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I recently bought a caleb bamboo frame on eBay for $300 dollar and put a bike together (it's the one on the picture) the thing flies like an arrow, and the ride is indeed smoother (I tend to ride the same route every week, so I know the bumps on the road and I can definitely tell the difference from my old aluminum bike? Is there anybody else out there with a bamboo bike?

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Mine I the one in the picture

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I like the look but have never been on one.

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Worth the experience. the frames are going on eBay for $300. From this supplier in Wisconsin called wheels&sprocket.

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I went to a steel bike for a better ride, but the Bamboo bike seams like it would be evean a better ride. I would like to ride one someday, I allso would like to ride a titanium bike someday.

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I think their cool looking myself, and if had the chance to buy one for $300 I would, but I'm not so interested in one that I would spend $6,000 for one. Having never rode one I can't comment on how they ride. I have read the Calfee site about their bamboo bikes and they way the yack it up I'm not so sure if I would own any other brand but theirs. But they do make it sound like a great bike. Calfee says theirs are easy to repair in case you crash on one, so that is a interesting plus; but they claim bamboo is far stronger then Carbon fiber, I don't have a clue if that's true or not; and they say it uses a great deal less natural resources to make and the manufacturing process they use barely pollutes unlike the manufacturing of a CF or AL or TI or Steel bike that pollutes like crazy.

After you ridden yours for awhile let us know what you think of the ride. Thanks

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To date I have completed about 150 miles in the new bamboo bike, an I am quite happy with it. I would highly recommend it. I saw the Calfee website, but they are not the only ones out there. There is a company called Boo Bicycles that makes a bamboo/ carbon fiber bike that apparently is as good as any racing bike out there. The one I have is called Caleb, and is a bamboo/ aluminum frame. There is a company in Wisconsin called wheels and sprocket that sells then on eBay for $350 a frame with a best offer option. I offered $300 and they took it.

Another company that makes wooden frames is called Renovo from California. They make some of the prettiest frames I have ever seen. They are works of art. Prices are way above what my paycheck can cope with though.

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Originally Posted by zoomzoom

To date I have completed about 150 miles in the new bamboo bike, an I am quite happy with it. I would highly recommend it. I saw the Calfee website, but they are not the only ones out there. There is a company called Boo Bicycles that makes a bamboo/ carbon fiber bike that apparently is as good as any racing bike out there. The one I have is called Caleb, and is a bamboo/ aluminum frame. There is a company in Wisconsin called wheels and sprocket that sells then on eBay for $350 a frame with a best offer option. I offered $300 and they took it.

Another company that makes wooden frames is called Renovo from California. They make some of the prettiest frames I have ever seen. They are works of art. Prices are way above what my paycheck can cope with though.

You have to read the Calfee site better. They explain that their the only ones who make bamboo with hemp fiber lugs instead of carbon or aluminum, and those lugs failed over time and the hemp hasn't. But regardless I won't be buying one with the price so prohibitive...but congratulation to you for finding one at a steal of a price.

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I don't think this frame would fall apart. The lugs and he bamboo are glued together with epoxy glue. If it last 10 years, that's way longer than most people own a bike for.

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I don't think this frame would fall apart. The lugs and he bamboo are glued together with epoxy glue. If it last 10 years, that's way longer than most people own a bike for.

That was what Calfee reported as their findings.

Why do people not keep their bikes for more then 10 years? Do they just stop working after that? Do they wear out after 10 years? I bought my oldest bike in 84 and rode it a lot up until this year when I decided to retire it until I can get it repainted. My next oldest bike(s) that I bought new was in 87, a road and a mountain bike both still in use. I have several others but they were bought used from people that stored them for at least 23 years. And they all work fine. Sheldon Brown rode a 1918 bike to work a lot, said it was his best riding bike, it didn't wear out in 10 years.

Personally I wouldn't buy a bike that had a 10 year life expectancy, that would be a waste of money.