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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.

Spotter owns one.

I ate kippers for tea dated b/b 05 may
Will I die?

One day, yes. I doubt it has been hastened by kipper consumption.

Thanks for the reassurance.
Sage advice.

You could make a pesto.

In 08/09 Leader sold a load of frames with rear triangle geo that was a bit random.

US bike forums have a load of archived posts with people showing tyres rubbing the seat tube with axle in the middle of the dropout or axles slammed and a massive gap to the seat tube.

More recently there were problems with slipping seat posts and the general vibe the brand gives off is sponsor everybody and hope for the best.

Whats the likelihood of me getting apex levers to work with mini v's?

Mini V brakes are designed to work with conventional road brake levers
SRAM Apex are conventional road brake levers
∴ Apex levers will work with mini Vs

How difficult would it be to get these decals made up?

What, all of them? Canondale would be easy to do. The ones on the stays, maybe not so easy

Top tube, downtube, seat tube, not fussed about the chainstay/seatstay ones.

Apex levers will work with mini Vs

This, and very well too, if a little 'on-off'.

^^ Quite easy to find online. There's a logo website I used to frequent. Had masses of logos uploaded in vector images, sadly can't remember the name though. I'll try and find it for you.

Otherwise you should be able to find the logo's online and trace them using something like illustrator. Applying them will be fairly easy, just mark out with masking tape so that you get them straight. They're too small to get any decent bubbles under.

Sage advice.

You could make a pesto.

ha. rep incoming. must spread rep...

^^ Quite easy to find online. There's a logo website I used to frequent. Had masses of logos uploaded in vector images, sadly can't remember the name though. I'll try and find it for you.

Otherwise you should be able to find the logo's online and trace them using something like illustrator. Applying them will be fairly easy, just mark out with masking tape so that you get them straight. They're too small to get any decent bubbles under.

Cheers, that would be handy.

Was it Saeco on the road side of things whilst it was Volvo for MTB?

There's a logo website I used to frequent. Had masses of logos uploaded in vector images, sadly can't remember the name though. I'll try and find it for you.

www.brandsoftheworld.com and www.seeklogo.com
used to use them a lot when I was into my Forza 3 car painting silliness.

Fancy designing a paintjob and some logos to go with them?

www.brandsoftheworld.com

That's the one. I got my dura-ace logos from there

Clicky

Fancy designing a paintjob and some logos to go with them?

a discussion for another day, but would do.

I ate kippers for tea dated b/b 05 may
Will I die?

Surstromming - Most disgusting food ever - YouTube

By the way, don't google surstromming or rakfisk if you're emetophobic.

All white seems difficult, tons of white back, natural leather palm ones.

gloves

http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/milano-crochet-mitts-id44957.html

go for keo over delta if you can.

Ive read a lot of people commenting that delta's work better. No idea if its true, but thats what googling gave me when I was looking into buying some.

Why does everyone seem (IMHO) to have such a low opinion of Leader bikes?

They sponsor 5th Floor?