Dear scrod,

Would you happen to know why there's so many people out there swapping out the alpina forks on their kageros for leader forks such as the I-05? Aside from the brakehole factor.

Oh yeah, reply #5000.

I have no idea, especially considering that most of the pics I see are from Japan - where the Kagero forks are required to come factory drilled. I think it looks like crap.

scrod can you think of any alternatives I could use for my soma porteur rack for the top portion (that mounts onto the bolt on a brake caliper) besides actually adding a brake?
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Obviously not Scrod, but is your fork drilled for a brake? If so will a long bolt work? If not, would something like this work? Probably not strong enough (depending on the load), but maybe you could somehow wrap one of those around and use the bolt to that? Actually, that sounds like it'd be totally butt ugly and kludge-y, so I'm interested in seeing Scrod's solution that doesn't look like ass.

my fork is drilled

Dude, just use a long bolt.

sell me one. it was my original idea but neither lbs i went to carried them

You do have hardware stores in Texas, right?

yes sir

/notscrod, but are you using old un-hooked steel rims?

Yeah, I just realized that this morning while checking it over. It's an old (free) bike that I'm converting.

Edit: Searched and found 70 PSI max for un-hooked rims.

Sheesh...I didn't even think of that.

Yeah, it comes up a lot in C&V when people try to put modern tires on old rims and have blowouts. (Heck, I've done it once or twice.) Hope 70psi works better!

Places like Home Depot aren't fussy about bikes. I've taken my bike inside before to actually measure something I needed with the bike right there to make sure it fits. Much easier than making 4 trips to get the correct $.39 bolt...

Thanks, it's a shame to kill a new tube. Luckily, I had $6 in quarters in my coin jar.

Mr Zilla - I got a great deal on a huge tub of Phil grease. Do you know of any small dispensers that are useful or interesting? I just want something to apply grease to bolts here and there. If I'm packing a large amount I can dip into the tub.

Im looking at something like this, but am seeking alternatives.

I don't know, man. I usually just use a small paintbrush or my fingers.

Plastic syringes are available at beauty supply stores and work great for that application. Sometimes they're available at Wal-Mart too.

The "leader 725" i bought, i sold the next day for the exact amount i paid.

i listed my state bicycle for sale.

i want aluminum, what is a great sub $200 aluminum frame with the thicker tubes and a rear tire cut out.

i do not want unknown, leader, visp etc. something with a nice reputation that i can keep forever.
i would grab a Bianchi super Pista but they don't pop up for sale and when they do people always play around with the market to see how much their bike is worth and are not actually interested in getting rid of the bike

You want something that doesn't exist.

Save up some more money and buy a real Leader 725.

what if i doubled my budget, i want to get out of the budget bike territory but...on a budget

I just told you.

Do you have an actual real world question for me? If not, go back to ******.

okay, whats better than leader in your mind? don't say nothing just because it's your day job. I've read other forums reviews on the issues with leader bikes and there are plenty. chainstay too shor on all 721's, 725's v1 and v2 being iffy, all of them made in china, 727 having messed up geomtry, not fitting nicer parts on the older ones. etc etc

Dude, you're a fool. Leader having problems in the past is no reflection of their current frames.

Do your "research" and buy whatever ****ing bike you want.

And if you do get a Leader with a defect, just call em up. There customer support is A+.