So glad you are loving your 2.0!

Some riders shorten their stem lengths when going to flat bar and others do not. Seems that people who shorten tend to do 10mm to 20mm shorter. There doesn’t seem to be one “right” way to do it. The Flaanimal will respond well to flat bars though. Geometry did not change from 4.X to 5.0 and we have a lot of happy flat bar owners out there from 4.X.

Thanks for asking, Tina. That info must have gotten lost in a recent website revision.

We recommend a 48cm for folks roughly 5’0″ to 5’2″.

You won’t have a ton of standover clearance with your 28.5″ inseam length on our 48cm: standover height measured at the center of the top tube is approximately 28″ with 650b wheels and a typical 42mm tire. With the bike on 700 x 40mm, standover height is approximately 29″. If you measured your inseam in bare feet, I suggest you remeasure in shoes to double check.

If you have any other questions, or more specific questions, getting in touch via our contact form is the best bet:

For framesets shipping is about $150

For complete bikes we can quote per-bike but plan around $250-$400

You can use up to 40mm of spacers between the headset and the stem.

We have a full specs matrix posted on the Flaanimal 5.0 page now, scroll down towards the bottom. Thanks for asking!

https://www.rodeo-labs.com/shop/framesets/flaanimal-5-0-pre-order/

You can route a dropper on the Flaanimal two ways:

1. External along the top tube to a collar actuated post
2. Internally inside the down tube from the non drive side port near the head tube, down the down tube, bending at the T47 BB shell, and up the seat tube. There is enough internal clearance with a T47 shell to make that bend without affecting dropper post function. That is how we do 100% of our dropper post builds.

Kathy. Here is the 48cm sizing.

Note: The top tube looks unconventionally long on this size as we worked hard to eliminate toe overlap on smaller sizes. Of all of the owners of our 48cm framesets none have had negative feedback on being able to dial in the required fit / reach that they need. This is usually accomplished with stem length and saddle setback (or lack thereof).

Hi Chris,

Flaanimal 4.1 in 56cm are completely out of stock and won’t be offered again. 5.0 pre-orders in the second or third week of January and all sizes will be available. Those framesets should arrive in the month of March.

Thanks!

-Rodeo

If you would like matched hubs on the zero substitutions (GRX) builds just go ahead and note which color you would like in the notes on the final steps of checking out. We’re happy to spec any hub color for you. For rim decals you would need to add that to the cart and that could be found here:

Custom Wheel Decals

Thank you!

Headsets do add stack to frames but the amount of stack will vary per brand and spec of headset. There are specific low stack height headsets and others that are designed with taller top caps which add to stack.

Here is a zero stack (for Flaanimal) if you wanted to keep stack low:

Cane Creek Slam Set