Ep. 202 ~ Stephen Fitzgerald, Pinyons & Pines Winner and Rodeo Labs owner
Bikes or Death
Patrick Farnsworth
4.8 • 563 Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2025
⏱️ 110 minutes
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Summary
Stephen Fitzgerald is a husband, father, owner of Rodeo Labs, and accomplished cyclist. When time allows he's been known to dabble in gravel and ultra cycling races. In 2020 he placed a respectable 19th in the Atlas Mountain Race. Building on that experience he signed up for Pinyon & Pines this year. It was a stacked field of experienced riders and Stephen found himself in the lead group for most of the ride. His goal was to be efficient and maintain forward progress. When the dust settled, Stephen's strategy paid off with his first win in an ultra cycling event.
Since this was Stephen's first time on the podcast I also took the opportunity to get to know him better and, of course, talk about his work with Rodeo Labs. Rodeo Labs was founded in 2014 with a fresh take on the gravel bike which quickly gain popularity within the adventure cyclists community. For Pinyon & Pines Stephen rode a prototype Show Pony, a mtb that they are currently developing in the USA.
Stephen's influence in the adventure cycling community cannot be overlooked. Whether on the bike or from within the walls of their Denver, where Rodeo Labs is based, his passion for cycling and the outdoors is infectious. It was a true pleasure to have him on the podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Bikes for Death podcast. As always, my name is Patrick and I am your host. |
| 0:05.2 | And I have got to make this intro snappy because I've got a plane to catch. I'm heading out to |
| 0:10.9 | Arkansas to participate in the Arkansas Graveller. And so yeah, let's go. My guest today is Stephen |
| 0:19.5 | Fitzgerald. He is the owner or one of the owners of rodeo |
| 0:24.9 | labs. And he's also an experienced cyclist, racer, and the winner of this year's Pinyons |
| 0:33.7 | and Pines bikepacking race in northern Arizona. Stephen is a person that I've been |
| 0:39.3 | wanting to chat with for a long time, and it was an absolute pleasure to finally get him on |
| 0:44.3 | the show. I really enjoyed this chat, and I hope that you do too. So let's get into it right |
| 0:51.8 | after we thank the people that made today's episode possible, |
| 0:55.5 | starting with our latest patron. |
| 0:57.7 | So this week, we'd like to thank Kimberly for signing up to be a sustaining member of the Bikes |
| 1:02.4 | for Death podcast. |
| 1:03.8 | And if you appreciate the work that we're doing over here at Bikes for Death, a great way to |
| 1:08.3 | support the show is over at patreon.com forward slash Bikes or Death. A great way to support the show is over at patreon.com forward slash |
| 1:12.4 | bikes or death. Now, today's episode is also brought to us by the Central Texas Showdown, |
| 1:19.2 | which is a race that I put on here in the Texas Hill Country. The dates for this year are |
| 1:25.8 | October 23rd through the 26th. We have competitive and |
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| 1:38.7 | all the way up to 500 miles. There's something for everybody, and it is a hell of a good time, if I may say so myself. |
| 1:48.2 | If you'd like to learn more, you can find out more over at our website, Texas showdownseries.com. |
| 1:54.0 | You'll find a link to registration there, and of course, all included in the show notes. |
| 1:59.1 | And for being a loyal listener, |
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