Calfee Dragonfly | Review, Feature, Photos, Prices - Road Bike Action, we took the Dragonfly as the bike of the Year in their January 2012 edition. On the heels of this honor, they asked us to build a module frame for bike gravel road project, features 10 pages was published in October, 2012 issue and the results are in; RBA Editor Neil Shirley won the King of the Mountains competition and second overall in the Crusher in the Tushar ship Adventure Dragonfly. Here is a link to complete coverage of the rider, the bike and race. This video captures the balance Neil and Pro fields all day harder, rain, gravel, elevation.
Calfee dragonfly using high modulus carbon fiber (66msi) in all tubes and lug area. Previously, a frame built with all high modulus fiber would be too brittle. We incorporated Boron fiber into the three main tubes to add some toughness and stiffness press. Boron is an attractive reinforcement because the resulting composite combines superior tensile, flexural and compressive strength, high modulus, and low density in one system. Combined with the super high tensile stiffness of the carbon, the result is a material with a frame-to-stiffness ratio of the highest weight on the market.
Calfee Dragonfly Base Price MSRP : $9895.00
Dragonfly single and tandem lugs are pressure molded from high modulus fabric. With a single Dragonfly, lugs made with carbon cloth formed around metal mandrels. These lugs and pre-mitered tubes easily tied together because they are so compatible. Carbon fibers are carefully oriented to put strength exactly where it's needed and minimize weight. Gussets integrally formed with the fabrication of the joints, eliminating weaknesses inherent in the tube and lug joints found in many designs of other manufacturers. They then meticulously carved with optimal form, taking into account the weight and is used by motorists. They happen to look good because of the form-follows-function aesthetic.
Dragonfly features:
High technology boron/66 msi hybrid carbon fiber tubing
High modulus carbon fiber pressure molded lugs
Extras broken titanium profiled
Optional S and S Machine couplers
Optional PressFit bottom bracket shell 30 carbons
Optional head tube and seat tube extensions
Optional rear axle spacing, tire clearance, brake type, cable routing and threaded eyelets
Optional custom geometry frame
Frame stiffness option
25 year warranty
Dragonfly Benefits
Lightweight, stiff from Tetra and Luna
Stiff as other carbon frames but more convenient, no breakthrough
More durable than the other 2 frames pounds
History of hi-tech meeting with the statue, carbon lugs
Calfee Dragonfly Photos
