Why does everyone seem (IMHO) to have such a low opinion of Leader bikes? Are they just seen as bandwagon fixie-wixies for morons or are they promoting bad practise or something?
I dont think there is any good reason other than they are quite popular. They were putting out frames before the whole hipster-fixie thing, no frills time trial stuff. They jumped on the fixie wagon rather well. Not by putting out really gash poor quality OTP's. But bringing out a range of frames to suit various types of fixie skidders, covering from HHSB, FGFS, classic/retro, sporty trendy city bikes, and stuff that would work for racing track or road. Just as credible as planet-x, ribble, pearson, and condors basic frames.
They actually sponsor a team, and have not put out anything unforgivably shit.
I dont think there is any good reason other than they are quite popular. They were putting out frames before the whole hipster-fixie thing, no frills time trial stuff. They jumped on the fixie wagon rather well. Not by putting out really gash poor quality OTP's. But bringing out a range of frames to suit various types of fixie skidders, covering from HHSB, FGFS, classic/retro, sporty trendy city bikes, and stuff that would work for racing track or road. Just as credible as planet-x, ribble, pearson, and condors basic frames.
They actually sponsor a team, and have not put out anything unforgivably shit.