29 episodes

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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The Rodeo Labs Podcast Rodeo Adventure Labs, LLC

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    • 4.9 • 19 Ratings

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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    The Unbound Unchained and Unhinged Unroundtable

    The Unbound Unchained and Unhinged Unroundtable

    in this episode of the Rodeo Labs Podcast, the gang is talking about the trial and tribulations of their Unbound's. That is it. That's the description. We hope you enjoy this conversation.
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    • 1 hr 20 min
    3. From Waffles to GRVL

    3. From Waffles to GRVL

    Welcome to the Rodeo Labs Race Director Round Up! Over the next few weeks, as the gravel race “season” gets underway, we have decided to take on a mini-series focusing on gravel racing through the collective eyes of gravel race directors from across the country. Race directors are both the tastemakers and the police of the nucleus concept of “the spirit of gravel.” While race directors have a fantastic platform to voice their perspective for their own races, that voice is often limited to those narrow confines.  The goal here is to use our podcast, as a small journalistically minded outlet with no skin in the game, to give them a collective platform to share their interpretations of the state of the sport. 
    Part three is just two conversations, but they are with two folks who are undoubtedly two of the most influential promoters in gravel. First up is Michael Merckx (6:15) of the BWR series. Michael started BWR as an extra long cyclocross race over a decade ago in Southern California.  Since then, BWR has become an international brand, with events planned throughout North America for 2023. Then, Stephen joins me to interview Amy Charity of SBT GRVL and FNLD GRVL (46:00). Amy, and her GRVL brand, started in 2018 and immediately made an impression with the SBT GRVL event in Steamboat Springs. This year, Amy is bringing the GRVL brand international with FNLD GRVL in Finland. The race is a new venture for an American gravel brand and is supported by F1 star Vallteri Bottas. 
    Both of these conversations are unabridged, with the only editing meant to boost sound quality and clarity. We found that the quality of the interviews was interesting enough to run in full, so excuse the length. We won’t blame you for splitting it up! If you do, we recommend taking the break at minute 46 when the conversations swap.


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    • 1 hr 45 min
    2. The Mid Majors

    2. The Mid Majors

    Welcome to the Rodeo Labs Race Director Round Up! Over the next few weeks, as the gravel race “season” gets underway, we have decided to take on a mini-series focusing on gravel racing through the collective eyes of gravel race directors from across the country. Race directors are both the tastemakers and the police of the nucleus concept of “the spirit of gravel.” While race directors have a fantastic platform to voice their perspective for their own races, that voice is often limited to those narrow confines. The goal here is to use our podcast, as a small journalistically minded outlet with no skin in the game, to give them a collective platform to share their interpretations of the state of the sport. 
    Part two of the Race Director round up focuses on the directors of the “mid majors” in gravel racing. These races are the bread and butter of the discipline. They are the independent heartbeat of dirt road racing. Often, the promoters are the heartbeat as well – investing so much of their time and money into the ventures that are never guaranteed to pay off. With this investment, and with those race promoters shaping their races from their own personality and geographies, the different races offer both comparisons and contrasts. This offers us at the Rodeo Labs Podcast a chance to get a little non-linear with our stories. 
    In this episode the over five hours of recorded conversations with the race directors of these independent “mid major” races. Thank you to all who agreed to chat, and, for those interested, attached is a list of the race directors and their races. 
    Rebecca Rusch — Rebecca’s Private Idaho 
    Jess Cerra and Sam Boardman — The Last Best Ride
    Andy Chasteen — Rule of Three
    Fabian Serralta — Gravel Locos 
    Whitney and Zack Allison — Foco Fondo
    Gordon Wadsworth and Emily Hairfield — The Appalachian Journey 
    Bobby Wintle — The Midsouth

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    • 1 hr 33 min
    1. Will the Real Gravel Worlds Please Stand Up?

    1. Will the Real Gravel Worlds Please Stand Up?

    Welcome to the Rodeo Labs Race Director Round Up! Over the next few weeks, as the gravel race “season” gets underway, we have decided to take on a mini-series focusing on gravel racing through the collective eyes of gravel race directors from across the country. Race directors are both the tastemakers and the police of the nebulous concept of “the spirit of gravel.” While race directors have a fantastic platform to voice their perspective for their own races, that voice is often limited to those narrow confines. The goal here is to use our podcast, as a small journalistically minded outlet with no skin in the game, to give them a collective platform to share their interpretations of the state of the sport. 
    In part one, Logan introduces the series through a field dispatch from the Gravel Worlds gravel race in Nebraska last summer and the dialogue that followed. The first conversation was with Andy Jones-Wilkins, who is not only Logan's father, but also an accomplished ultra-runner and pundit. Using the conversation with Andy as a framework, Logan sat down with Jason Strohbehn, the race director of Gravel Worlds and the co-host of the Gravel Family Podcast, to learn more about the race and start at the question that is guiding the whole series: what is the state of gravel bike racing? 
    Thanks to Jason and Andy for the conversations and follow the Rodeo Labs Podcast on your favorite podcast player for the rest of the series! 
    Thank you to Drew Van Kampen for the transition tunes and thank you to Pure Gravel for the cover photo!

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    • 55 min
    Adventure Guidance with Gravel Adventure Field Guide, Ride With GPS and Friends

    Adventure Guidance with Gravel Adventure Field Guide, Ride With GPS and Friends

    Adventuring on dirt is what brings everyone to Rodeo Labs. Yes, there are other contributing factors, but if your intention is not to adventure on bikes, on dirt, you might want to find a different bike company. With that ethos at our core, Logan wanted to do a bit of a deep dive into a fellow dirt adventure based cycling company: The Gravel Adventure Field Guides. 
    Nonetheless, while reporting on the guides themselves, Logan found the project was a gateway into a discussion about adventure on bikes, on dirt, in the 21st century. So, in hopes of not ignoring those other voices, the podcast grew into something different from the standard Rodeo Labs production. 
    In this episode you will hear from Juan de la Roca and Stephen Beneski from Gravel Adventure Field Guide, but you will also hear from Wally Wallace from the economic development office in Trinidad, Colorado; Kevin Prentice from Ride With GPS; and Gordon Wadsworth and Emily Hairfield who are cyclists from Roanoke, Virginia, and helped builds routes for the recent guidebook there.
    We hope you enjoy it.
    As always, thanks to Q for the theme song and thank you Drew for the exit strums.


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    • 1 hr 12 min
    Painting Bikes with Ryan McMahon

    Painting Bikes with Ryan McMahon

    In this season of the Rodeo Adventure Labs Podcast, we are doing a little bit of ‘one for you, one for us’ action. But, actually, it is really one about the world, and one about our world. Today, Logan talks to the Cerakoter In Chief, Ryan McMahon, to understand a little more about the painting operation in house in Denver, his journey to finding himself in the Rodeo Labs Cerakote booth, and what his hopes are for developing more tools of the trade. 
    Then, in part two, we bring on a special guest to talk more about design philosophy, the power of color, and how Rodeo has grown around a design philosophy that centers around tinkering differently. You never (and by never, we mean almost certainly) will guess who it is.


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    • 51 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
19 Ratings

19 Ratings

Setterdog ,

Insightful

Best folks in the business!! Made me glad I don’t own a bike company but made me glad I bought one from RAL!!

b0cephus ,

F5

This one made me feel terrible for swapping so many parts out on my build, sorry Sheldon!

Spinning Taco ,

Ride yo’ Donkey!!!

Love the podcast, products and personality of your brand. Best looking bikes around bar none. I have admiring these bikes for years and have tried to save up for a frameset yearly, only to have my bike funds used for family emergencies. However the dream will never die and I will continue to lust/save for a Trail Donkey in the near future. Also just want to include how awesome it was to see your bike so successful at Mid South and thank you for the insight into the process of successfully running a custom bike manufacturing business. Please keep on with the Pod and I will end by saying I totally dig the sense of humor you guys share with your fan base. Keep up the good work and cheers friends!!!!

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