Calfee Bamboo Adventure Bike

Each of our bamboo frames requires over 40 hours of labor to build. Following an interview with the frame’s new owner, we hand select a bamboo tube set that will deliver characteristics consistent with the riders expectations and requirements. Every frame is made to order and every frame is unique. All bamboo bicycles are available in stock or custom geometries.

Bamboo Adventure Bike Features:

Available in Pro (road) and Adventure (endurance/gravel/cyclocross)
Treated bamboo tubing
Hemp fiber lugs with plant based high performance eco resin
Frame weighs 6 to 7 pounds
Titanium dropouts
Optional carbon PressFit 30, eccentric bottom bracket shell and horizontal dropouts
Optional head tube and seat tube extensions
Optional rear axle spacing, tire clearance, brake type, cable routing, and accessory integration
Optional custom frame geometry
10 Year Warranty

Bamboo Adventure Bike Benefits:

Our most crash tolerant frame
Amazing vibration dampening
Stiffer than many carbon frames
Low carbon footprint
Functional work of art
Uniqueness; very few on the road

Bamboo Adventure Geometry

Bamboo Adventure/CX Geometry

Size*	top tube length	seat angle	chainstay length	stand over height	b.b. drop	head tube angle	head tube length	Stack	Reach	wheel base
48	51.5	74.5	43.0	75.6	7	71.5	10.0	53.4	36.5	99.9
50	52.5	74.5	43.0	76.3	7	72.0	10.0	53.6	37.5	100.5
52	53.1	74	43.0	78.3	7	72.0	12.0	55.5	37.0	100.6
54	55	73.5	43.0	79.2	7	72.5	13.0	56.6	38.1	101.6
56	57.2	73	43.0	81.2	7	72.5	15.0	58.5	38.7	102.9
58	57.7	73	43.0	82.1	7	72.5	16.0	59.5	39.5	103.9
60	58.6	72.5	43.0	85.2	7	72.5	18.0	61.4	39.2	104.3
62	59.3	72.5	43.0	85.6	7	72.5	20.0	63.3	39.1	104.7
64	61.3	72	43.0	87.6	7	72.5	22.0	65.2	40.2	106.4
66	63.6	71.5	43.0	88.9	7	73	24.0	67.3	41.3	107.6

*Frame size is measured from center of bottom bracket to bottom of binder.
Check standover height(ground to top of top tube) to be sure of proper fit.
Allow 1 to 2cm clearance to crotch. Click here for frame measurement terms.

*46 cm frames are not available.

Calfee Frame Pricing

More about Calfee Bamboo Bikes

Our frame is made from bamboo that has been treated to prevent splitting. We finish the bamboo frames with satin polyurethane that functions as a vapor seal and allows the owner to maintain the bamboo frame as they would any metal or carbon frame. Lugs are made of hemp fiber, blonde in color. As is the case with all Calfee frames, we use a plant based high performance eco resin to create the required matrix. Importantly, we discovered that bamboo and carbon fiber have different rates or thermal dynamic expansion. Our early bamboo frames used carbon fiber, instead of natural fiber, to join the tubes and many of the joints failed over time. Our 10 year warranty protected those Calfee customers and they now enjoy our hemp fiber-lugged bamboo bicycle frames.

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