You put cherry juice in your Cognac?

YOU SIR, HAVE NO TASTE.

i mixed henesy up with genessee cream ale...hmmm

You guys should stick with the PBR.

yes a nice pale ale and some whiskey, not mixed

His chain tension looks fine. Now, the other Leader with the ridiculous saddle to drop distance has too much tension.

i saw a bit of a droop in the top of the chain...my eyes could be deceiving me

Of the stripped Leader? That "droop" looks fine.

The one with the drop stem has a chain that looks like it wants to explode. What's with its gearing? Does it see the track?

my chain isn't tight at all. just because there isn't any "visible" slack doesn't mean my chain is tensioned too much. there is about 1/2" "up/down" slack if i move it with my hand

as for the gear/track question, my gearing is 52/17 (about 81 gear inches), i ride my bike everyday, its my commuter and i enjoy the gearing. It's perfect for me. straights, downhill, and uphill.
Track: i will soon make time to pay a visit in order to get certified. Its something i've been wanting to do for a while.

how much does a leader weigh?

no too sure off the top of my head with just bare frame.
but the total weight of my bike currently is a little over 17lbs

Im 6'4 and don't ride anything close to that. Your flippled mountainbike stem and huge seat rise just shows your lack of bike fitting knowledge. Not even a track racer would ride such a jackassed setup.

tires just look dirty to me...not squared.

my stem isn't from a mountain bike.
Look up Torelli Bormio before you jump to conclusions.
i dont need to keep going back and forth with you or anyone else to defend how my bike is built.
if you dont like it then too bad. this thread is simply to enjoy Leader bikes.

I'm 6'1, sure thing you're 3" taller than me big deal.
when i get a chance i'll show you quite a few bikes i have pictures of that are ridden by track racers. It will give you a chance to see their seat-to-bar drop. then you can talk to me.
as for now, please if you dont like my bike thats fine, its not gona hurt me. continue riding

I was using the term "mountain bike stem" in jest. I could care less about your stem, which you so conviently name dropped the brand of btw.
Hey, having a large seat to bar drop isnt bad for a track bike, which yours obviously isn't. Noone in their right mind would use that ridiculus stem for racing. Having a flipped riser stem with the bottom of the drops level with your tires screams "I want to look tark but don't really know/understand what I'm doing" Other than that and the composit wheel you have a great looking bike.

wrawr!

i would never want my chain so tucked that i would have to break it to get my wheel off.

thank you sir

dave you're crazy!

i know.

glad you're aware

I think your bike is mad dope. Keep riding, who cares what they say.

Something about the angles of this bike with the over-sized tubes just screams "WRONG!" to me, I just cannot place it. It is like they copied Teschner designs from the 1990s without the wherewithal to make it sensible for today.

eurobred did you finish the VR yet?

almost, just got my ATP 3" downpipe in today.
gona be running a T04B90. hopefully it gets done soon.