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02-11-11, 12:55 PM
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"featuring leaders one of a kind and world famous geometry". world famous, what?
"now compatible with sram omniums and other name brand cranksets". werent they already compatible?
anyways, welds look nice - but are they filled down or just filled with bondo?
"now compatible with sram omniums and other name brand cranksets". werent they already compatible?
anyways, welds look nice - but are they filled down or just filled with bondo?
02-11-11, 01:13 PM
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02-11-11, 01:25 PM
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02-11-11, 01:56 PM
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02-11-11, 02:26 PM
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World famous geometry because their top tubes are longer than the Great Wall. Not to mention, putting out slack rake forks with steep angle headtubes.
02-11-11, 02:44 PM
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02-11-11, 04:06 PM
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Your cog is slipping.
02-11-11, 04:28 PM
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wow, previous chainstays were crazy long for having a cutout. id like to see their chart if anyone has it.
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02-11-11, 04:40 PM
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Here's a pic of a major weld on my tell all raw 727 frame with the same weld smoothing technique that the '11 725 has.
02-11-11, 07:22 PM
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Your cog is slipping.
Looks pretty slammed to me:
02-11-11, 07:29 PM
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i'll probably break it
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am excite. so what color should i get? also, im almost 6'2"... top tubes are long?
edit, im getting black - i was just doing the 'forum thing'
edit, im getting black - i was just doing the 'forum thing'
02-11-11, 08:32 PM
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Your cog is slipping.
91Mf - I'm 5'11" and typically 58cm frames suit me but I went with a 55cm 725 and it's just right.
02-11-11, 09:45 PM
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heres my concern: i generally ride bikes that are really tall but not long. my cdale crit is a 60cm st with a 56.5cm tt. my cadex is a 60cm st with a 57.5cm tt. both of them i ride with what this forum would say is 'too much seatpost.' the felt is a 57, i've never actually checked the geo but its good with lots of seatpost and a 120mm stem. am i going to have trouble fitting 'properly' on a leader? what im saying is everyone going to hate my rad leader with 9ft seatpost?
02-11-11, 10:02 PM
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heres my concern: i generally ride bikes that are really tall but not long. my cdale crit is a 60cm st with a 56.5cm tt. my cadex is a 60cm st with a 57.5cm tt. both of them i ride with what this forum would say is 'too much seatpost.' the felt is a 57, i've never actually checked the geo but its good with lots of seatpost and a 120mm stem. am i going to have trouble fitting 'properly' on a leader? what im saying is everyone going to hate my rad leader with 9ft seatpost?
02-12-11, 01:29 AM
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Its done! all my parts came in today! Ill post some pictures soon, im heading out to the mmr in 30min
btw scrod what is the clearance on the steel fork that you got with you 722ts? Does it clear 32c with a front brake? I have the carbon fork and 28c with a brake is a squeeze...
btw scrod what is the clearance on the steel fork that you got with you 722ts? Does it clear 32c with a front brake? I have the carbon fork and 28c with a brake is a squeeze...
02-12-11, 02:21 AM
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the origin of long leader geometry is just to get standover clearance while avoiding overlap. is this fame in their own minds?
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02-12-11, 03:54 AM
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That makes sense... maybe because toe overlap was never a problem for me even though it exists with some of my bikes that I never really cared.
02-12-11, 07:11 AM
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Your cog is slipping.
My lady's got 25s on hers with a brake and there is plenty of clearance for a 32...maybe even a 35.
02-12-11, 07:13 AM
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Your cog is slipping.
02-12-11, 08:18 AM
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