I’m in the market for a custom carbon road bike and have narrowed my search to the calfee tetra pro or guru carbonio ti. As far as I can tell, they are comparable in quality (of carbon), price, weight, and features such as titanium fittings. I have no opportunity to ride either one in my size. Does anyone have experience riding both these frames? Or any other input that will help me in my decision?
I have had few Calfees over the years including one of the original Calfee built LeMond bikes from the early 90’s. The construction and finish is top notch however I am not a fan of his stock geometry… the headtube angles are too steep, the headtubes are too long, and the in the tribikes the toptubes are too long. That said, he will build you a custom anyway you want it and that would be my top choice. Of course I would have to have it painted to look like one of my existing bikes so that my wife would never realize that I added one to the stable.
Ron