The Rodeo Labs Podcast

Jan 22 2025 40 ep. 62 mins 32

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The official podcast of Rodeo Adventure Labs. We're here to talk about what it is to be a growing custom bike builder but we're also here to talk with and learn from the amazing and interesting people that we meet and learn from along the way.
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Our Four Favorite Things from 2024

Jan 22 2025 105 mins

At the end of the year, most publications and their writers come out with the four or five favorite products they used in the past year. Most of these things are the cutting edge of their categories or a niche product that fits a specific year. These stories are great because they often allow journalists to write about their favorite things and are often useful to a wide range of p

Rodeo Rider Files – Jeff Chapman

Dec 12 2024 26 mins

We are back with another Rodeo rider episode! This time we sat down with Jeff Chapman. Jeff is from Kansas City, Missouri, and is new to Rodeo Labs this year as he has waded further into the gravel thicket. Jeff started his journey into cycling around the pandemic and is now a two-time participant of Unbound. The race in Kansas has taken on extra meaning for Jeff whose day job is s

Fresh from the Lab

Nov 29 2024 33 mins

Over the last few weeks, the Lab has been hard at work finishing the new updates to our range of bikes before the holiday season goes into full swing with a brand new Flaanimal 6 Titanium and a tweaked Trail Donkey 4.2. Both bikes offer a new Spork and a new UDH-capable slider system, while the new Flaanimal offers a laundry list of new innovative ideas packed into the bike that bu

Rodeo Rider Files – Cullen Perkey

Oct 29 2024 34 mins

Cullen Perkey is a U23 mountain biker and a new member of the Rodeo Labs Family after he got his Trail Donkey 4.0 this past summer. Cullen's baby blue Trail Donkey is what he describes as "the most aerodynamic mountain bike ever," and trail mode is his standard operating procedure: big tires, short cranks, and lots of steez. In this conversation, Cullen and I dove into his roots as

Ride, XPLOR, Create?

Oct 17 2024 62 mins

This week, we are back in the Lab to consider the new SRAM RED XPLR AXS (so many capital letters!) and its use of the UDH (moar capital letters! moar!). While we jest at the branding, the tech is serious business. The new 1x13 groupset leans into the SRAM Transmission style rear derailleur and brings it to drop bar bikes, with the UDH hanger instead of the previous convention of sp

Rodeo Rider Files – Conor Dancy

Oct 09 2024 33 mins

This is the first installment of a podcast series that we are calling the Rodeo Rider Files where we will sit down with extended members of the Rodeo Labs community. First up is Conor Dancy. Conor lives in Northern Virginia, amongst the historic gravel roads of Loudoun County, and is a pilot in his free time. He is a real matter-of-fact presence and someone who loves cycling, the l

Two planks. Two Flaanimals.

Sep 25 2024 61 mins

Cody Cirillo and Matthew Tufts approached us early this year with an inspiring pitch: They wanted to spend a couple of human-powered months riding the outer perimeter of Iceland on Rodeo Labs bikes, all the while carrying their skis, and peeling off to notch seemingly innumerable ski descents along the way. We get plenty of project pitches at Rodeo, but this one stood out because i

Donkeys on the Divide – breaking down our own Tour Divide athletes

Sep 17 2024 63 mins

We are back with another round table conversation, this time focusing on the 2024 Tour Divide and, in particular, the two Rodeo Lab-affiliated riders who took on the challenge this June. Both Cade and Edyn had a massively successful outing with Cade arriving in Antelope Wells as the fourth finisher and Edyn finishing a few days later as the youngest-ever finisher of the Tour at jus

Chatting CARBS with the creators of Carbs Fuel

Jul 12 2024 56 mins

Carbs Fuel has come on the scene this year as a simple, cost-effective gel that delivers 50 grams of carbohydrates in a neat $2.00 package. Stephen and Logan have both felt a shift in their fueling ability and understanding of on the bike nutrition after adding these gels to their pockets for training and racing, so it seemed like an easy choice to have the creators of this new end

The Traka Adventure EP 2 - Clouds Over Girona

May 24 2024 26 mins

On this second of three episodes about out Traka Adventure, we switch up formats a bit and bring you along on an audio adventure. Mixing audio that we recorded on the trip with recollections from back home, we hope to create a bit more of an immersive experience, something more like it was to be there yourself. One thing is for sure: Nothing about this trip happened as we imagined,