rodeo-adv-labs: Joshua sent in some photos of his fully built out adventure ready #flaanimal and it’
rodeo-adv-labs: Look. Most of us are never going to be as beautiful as Kyle or Kyle’s Donkey. #realt
rodeo-adv-labs:Whut? @gbesaw spotted this gorgeous @obikeco with a side of Spork on the march at Hig
rodeo-adv-labs: Happy New Donkey Day to @katiebaws ! Praxis, Rival 1, Easton. LUCKY! Thanks for anot
rodeo-adv-labs: It’s @dropbarsondirt’s first full week on the job this week. His first task is to tu
rodeo-adv-labs: It’s been a blast building and delivering a wave of 2.1s these last couple of weeks.
rodeo-adv-labs: This is Nanook. Nanook owns a human named Drew. Drew is the owner and creator of the
rodeo-adv-labs: We can build it or you can build it. Or in this case @atrainadt built it for himself
rodeo-adv-labs: Bon trails to our final 58cm Pine Cone 2.1 build. Is this the best factory color we’
rodeo-adv-labs: @mountain.run + @j_paks + @ridgesupply. It all adds up to a brilliant build. ❤️ #tra
rodeo-adv-labs: Ouray Week 2019 Aug 23-27 All are welcome. Attendance discouraged. Details maybe eve
rodeo-adv-labs: Sometimes we ride bikes. Sometimes we hike up rivers at 12,000ft. #walkyourdonkey #o
rodeo-adv-labs: More of this. Tonight at 6pm @slohicoffeebike. . . . #tabletoptuesday #teamtimetrial
rodeo-adv-labs:Two guarantees if you adopt one of our bikes: It always involves patience, and it’s a
rodeo-adv-labs:TTT returned last night, and it was as good as we wanted and needed it to be. We love
rodeo-adv-labs:Riding gravel bikes wrong since 2014. . . #traildonkey #rideexplorecreate (at Moab, U
rodeo-adv-labs:Tulips are pushing up through the thawing Colorado tundra. Light is lasting longer ea
rodeo-adv-labs: California… is Donkey Donkey Donkey Donkey. Happy #newbikeday Sergio! #traildonkey #
rodeo-adv-labs: Yeah, we’re excited to head to @croatanbuckfifty in March! @ridgesupply #traildonkey
rodeo-adv-labs:The question wasn’t “why should we build the Flaaaaaaaaaanimal” it was “why shouldn’t
rodeo-adv-labs: Chocolate Creamsicle. Aka Orange. Aka the most rare 4.0 / 4.1 color. Only the Pine C
rodeo-adv-labs: Snow melt, mud, canyons, seized chains, silly grins, frozen toes. Just the good stuf
rodeo-adv-labs:Shipping out to Durango today: Chris’ midnight / metallic copper TD2.1 with paint exe
rodeo-adv-labs: Is a Sporked Surly a Spurly? Only @slimwonder knows. But we do know the bike looks a
rodeo-adv-labs:It was difficult sitting on images of hero rides we did on TD3 last year while it was
rodeo-adv-labs:Sometimes It’s the little things. Sometimes it’s the big things. @wildernesstrailbike
rodeo-adv-labs:Color 2/4: Bleaux Tre. We went with that lovely baby blue color from Flaanimal 3.0 an
rodeo-adv-labs: We color coded the TD3 prototypes with different colors. Glenn’s is orange like a Ge
rodeo-adv-labs:#flaamilygoals with @neytural, @ulrichdrew, and @ngolshan. This is the Rodeo equivale
rodeo-adv-labs:The best part of being a lab is nerding out on details. The @pnwcomponents drop bar b
rodeo-adv-labs: We’re proud to announce that we have won Hiking Magazine’s “Hottest Hiking Accessory
rodeo-adv-labs: For our first Journal entry of the year we recap one of the best rides of last year:
rodeo-adv-labs: Merry Christmas to y’allz. We were going to launch 3.0 on New Year’s Eve just like w
rodeo-adv-labs: Its one thing to get down when it’s cold. It’s another thing to get down when it’s c
rodeo-adv-labs: It’s Monday and we’re back! Actually, @jennhines3 is on vacation, @ridemagnetic is i
rodeo-adv-labs: @brianbiggs Sporked his @chumbausa. That’s actually a nicer thing to do than it soun
rodeo-adv-labs: Box O’ Rox. 29 x 2.0 Max granny. Point and pray. Photo idk mebbe by @kaizergilroy. #
rodeo-adv-labs:#tbt to that time we rode up a “road” so steep that a passing moto stalled out and fe
rodeo-adv-labs: Test fitting of low rider rack to Spork 2.0 offset mounting hardware HIJACKED by sig
rodeo-adv-labs:People sometimes ask why our stack is lower than many other brands of bikes. The answ
rodeo-adv-labs: We get asked a fair bit if a Donkey can be cross raced. So here’s a deep dark secret
rodeo-adv-labs:Pink currently ruling everything around me. Pretty sure my kids think I’m a massive d
rodeo-adv-labs:4 Sporks. 4 builders. 4 totally unique executions. We’re excited to release Spork 2.0
rodeo-adv-labs:It’s just that we were posting a lot of bike galleries lately and not enough of the a
rodeo-adv-labs:Sometimes we ride bikes. Sometimes we hike up rivers at 12,000ft. #walkyourdonkey #ou
rodeo-adv-labs:Ouray Week 2019 Aug 23-27 All are welcome. Attendance discouraged. Details maybe even
rodeo-adv-labs: When you go on a ride and you don’t know if it will take 5 hours or 10 hours… Willia
rodeo-adv-labs: @mountain.run + @j_paks + @ridgesupply. It all adds up to a brilliant build. ❤️ #tra
rodeo-adv-labs: We can build it or you can build it. Or in this case @atrainadt built it for himself
rodeo-adv-labs: This is Nanook. Nanook owns a human named Drew. Drew is the owner and creator of the
rodeo-adv-labs:Jeremy rode his first @rebasprivateidaho on a road bike. He had no idea what a gravel
rodeo-adv-labs: It’s been a blast building and delivering a wave of 2.1s these last couple of weeks.
rodeo-adv-labs: For the fourth in our Spork 2.0 builder series we upcycled the second oldest Traildo
rodeo-adv-labs:If you work up a bike build with us chances are Soren is who you will collaborate wit
rodeo-adv-labs:Every time our heads get swolled on the beauty of the Rockies @jeredgruber drops some
rodeo-adv-labs: @uphill_climb1. In response to your question about Gravel King 48mm + Rodeo 650b car
rodeo-adv-labs: Every bike that leaves ends up being such a cool expression of it’s new owner. We do
rodeo-adv-labs: #Flaanimal is already an animal so it can’t have a spirit animal. It can have a spir
rodeo-adv-labs:It’s still the most amazing thing to see our bikes all over the world in the wild. @t
rodeo-adv-labs: I know it’s good. Not because I designed it, (That part would make me suspicious), b
rodeo-adv-labs: The worst weather is the best lens for introspection. When everything is socked in a
rodeo-adv-labs: Happy New Donkey Day to @katiebaws ! Praxis, Rival 1, Easton. LUCKY! Thanks for anot
rodeo-adv-labs: TBT to “knobbies are dumb, get off my lawn” and a DK200 podium. #traildonkey https:/
rodeo-adv-labs: Whut? @gbesaw spotted this gorgeous @obikeco with a side of Spork on the march at Hi
rodeo-adv-labs: Been busy in the high country doing donkey stuff. #horsgravel #traildonkey (at Color
rodeo-adv-labs: We gun’ go find sum that good stuff over the long weekend. Hope y’all do too. Back i
rodeo-adv-labs:Today @the.mike.smith departed back to Atlanta. Such a good dude and great bike rider
rodeo-adv-labs:@shanespaints with a one-off custom #flaanimal 3.0 commission. We’re not sure who thi
rodeo-adv-labs: The Kyle™️ has landed in SoCal and with him he brings big watts and an infectious sm
rodeo-adv-labs: Joshua sent in some photos of his fully built out adventure ready #flaanimal and it’
rodeo-adv-labs: Out Of Office Reply: We’ve got a BUSY week coming up. We’re always out over the week
rodeo-adv-labs: Not saying that the Dolomites are better than everywhere else, but they aren’t not b
rodeo-adv-labs:@mettlecycling joined our Table Top escapades last night. When we release the TTT pho
rodeo-adv-labs:We’ve asked @brooxpulford to bring his Donkey back in and let us put pink wheel decal
rodeo-adv-labs:Table Top Tuesday? You betcha. Will it be hot? You betcha. Will we ride this trail? I
rodeo-adv-labs:You can buy a bike off the shelf, with a brand-complete gruppo and cockpit. Or you ca
rodeo-adv-labs:You can have it any way you like it, but this is the best way. Welcome to the pace Mi
rodeo-adv-labs: #newbikeday for @emilyvsands! She built her bike with her local shop @blacksmithcycl
rodeo-adv-labs: Um. Whoa. This @prettydamnedfast @thevanillaworkshop build just popped up on radar a
rodeo-adv-labs:Things have been pretty steep so far this summer. Nik just finished the first Journal
rodeo-adv-labs: Trying to process today’s ride. So difficult and uncomfortable for so much of the da
rodeo-adv-labs: Shout out to @meganrosedonuts and her fully laden beast of burden built up by the te
rodeo-adv-labs: @bpmusicologist with the entire spectrum on his @breadwinnercycles with a side of #r
rodeo-adv-labs: We promise to continue taking our bikes places twice as stupid as most of our custom
rodeo-adv-labs:I think anyone who knows me knows that photos are the foundation of this wild ride th
rodeo-adv-labs: We don’t have an expo booth, a sprinter van, a banner, or a sponsored rider going fo
rodeo-adv-labs:We’re about to peace out for the weekend. Hope you all have a great one! Photo: Peter
rodeo-adv-labs:Our first air shipment of #flaanimal 4.1 framesets have arrived, now featuring T47 th
rodeo-adv-labs: It’s only an adventure if you trade a piece of yourself for a memory you’d never tra
rodeo-adv-labs: We’re going to skip Table Top Tuesday tonight because we’ve gotten a lot of rain and
rodeo-adv-labs:Trail Ridge is open past 11,000ft as long as you have moves like Katherine. ✌@texpatc
rodeo-adv-labs: This: @crokermom6 riding her #flaanimal. In the rain. Smiling. Makes us smile too. —
rodeo-adv-labs: It took 3 rough days in the office to make me forget why I do bikes for a living. It
rodeo-adv-labs: @1341jason has been working on this one for a while with @revcyclesmadison. @whitein
rodeo-adv-labs: Cotton Candy Donkey. This fully custom commission was a labor of love and @_epiccust
rodeo-adv-labs: @timhirst89 and @jimmyreese stopped by The Lab with their brothers from another moth
rodeo-adv-labs:When @pearlizumiofficial builds a #flaanimal you know they’re going to have all the n
rodeo-adv-labs: We’re ready to SMASH Belgian Waffle Ride tomorrow after our shakedown ride today. An
rodeo-adv-labs: Met @arsenal_cycling at #tabletopdenver. His lights are and the man can shred in the
rodeo-adv-labs: Tonight at 7:30 @rouleurbrewing we talk a bit with @gravelstoke about the mountains,
rodeo-adv-labs:“That’s the first and last time we’re riding that trail counter clockwise” #fannypack
rodeo-adv-labs: Nuthin just some Flaanimals getting born into existence. We start shipping all color
turnontuneoutdropin: rodeo-adv-labs: Can’t stop posting #flaanimal builds! David grabbed a 61cm fram
rodeo-adv-labs:We are officially overwhelmed by “success”. Ever since we posted the Flaanimal on New
rodeo-adv-labs: New Bike Day for @numist! His Ti frame was built by @dannelson52. Check out his #pro
rodeo-adv-labs: @ezweave built his #flaanimal with a dropper because he’s a Party Boy™️ It’s a cleve
rodeo-adv-labs:It feels SO GOOD to finally be building and sending these bikes out! This drop bar Ri
rodeo-adv-labs: Wanna do something dumb? How about the first annual Denver Kanorado? Approx 200 self
rodeo-adv-labs:Dear Paselas. I’m sorry I ever left you. Thanks for taking me back. #nodullcommutes (
rodeo-adv-labs:Those peaks tease us all winter (you skiers non withstanding), but we’ll be back up t
rodeo-adv-labs:Bored? Cooped up? Too much pavement in your life? Ask your doctor if Traildonkey™️ is
rodeo-adv-labs: Synchronize fades in 3…2…1… @ridgesupply / #traildonkey (at Croatan, North Carolina)
rodeo-adv-labs:Hey. So. It turns out we created a REALLY COMPLICATED kit design for 5.0 so it’s taki
rodeo-adv-labs: @kaizergilroy likes to get out the super massive sugar duster and sweeten up the hil
rodeo-adv-labs: @ridgesupply waited FIVE MONTHS for this Ridge X Rodeo collab to come to fruition! W
rodeo-adv-labs: When you’re scrolling the ‘gram and BAM! You spy @gravelcruiser’s Rock Lobster sport
rodeo-adv-labs: A member of the 1.0 test fleet, still rabble rousin’ down in #rodeotejas Photo: @ric
rodeo-adv-labs: She’s back! . . . #dropperpostallthethings #droppersforever #droppersareawasteofmone
rodeo-adv-labs: Coming this spring: #tabletoptuesday Denver. An open invite ride once a week evening
rodeo-adv-labs:I’ve had a few clothing companies ask me recently if I want to be an ambassador and I
rodeo-adv-labs: I don’t often really review my builds but imma start with this one because I’m so in
rodeo-adv-labs: We’ve updated the #flaanimal page with geometry and a more organized page structure.
rodeo-adv-labs: First ride with @dropbarsondirt included both drop bars AND dirt. All is as it shoul
rodeo-adv-labs: We call this color Bleaux Deaux. #flaanimal 4.0 is live at rodeo-labs.com #rideexplo
rodeo-adv-labs:Our final Adventure dispatch of 2017 is also our longest because there is no quick wa
rodeo-adv-labs: Current status: Writing a 6094 word recap of this ride, because fewer words wouldn’t
rodeo-adv-labs:Just a few more days… #flaanimal 4.0 drops before the new year. (at Denver, Colorado)
rodeo-adv-labs:Meanwhile ok the Beast Coast @steelstatue ups the ante with a CX race in the snow. Dr
rodeo-adv-labs: Another Campy Rodeo! Yhis time it’s a #flaanimal that got turned into an Italian…alp
rodeo-adv-labs: “We felt as if we had just gotten a way with something. We certainly stole some cand
rodeo-adv-labs:Now that’s a coordinated build: @ciclibonanno hailing from Germany. Thanks for checki
rodeo-adv-labs: Flaanimal Adopter Build Of The Day - Young Alpaca Edition™️ This killer build was se
rodeo-adv-labs: Colorado’s color palette flattens out dramatically in the fall and winter. Being fro
rodeo-adv-labs:Golden hour on the mesa was so nice that I actually said “thank you, thank you” out l
rodeo-adv-labs: It’s just mind blowing where @jeredgruber and @ashleygruber have taken their Donkeys
rodeo-adv-labs: “Day of rest” means different things to different people. #traildonkey #wattsforthes
rodeo-adv-labs: Hmm. @mootscycles ✅ @envecomposites ✅ @campagnolosrl✅ @chriskingbuzz ✅ …. and a #rod
rodeo-adv-labs:We really don’t want to move our stock of clothing over to our new space, so here’s a
rodeo-adv-labs:Deep in the mossy reaches of the Upper Upper Left Left lurks Bigfoot, and also a smal
rodeo-adv-labs:Would ya look at that. We’re cleaning for our move and found a 54cm Tri Color 3.0 #fl
rodeo-adv-labs:The days just got one hour darker. Stay lit this winter with our final Spork 1.2 anno
rodeo-adv-labs: @squnge’s tire never sealed but we all knew he was stil gonna sennnnnnd it anyway. #
rodeo-adv-labs: So it turns out Hawaiians can shave ice with the best of them. (at Centennial Cone M
rodeo-adv-labs:@guccipoots with that siq neu neu. Dig that EC90 crank and those 42c resolutes. . Bes
rodeo-adv-labs: Questionable route selections with Daren today. Slashed a tire even. If that’s the p
rodeo-adv-labs: That feeling when the weekend is finally in sight. Photo: @jeredgruber #yolomites #t
rodeo-adv-labs: Fall color was still a bit shy yesterday but eventually we found a few good stashes.
rodeo-adv-labs:We found all the fall. And not a day too soon. . . . #colorado #flaanimal #5minutessl
rodeo-adv-labs:It’s slow season. Nothing to win, nobody to beat, no reason to hurry. The right speed
rodeo-adv-labs: Coupl’a dudes riding bikes on the moon. #twinning #traildonkey #BaileyGrind #graveld
rodeo-adv-labs: Our bikes don’t give you superpowers. Their best feature is when they inspire you to
rodeo-adv-labs: Let’s have a toast to the big peaks. Let’s have a toast to the good friends. Let’s h
rodeo-adv-labs:Can we just call this #yolodoping? #yolomites5000 looks beyóndë superlatíff! Photo: @
rodeo-adv-labs:Yolomites 5000™ , happening now in Italy. @howlingfauna is continuing his five year u
rodeo-adv-labs:Nuthin’ just bagging more passes with Peder. #traildonkey #cyclomountaineering #hards
rodeo-adv-labs: Gravel is just the gateway. It gets radder. 65mm BB drop for life! #sorrynotsorry #t
rodeo-adv-labs: Sliding into hump day like… . . . We had a TON of fun riding bikes and shooting phot
rodeo-adv-labs:This is the part of Black Bear Pass where Jeeps lose control and fly off the edge som
rodeo-adv-labs: @awakenengage spied @katiebolling at #rebeccasprivateidaho. Have a great ride you tw
rodeo-adv-labs: We sold out of 58cm Adopt A Flaanimal 3.0 frames pretty quickly but we found one mor
rodeo-adv-labs: @drewvk, looking down on cars again.#traildonkey #guccidonkey (at Georgetown, Colora
rodeo-adv-labs:Now that I know it’s there I have to go back. It’ll haunt me until I do. #cyclomounta
rodeo-adv-labs:Robinson Hill was extra-Robinson™ today with damp, tacky dirt, lush greenery, and lig
rodeo-adv-labs: @coloradomtber is killing it with his new aero speed suit! #5minutesslower #flaanima
rodeo-adv-labs: Gotta shout out these rad women who are celebrating #newbikeday this weekend. @katie
rodeo-adv-labs:When we first decided to make the #rodeospork available outside of our bike builds di
rodeo-adv-labs: Can’t stop posting #flaanimal builds! David grabbed a 61cm frameset and built his ow
rodeo-adv-labs: Willis has a bucket list level @mootscycles. Now with added #rodeospork ❤️ It’s a LO
rodeo-adv-labs: Night 1 at Trappers Lake Lodge: We arrived totally covered in mud and grime from the
rodeo-adv-labs: Red, White, and Bleaux. Today the first production Flaanimal gains its independence.
rodeo-adv-labs: It’s difficult to find Rodeoers more OG than @dfitzger. From early members to new bi
rodeo-adv-labs:Hope y'all had a great weekend. It was a barn burner campout MTB weekend for a big cr
rodeo-adv-labs: This is one of the most nuanced #traildonkey builds that has left the lab, a parts m
rodeo-adv-labs: Sometimes we have to stop by and and borrow our own demo bikes from @slohibikeco. Th
rodeo-adv-labs:When you paint your own bike you can make it personal. I’ll be staring at my top tube
rodeo-adv-labs: Happy trails to everyone doing the Gravel Ring Rally tomorrow in Virginia at 8am tom
rodeo-adv-labs: Big day ahead. . . . #flaanimal #rodeospork #ornotbike #boxmtb #rodeolabs #cycling #
rodeo-adv-labs: Little Cottonwood, Big Cottonwood, Guardsman Pass. Nicely done @s.brwndo ! #traildon
rodeo-adv-labs:You swing around that corner and the road suddenly pitches upward. You shift your wei
rodeo-adv-labs:I’ll bet this kit thought it was in for an easy life of coffee rides and metric centu
rodeo-adv-labs: You’ve been lied to. Bikes can’t stand up in the middle of the road by themselves. .
rodeo-adv-labs: @slohibikeco has #traildonkey demo bikes, great coffee, and an overall rad bike shop
rodeo-adv-labs: Cobbles are the best thing ever. Then you ride them and realize that they are no jok
rodeo-adv-labs: Lovely photo @d.norman.richard. Looking forward to following your East Coast explora
rodeo-adv-labs:Soon the aspen will wake and regain their foliage but today we slipped by quietly, no
rodeo-adv-labs: Unproductive day in the office. May as well switch offices. #flaanimal (at Matthews/
rodeo-adv-labs: Ian M. sent us some photos of his gorgeous @seven_cycles build which is rocking a #r
rodeo-adv-labs: @chrismagnotta and @drmurrow opted outside today by hitching their steeds to a vinta
rodeo-adv-labs:Beautiful #centcolschallenge write up in The Guardian online featuring the lovely pho
rodeo-adv-labs: Elizabeth nailed this #traildonkey build right down to the spokes! Fall color indeed
rodeo-adv-labs: Yeah it says “Make Them Hurt” but making a smoothie instead is perfectly acceptable.
rodeo-adv-labs: Your DNA is your blueprint, your recipe, your motivation. It guides your development
rodeo-adv-labs: Powerline Climb! Caption this photo. Winner gets a mug that we haven’t even released
rodeo-adv-labs: You don’t go because it’s a good idea, or because it’s easy, or because it’s fun. Yo
rodeo-adv-labs: Good things come to those who spend a year making them great. Project 2.0 has been q
highfivingrobots: rodeo-adv-labs: Who is starting their weekend shred early? Luke is, that’s who. #c
rodeo-adv-labs: Through the burn zone. Surprisingly this became one of the more beautiful parts of t
rodeo-adv-labs: 200 miles is a long time to ride alone, so don’t. I have so much gratitude for the m
rodeo-adv-labs: She cuts a rather nice profile. (Omg the crank arm is in the wrong position!!!) #tra
rodeo-adv-labs: “Sweet grinder bro” It’s not a grinder. It’s a road bike with SLIGHTLY fatter tires.
rodeo-adv-labs:The San Remo road suit can shave 40 seconds off of a 40k Merckx TT and a #kasualbague
rodeo-adv-labs:If “Ice Road Truckers” we’re a show about bikes. @wildernesstrailbikes @castellicycli
rodeo-adv-labs:Dig deep! Spring is right on the horizon. Keep your weight back, keep your cadence hi
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