Von had a very specific vision for his Flaanimal 5.0. He referred us to an absolutely beautiful De Rosa done in a playful green color with white letters all over it and asked if we could could do something similar - but with dashes of the Philippines flag sprinkled in as well. It’s always fun to put these designs together in 2d, but once Von’s frameset came to life in the paint booth it took on a whole other level of fun. We can’t help but smile when looking at it, and we think anyone he sees out on road will feel the same. Happy New Flaanimal Day, Von! #flaanimal #rodeospork #newbikeday

Rodeo Labs bar tape is BACK! Also, y’all are big naggers and we love you for it. You kept asking “when will gold be back”. Well, it’s back. So is silver and all black debossed. We’re working with a new manufacturer now, so it’s more tacky, stretchy, and softer. It’s 3mm thick, because we know you’re gonna ask that too. We could post a link in bio but the quickest way to find it is just to google “rodeo lab bar tape” because Google is faster than our website search. lol. (fml). 💀💀💀 Rodeo-labs.com

Color pop on brushed Ti is never the wrong choice, and Fire Engine Red makes our inner child smile, possibly because it evokes Radio Flyer wagons of old? This owner had a special request for a 180mm rear rotor and special shift blip on the right drop to help account for differences in left / right hand strength. We were more than happy to oblige! Happy New Bike Day, Brady! It was a pleasure to build for you. #gravelbike #newbikeday #rodeospork #flaanimal #rodeowheels

Justin has a thing for red / marbled paint on his bikes. When discussing if we could execute the look in Cerakote instead of liquid paint, we had to admit that we didn’t know if the material and the application technique would get along. Justin was game to let us do some experimenting, and we think the results are super cool and unlike so much of the other custom finishing that we typically do. Thanks for the trust, Justin, and Happy New Bike Day. #traildonkey #rodeospork #rodeowheels #gravelbike #newbikeday

Custom Blue Four Point Two. This hue goes by the name Robins Egg Blur, and it’s on its way with its new owner, Mr Robinson. Happy New Bike Day, Jeremy! Our bikes are available anywhere on the spectrum from framesets to complete rolling rigs. You can pick any color in our standard layouts for $450 to make it your own, and we paint to order in-house here at HQ. 💙 #traildonkey #rodeospork

We’ve go a new Ready To Roll on the site! 52cm. TD4. Di2 GRX. This one’s a good one! The Traildonkey 4.0 frameset is 99% identical to our newer 4.2 version. The only difference: The derailleur hanger interface. 4.0 uses a standard derailleur hanger. 4.2 uses UDH. For a while there it seemed that UDH was going to take over, and Sram was on a tear with it. But more recently Shimano updated their entire GRX range, and they actually stuck with the tried and true standard derailleur hanger. Why? Probably because it was tried and true. We had a couple of 4.0 framesets left in stock, so we decided to use one of them to build this beautiful and beautifully functional 52cm TD4 as a Ready To Roll Rodeo. We ordered up a new GRX Di2 drivetrain, combined it with our 2.0 carbon wheels, 47mm Vittoria Terreno tires, a Ritchey cockpit, and a Repente saddle to create a bike that’s fully modern, ready for action, and is offered far below the price of the equivalent 4.2 build. A 52cm TD4 best fits a rider 5’4″ to 5’6″. This Ready To Roll ships immediately. Rodeo-labs.com > Ready to roll bikes. Link in insta bio. #traildonkey

Update! Were BURIED in nomination emails! We’re not crying you’re crying! Y’all are the best friends anyone could want. We WAY underestimated how hard it would be to pick who this should go to. There are many dozens of amazing people and stories. But we will pick a person and will be in touch via email. We’re going to close submissions in the meantime - there are so many! ❤️ We’re giving away this bike. It’s a bike with a story, and its story isn’t over. This one started out as an All City something or other. We can’t exactly remember which model. It might have had a gradient paint job? When we found it it was damaged with some rear triangle trauma. It was rescued from the scrapper and hung on the wall because it seemed a shame to toss. Years later we were developing prototypes of our LockJaw 2 sliders, and needed a frame to graft them onto for testing. This frame seemed a good candidate. The rear triangle was cut off and a new one grafted on here at HQ. You can do that with steel. The dropouts and dropout hardware were also CNC machined here. It was all an inside job. We repainted it. Kept it simple. It was 50% All City and 50% Rodeo now, so we named it the All Rodeo. We rode it. It slayed. Later we used it as a test bed for our straight steer tube Spork. More slay. And then that was it. It served its purpose. It got hung on the wall for years. Should we permanently mount it in the archives? It’s original Rodeo history now. But dang, it’s a good bike. It should be ridden. Can’t sell it. It’s a prototype. Then the idea hit: We should just give it to someone who will ride it and keep its story going. That feels right. So here’s the deal: It’s free. We will deliver it to the person we chose in the continental USA. Who is that person who should get it? You tell us. Fits someone about 5’9” to 6’0”, roughly. The rules: you can’t say “pick me”. You have to nominate someone else that you think deserves it and would give it a good story. Update: we got so many submissions and we’re picking someone soon so submissions are closed. ❤️ #rideexplorecreate

Inspired by our Charrtruse Flaanimal 4.1 from 2018, Peter’s fully custom 5.0 brings back its excellent (vintage?) color combo, with a twist. Colorful layouts like this do make a good case for bringing back more ambitious factory paint options, but if you knew how much grief and delays the factory paint process caused, you’d understand why we brought paint in house and made bikes like this by request only! Happy New Bike Day, Peter! #flaanimal #rodeospork #gravelbike

Weekend Inspo! Tracy sent over some photos and a report on her 600km, week long Baja trip that she took on her TD3. Those blue skies, sandy tracks, and ocean waves have us full of envy! We told her that we thought she was underbiked for the trip, and gave her an email high five for that, but she also reported that “a lot of the terrain was totally fine for a gravel bike. But there was one descent in particular on day 5. … prayed for death” 😂 “slept in the middle of nowhere in the hills and also on beautiful beaches.” Thanks for inspiring us, Tracy! If you’ve got some weekend inspo, shoot a quick report and photos to bikes@rodeo-labs.com. We’d love to share! #rideexplorecreate #traildonkey #rodeospork #rodeowheels