Explorts 2.0
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THE RODEO JOURNAL
RODEO AT LARGE
Radavist // Rodeo
Hailey Moore wrote and reported an in-depth look at the Rodeo Labs backstory and where we want to go next. Check it out on The Radavist!
Gear
Interview with our Intern
Bike Gear Database invited our founder Stephen Fitzgerald to sit down and talk about the Rodeo back story, the current state of gravel, and our future direction.
Gear
Bikepacking.com // Traka (Mis) Adventure
Bikepacking.com hosted a piece that not only covers our recap of our ride at the 2024 Traka 560 Adventure, but also a deeper look at adventure by bike.
Gear
RODEO INSTAGRAM
✅ Beautiful.
✅ Capable
✅ Adaptable
✅ Compatible.
Also, it’s rather dashing in white.
Happy new Flaanimal Day, Joel!
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We met Jack on his beautiful @sklarbikes at the Southern Migration Rally this January, and we got to talking about bikes, because of course we’re all just nerds. He mentioned that it would be cool to put a Spork on it, but that Sklar said that the only compatible fork was an Enve adventure fork. That sounded odd, so we sent him a Spork to install and send feedback on. Lo-and-behold: It works great. Adding his feedback here for posterity. Of note: We make a 50 offset fork, so the difference in rake would only be 5mm, which is even smaller than what he tested.
(By the way, we sent the fork with zero instructions or expectations. We just said “see if it mounts up and rides ok, and let us know what you think). We did let him keep the fork for his time and effort.
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Don’t know how technical or in depth of a report you wanted (although I’m no scientist so data is emotional) but I’ll give it my best shot. I ran the Sklork with an i9 gravel wheel set and two sets of tires, teravail ramparts in 35mm (all road) and teravail cannonballs in 47mm (gravel). Biggest difference I notice across the board was weight, especially when running the all road set up. I only really noticed the reduction in rake (55 stock vs. 45 spork) when on road with the all road set up. The larger tires with my gravel set up seemed to have offset that feeling, even when on gravel. One of my biggest concerns (and why I love metal bikes so much) was hand fatigue, especially at @croatanbuckfifty . After a long day in the saddle on the flat rough windy gravel of coastal NC, I did not notice a significant difference from the stock fork, I dropped the psi in my tires by about 2-3 psi up front to accommodate and that was perfect.
My first time back on a carbon component in over 2 years was a great success and I think that’s mostly due to Rodeo’s attention to detail. I think this experiment worked great and happy to report that the Sklorp is a viable combo.
Photo @joeysikorski24
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Milled, shaped, butted, printed, and welded with every detail and function in mind. Flaanimal Titanium is titanium that stands apart.
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We rarely have sales around here. They’re a way to make some quick revenue, but they ultimately undermine the value of what we do, and would put us on a path to extinction if we leaned too hard into them. That said, we’ve developed quite the playful relationship with our audience and community when it comes to DEALTIME or Ready To Roll builds. These bikes we build with the parts we have around to use, and we paint them however we’re feeling that day. When we put these bikes up for sale, it’s always at a discount. Sometimes a small discount, sometimes a large one. Scoring a DEALTIME is a cat and mouse game. Often we’ll announce one, and a bunch of people protest that it isn’t their size. Other times we post one and people wish it had different bars, or a different drivetrain. And that’s the fun of the whole thing: You can get a sweet one-off custom Rodeo Labs at a great price, but you can’t be very picky, and you have to be decisive.
But this DEALTIME took it to another level. The build itself was dreamt up by Chef Coco as the Blue Team concept, an homage to Shimano only ever using the color blue. It’s a great build, and was a great value. Funny thing tnough: We posted this on the site and someone bought it even before we announced it through our social media. That’s a first! More and more we’ve heard of people who told us that they refresh the Ready To Roll section regularly looking for one in their specs and size, but this is the first time someone has snagged one this fast!
And so, we salute you Mary, for your lightning fast reflexes and for adopting your own one of a kind Flaanimal!
We can’t promise we’ll be posting many more dealtimes any time soon because we’re so busy fulfilling back orders on 6.0 Ti and TD4.2, but there are a couple of rad and unique options up there still, looking for a home today. Use code DEALME to take 10% any that we have listed over the next few days.
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OUR VALUES
RIDE
Our bikes as hard as we can. Never lose touch with the fact that true inspiration for everything we do comes from time spent in the saddle.
EXPLORE
If we stay where things are familiar we will quickly grow stale. To stay challenged we always seek out the new. New paces to ride, new goals to attempt, and new people to collaborate with.
CREATE
When we return home from our adventures we take our experiences and turn them into things that we can share. Stories, photos, videos, and inspired products are the fruit of our labor.