Which brings up something I've wondered about the Calfee bikes: based just on the photos it doesn't look like they use the "split cane" method used in flyrods for the tubing. Seems to me, just off the top of my head, that it would be a good if labor intensive idea. You could control the weight, stiffness, etc. thereby. Maybe even make butted bamboo tubing! Wonder if they actually do and if not would there be an advantage?

Geez, I hardly wet a line at all last season...