defective . LEADER 725TR Black/purple , 55cm

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Frame / Size / Year:
leader 725tr , 55 , 2009

Handlebars / Stem:
grunge stem , nitto dropbars (38cm)

Fork / Headset:
Leader Carbon fork , FSA headset

Front Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
hplus , philwood, gran compe

Rear Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
aerospoke ,

Crankset / Bottom Bracket:
sugino 75 , sugino 75 bb ,

Saddle / Seat Post:
advent seatpost , blue lug saddle

Pedals / Chain:
mks , mks

Shifters / Derailers:
no

Brakes / Brake Levers:
no

Gearing / Chainring / Misc.:
47 / 16

Notes:

this is probably one of the worst built frames in history , first of all the lenght on the tubes were all wrong to that they said it would be. it ended up having a road-ish geometry and very very unconfortable handling not to mention the puke welds that has on it. . SOLD. kept the components. thank god i got rid of this frame from hell

People who friended this bike soulbyte, hsjd, CONDENADO, trans4mer, kEwLiKdaT

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dope set up too bad it's

Submitted by kEwLiKdaT on 10/22/2009.

dope set up too bad it's defective

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Nothing wrong

Submitted by sflovesbikes on 10/22/2009.

I see nothing wrong with it other than an unhappy customer.

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no.

Submitted by AlucardBelmont on 10/22/2009.

i had high expectations for this frame. but no wonder. they did it silently and shady , this frame was nothing but recycled shitty aluminum, i dont know why you defend this company so much , yes i admit they got some nice new frames out there. but they totally ripped everyone off with this one. i wasnt the only one unhappy with it for the way it felt riding it, or size fitting wise.

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Submitted by thomasandrewww on 10/22/2009.

its funny that so many people defend this company.
i, as a mechanic have dealt with quite a few leader track frames... the customers usually love em unless they have to be sent back because they are too fucked up to even build. which has only ever happened twice in the past 2/3 years.

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exactly.

Submitted by AlucardBelmont on 10/22/2009.

i defenetly learned my lesson from that company. never again.

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Submitted by tommyk on 10/21/2009.

chari aint do anything? smh

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What size?

Submitted by sflovesbikes on 10/21/2009.

On top you write 53cm and then in the description 56cm. which is it? It looks by the height of your saddle you were on the wrong size to start with. I’ve seen these bikes around and they are solid. Your bike looks sexy. I would have called the company to get the proper size.

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yeah

Submitted by AlucardBelmont on 10/21/2009.

it was a bad frame i guess because center to center was 55, which is my correct size but then the seat tube was a 53?.. all the angles were wrong, the track drops kept getting loose which made my wheel go loose all the time. it was a complete nightmare. i did called the company , but since i got it from chari. they were responsible and they dont give a fuck who you are unless you come from japan or work at supreme/alife all that hype.

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Track drops?

Submitted by MaxThrash on 10/21/2009.

When you say track drops, do you mean track ends? The term track drops typically refers to handlebars. I also point this out because track ends are not drop[out]s

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are you sure you were

Submitted by soulbyte on 10/21/2009.

are you sure you were measuring from the right points? it seems like your measurements were off by 1-2 cm. Every company measures from different points, your measurement might be the ones that are off.

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it really sounds like you

Submitted by meatroll on 10/21/2009.

it really sounds like you have no fucking clue what you are talking about.

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ok

Submitted by AlucardBelmont on 10/21/2009.

if i bought a "55" . the seat tube measure 52.5 instead of 55. the top instead of being "567.8" measured 550.0 . this frame. was one of the first ones to come out of the leader shop. maybe they fucked up on it and i ended up getting that one. anyways the frame is gone and im glad.

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They had a batch

Submitted by soulbyte on 10/21/2009.

They had a batch specifically from that year with some geometry problems which has since been fixed. Sucks that you got one of those defective few. It's a really good looking bike though, I love the purple and love leaders.

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defective . LEADER 725TR Black/purple , 55cm