Get to Hoot’n & Holler’n with Wheels Mfg’s Semi-DIY New Hootin’ Hauler Starter Kit

Today, Colorado’s Wheels Manufacturing launches a artistic new Hootin’ Hauler Starter Kit – simply in time for the caked-on mud of Unbound this weekend. The package is a low-profile modular bolt-on accent platform that tucks in beneath a water bottle cage. It mounts to the present bosses beneath your water bottle, and could be as an attachment base for instruments, storage, or another trail-side problem-solving that must be carried out.

The Hootin Hauler is being debuted on the 2026 Unbound Gravel race to honor Unbound’s twentieth yr. At solely $15, the starter package consists of the bottom attachment mount and a Trail Scraper software. A software that’s designed for clearing mud and particles from jockey wheels, brake calipers, chainrings, and tires.

The Trail Scraper was developed primarily based on real-world expertise throughout muddy gravel races and distant bikepacking routes, the place you want improvised cleansing options. Not just for the comparatively easy however soiled job of tire cleansing, but additionally for clearing built-up mud out of tighter areas that grind your bike to a halt – like behind cranks, in between cogs of your cassette, and caked-up derailleur pulleys & cages!

Could are available in actual helpful at Unbound.

Open Source Accessories

What makes the Hootin Hauler totally different is its open-source method to bike equipment.

The base serves as a basis for a library of free, downloadable 3D-printable attachments. This permits riders to customise, modify, or create from scratch – no matter you want.

Cyclists can print precisely what they want for his or her particular driving fashion or situations. Whether that’s carrying gear, mounting instruments, or different objects used for issues they encounter on the path?

The platform encourages neighborhood involvement, with creators and riders worldwide already creating extra equipment for the system. Since the software is launching on the 2026 Unbound Gravel, 5000 contributors will obtain starter kits of their race baggage.

Wheels Mfg. is hoping that doing this can assist construct the preliminary consumer base for this community-driven accent ecosystem. The idea transforms a easy bike mount into an expandable platform that may evolve with riders’ wants and the biking neighborhood’s creativity.

Pretty cool.

“We wanted to create something affordable and genuinely useful, but also something riders could make their own,” stated James Flanagan, Marketing Manager at Wheels Manufacturing. “The Trail Scraper solves a real issue riders face in muddy conditions, but the Hootin Hauler platform itself is really about giving the cycling and 3D-print community a base to build from.”

Hootin’ Hauler – Retail & How it Works

Retail: $15 (3D-printer not included)

• Start With The Base
  – Attach the Hootin Hauler to your bike beneath most water bottle cages or to an unused set of cage bosses.
• Download Free Attachments
  – Choose from a rising library of Wheels Mfg & user-generated downloadable equipment.
• Print & Ride
  – Print solely the additional equipment that swimsuit you, to create a setup tailor-made to your particular person experience. And mix-and-match your Hootin setup on the day relying on situations or kind of experience.
• Create Something New
  – Download Wheels Mfg‘s Accessory Mount Connector mannequin, and get to 3D-designing your personal distinctive attachments. Then, you should definitely share them on-line through Printables or Thingiverse so different cyclists can strive your design options, too.

Currently Available Free Downloadable Accessories

Already available and ready to 3D-print at home your self, decide up a:

• Double Tire Lever Holder
• Double CO₂ Holder
• Stash Tube
• Dynaplug Racer (fashion) + CO₂ Holder
• Dynaplug Racer Pro (fashion) + CO₂ Holder
• Stan’s DART (fashion) or Dynaplug DynaPlugger (fashion) software + CO₂ Holder

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