We’ve been getting some compatibility questions lately, so let’s do a quick recap on our frameset compatibility and capabilities. TLDR: it’s compatible with everything. But feel free to read on.
- Our current frames all support UDH. And that also means that they’re backwards compatible with, you know, normal derailleurs that have worked perfectly fine since dinosaurs invented drop bar MTBs. A standard, universally available derailleur UDH derailleur hangar adapts any UDH frame to standard hanger drivetrains.
- our framesets all support 1x or 2x drivetrains. 2x ain’t dead and we ain’t not gonna go 1x only everrrrr.
- All of our framesets support singlespeed drivetrains natively. No weird BBs or tensioners needed.
- our framesets all support mechanical or robot shifting. Our framesets are future compatible with AI shifting, may it never be invented.
- our bottom brackets are threaded T47, 85.5mm shell width. This means that you can run nearly any crank know to humanity in any reality both known and unknown. You can run standard road q-factor cranks, and also “Wide” or gravel width cranks, whatever that means. We build extensively with both, for the record. They all work fine.
- Our framesets are routing agnostic. 6Ti and TD4 support fully integrated routing, BUT WE KNOW MECHANICS HATE IT, so you can also run standard internal routing and bring more love and peace into the world.
- Look, we know that 700c won, but 650 ain’t dead, it’s napping, and our frameset geo supports 650b. We encourage everyone to experience the joy of a 650x2.35 tire. And sure, people are putting 700x2.25 labeled tires into 6Ti and TD4 and they seem to be having a good time.
- Spork still fits 12mm or 15mm axles, by the way.
- our non-tapered Spork fits QR, 12mm, 15mm axles. QR may be dead, but it’s enjoying a robust afterlife.

Everything about our bikes is designed to allow people to build them how they like. We could simplify, and edit, and even make our frames lighter and cheaper because of it, but our DNA is about versatility, so we’re going to keep rolling with that.

If you have any other questions on compatibility, hit us up in the comments!

BTW, happy New Bike Day Charles!

Something is in the water. The requests keep coming for dream wheel builds, so we just keep saying yes. Our builder Pancho may as well have a PHD in knitting with all the @berdspokes builds he’s done, and more often than not they end up on @onyxracing hubs. This set is coordinated to Andrew’s TD3, commissioned in 2018 and still going strong. The original wheels were 650 2.0 with fat slicks, and now he’s onto our 3.0X with… also fat slicks. On each wheel we dyed two parallel spokes to accent the bike, added custom matched decals, and also specified blue hubs, blue @hopetech rotors, and a blue accented @ethirteencomponents cassette to match his existing his existing XTR Di2 drivetrain.

Enjoy these wheels Andrew! We wouldn’t have thought your bike could get any more rad, but it just did!

#rodeowheels

Back in the day we didn’t even offer custom paint on our bikes. At some point the first person asked, so we said yes. That feels like forever ago, because these days a huge number of the bikes we ship go out highly personalized and bursting with self expression. If the last bike we posted was understated, Colton’s is the opposite: wildly joyful and exuberant - and we’re here for it! Adam, our painter who brought this design to life calls this one the Easter Donkey, which checks out. But it could also be called the Skittles x Ode To Joy Donkey, because it totally brings a smile to our face to gaze on this rainbow.

This bike is build singlespeed in this configuration, but also has a cassette, derailleur, and chain waiting in the wings for a quick switch to Red + Mullet build for when the need for gearing arises.

The parts spec is almost too wild to itemize, but some highlights are the @applemanbicycles cranks, @industry_nine wheels with them craaazy spokes, @wheelsmfg singlespeed kit / cog, @fsa_road K-Force bars and stem, and seatpost, @chriskingbuzz bottom bracket, and of course @ridewrap full tailored frame protection to keep that delicious Skittels-level paint protected.

We salute your love of color, Adam! Happy New Bike Day!

#traildonkey
#rodeospork
#gravelbike
#rideexplorecreate

Note from the Intern here: The goal around Rodeo is to keep upping our game, whether that be in product design, riding, paint, customer service, storytelling, or any other dimension of what it takes to be an inspired cycling company. Sometimes we meet that ideal, sometimes we fall short, or, in the case of @vankrampen’s FL6 Ti, I think we actually nailed it: We (Rodeo) upped our game again.

Drew has been working on the design and spec of his personal bike for months, maybe even for over a year. After all, as the product lead on the bike, pretty much every visual contour of the physical object is his brain child. I’ve walked by his monitor, sneaking peeks at what he was brewing on for paint. I’ve watched his parts arrive and his build bin fill up with obscure and exotic parts I’ve never seen or heard of.

It all looked pretty cool, but when I finally saw the completed bike, my jaw really dropped. Drew’s bike is something extra fresh to me. As I photographed it, it was a feast for the eyes and lens. Out of nowhere Drew pulled out his @officialgretsch guitar, and showed me the inspiration for the palette. It all made even more sense. The details don’t stop there. The mid century pattern on the head tube and seat tube required careful masking, and only reveals itself on close inspection. The Manchester Orchestra album art graces the stem. Drew’s personal icons on the Spork and top tube peek out. It all just works so well. I’m amazed to have such strong visual design represented in the company.

The parts spec is no less cool. @vith_components CNC cranks. @project321 hubs laced to Rodeo 3.0X rims by Pancho. @zenobicycle couplers. @ergonbike Seatpost. @bjorncycles cork saddle. @vittoriatires Peyote treads. @zippspeed bars and stem. @lewisbike_official brake calipers. The more you look, the more your eyes are rewarded for their effort.

We’ve built one of the most prolific in-house custom paint teams I know of. On this bike, @caffeinated_wheelman absolutely nailed it when turning Drew’s design into reality.

This team amazes. I haven’t named them all in this single post,(more later!), but I’m grateful to work with such talented people.

#rideexplorecreate

Very Pretty. Very Pink.
Congratulations on your exceptionally good taste, Adrian! Every time someone stands up and says “make mine pink”, a small cheer erupts at the office. Pink is always the stylish choice.

This is not Adrian’s first Rodeo, it’s his second, so on this wheelset he went with road tires so that either of his bikes could be swapped out to paved gravel duty.

Our standard paint liveries allow you to request nearly any color without the cost of full custom paint. Go nuts, or go classy.

#traildonkey
#rodeowheels
#rodeospork
#gravelbike
#newbikeday