Not defending the quality of the bike, but in defense of its weight: the bianchi super pista's carbon/alu fork comes in at 560g, as does the Cinelli Vigorelli fork (they may be the same fork, I have no idea). Does anyone know the weights of Leader's carbon/alu forks? I haven't been able to find them with my internet sleuthing. But, 500g doesn't seem comparably heavy for a fork thats not all carbon.