That Leader 722 up there spawned a search that lead me to the following blog post:
Bike of the Month : Leader Bikes 722 Heritage Edition ?The Drainage
Highlights include:
"...One thought is that a bike shouldn’t be over $1200. Most people can buy a car for that price..."
"The faux lugged chrome fork makes the bike feel vintage but with modern technology. You really don’t see real lugged forks on bikes anymore because it is an old and expensive process. Making it look lugged like this is a nice design feature to do."