Show me your Calfee Bamboo Bike?
03-07-07, 07:24 AM
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Show me your Calfee Bamboo Bike?
I'd like some feedbacks on these frames. I'm in the market for one and ebay has one my size.
03-07-07, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by samsation7
I'd like some feedbacks on these frames. I'm in the market for one and ebay has one my size.
03-07-07, 09:35 AM
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This isn't mine, but it needs to be seen. I did talk with the Calfee reps at Interbike. I'd buy a Bamboo, if I had the room.
03-07-07, 09:36 AM
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what are the lugs made from on that frame?
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Originally Posted by aballas
what are the lugs made from on that frame?
I dunno really, very interesting bike though.
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Originally Posted by aballas
what are the lugs made from on that frame?
03-07-07, 10:10 AM
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i'm pretty sure they're hand wrapped cf lugs. i saw one at Sundance Cycles in Agoura CA that was someones ride. Calfee had a couple at Nahbs, the bullhorn, and one with a more realistic set up. the bamboo tubes they use are very wide and while you'll certainly be the only kid on the block with one, they're not what i'd call good looking. once the novelty wears off, i'd think you'd be wishing yuou got something different. maybe not, and if its a 5th or 6th bike, why not?
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i love these bikes, but for the money, they are very hard to justify. Maybe if I win powerball I'll buy me one
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Originally Posted by DocRay
hemp bikes...man..that would rule...uh...what's this thread about again?
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They sure are cool bikes. But unlike carbon you just have to be careful when storing them next to livestock :-)
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Steel is susceptible to water/rust. Bamboo?? Termites!
Make sure you spray down your frame with Raid very few weeks.
Make sure you spray down your frame with Raid very few weeks.
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Originally Posted by slvoid
Steel is susceptible to water/rust. Bamboo?? Termites!
Make sure you spray down your frame with Raid very few weeks.
Make sure you spray down your frame with Raid very few weeks.
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Originally Posted by slvoid
Steel is susceptible to water/rust. Bamboo?? Termites!
Make sure you spray down your frame with Raid very few weeks.
Make sure you spray down your frame with Raid very few weeks.
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Me: how would you feel if I give you second hand cancer from bamboo fume?
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Originally Posted by samsation7
As a Palo Alto resident, I think there's no one reason for anyone in this area to buy a rain bike. Calfees are crappy bikes IMHO.
03-07-07, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by daytonian
LOL I had a buddy that had a bamboo bong in high school. Worked well from what I was told <wink>
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Originally Posted by shakeNbake
Better pic from the ss/fixed forums:
03-07-07, 08:13 PM
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Too bad you don't have a shot of the front, cause those are literally bull horns.
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Beef it's not just for dinner...the ultimate carbon bars...carbon based i mean.
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Originally Posted by slvoid
Too bad you don't have a shot of the front, cause those are literally bull horns.
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Not mine, it belongs to a fellow club member. Sorry for the crappy photos, but my cell phone was all I had on me.
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calfee's are crappy bikes? i don't think so. i don't own one and don't really plan to, but they've been doing carbon longer than almost anyone, and i've seen lots of thei bikes in person. you may not like their look, but they are not crappy bikes, that is for sure.