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Updated Complete Coverage; Calfee Dragonfly Adventure Project Gravel Bike for...

Earlier this year, Zap and Neil at Road Bike Action asked us to build the frame module, a Calfee Adventure, for a gravel road race project bike.  The challenge; build a bike that Neil (recently retired...

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Paved Magazine Swoons Over 14 Pound Dragonfly Pro with SuperClean Front End

The editorial team at Paved recently took delivery of the Dragonfly we featured this year at NAHBS.  They were smitten; they told us we’d have to send cops to get the bike(s) back.  Kevin writes, “I’m...

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Paved Magazine Makes a House Call; Calfee Design Factory Tour and Photo Essay

Kevin Rouse, Senior Editor at Paved Magazine, dropped by the Calfee Design workshop in March, 2013; during his tour, he collected some great pictures.  He writes, “This is where all of Calfee’s lugged...

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BikeRumor.com Discovers Prototype Calfee Ahead of Sea Otter; Comprehensive...

Tyler from BikeRumor visited Calfee HQ on his way to the 2013 Sea Otter Classic.  His timing was serendipitous as he stumbled upon a cache of show bikes including a prototype of our new frame model,...

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Calfee Introduces the Manta, New Model, RBA Exclusive First Ride

We debuted our new frame model, named “Manta”, at the 2013 Sea Otter Classic this last weekend. Click here for Manta details.  We promised the first ride to Neil Shirley, Assistant Editor at Road Bike...

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Dropping the S-Bomb…the Suspended Calfee Manta Reviewed by RBA

On the heels of the 2013 Sea Otter Classic, Neil and Zap from Road Bike Action visited the Calfee workshop.  They were keen to explore the factory and, in particular, spend time with Craig discovering...

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Calfee Factory Tour Complete Coverage by BikeRumor.com

Tyler from BikeRumor has published a substantial body of images and editorial describing the Calfee workshop on the heels of his visit this summer.  Enjoy each of the three parts; PART 1; How They Make...

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Calfee Manta Pro Details

Experience, opportunity, innovation and technology collided to catalyze our new frame model, the Manta.  Five years in the making, the Manta is a “race platform” that leverages a patented, active...

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Calfee Manta Pro Dream Bike

Easton Cycling is giving away hand built road bikes from Calfee Design, Caletti Cycles, Black Cat, Hunter and Rock Lobster, in The Dream Bike Charity Raffle.  Click here to enter to win. Easton Cycling...

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ENVE Video Featuring Craig

Jonny and Colby from ENVE, paired with two cameramen, visited with Craig in our workshop prior to Euro Bike, this year.  They spent nearly two days exploring our facility.  They shared this video at...

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Manta CX Prototype Review

Cyclocross Magazine got a rare opportunity to not only get an early, exclusive preview of a NAHBS 2014 show bike, but to also spend a few weeks testing the handmade machine on our favorite trails and...

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Production Manta Pro Di2 Hydro Disc Thru Axle

We showed an earlier iteration of this build at the 2013 NAHBS. We sold this Manta Pro module to a customer who enlisted Fairwheel Bikes to complete the assembly. The client required the lightest...

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Shootout: Calfee Manta vs. Trek Domane by RBA

Curious about our newest model, the Manta? This comprehensive reporting from the editors of Road Bike Action will answer most – if not all – of your questions. They write, “Riding the Manta is a...

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VeloLab Endurance Road Bike Test

The editors of Velo News included our Manta Pro in their June 2014, VeloLab Endurance Road Bike Test.  One of only five bikes in the test, our Manta was lab and ride tested.  Beyond subjective...

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Our Tetra Adventure Featured in Bicycle Quarterly

Bicycle Quarterly put together an online flip book with 33 pages of sample articles. These include a report for a Super Randonnée 600 aboard our Tetra Adventure 650b (you can consume the complete ride...

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Ghana Bamboo Bike Journal, August 2008 Trip

Getting Down to Business August is an excellent time to visit Ghana.  Although Ghana is located just north of the equator, the weather loosely follows the southern hemisphere, so August is one of the...

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“Are you sure you can fix that?!”

Few weeks go by without hearing those words around here. The short answer is ‘yes’. Of course its a bit more complicated than that, but in most cases Calfee can put your ride back in order. We are able...

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Is Calfee Bamboo for You?

All “panda” jokes aside, there are many good reasons to choose Calfee Bamboo for your next bicycle frame.  Calfee Bamboo bicycle frames are stiff, incredibly durable and awesome smooth.  Check out this...

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Our Lightest & Most Technically Advanced Frame

Although it weighs only 2.1 pounds in a 54cm size, they are plenty stiff and carry a 25 year warranty.  Our Dragonfly is a true, no-compromise frame. The Dragonfly was designed to be the lightest...

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Advanced Composites Engineering?

Craig just calls it common sense.  In 1987, Craig Calfee became obsessed with the idea of building a carbon fiber bike.  Maybe it was the fact that he was riding a steel bike when he crashed head-on in...

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