Price Paid:  $300.00 at Leaderbikestore.com

Bike Setup:
Ultegra Crankset
105 RD
Tiagra Brifters
Cane Creek IS2 headset

Summary:
All of my expectations for this frame were blown out of the water once I built it up. I purchased this frame as a replacement for my cracked Trek 1000 frame. The Leader 736r is by far the better bike. It climbs like a goat and rides more smoothly than any frame I've ever ridden. The matte black paint and shaped aero tubing turn heads and start conversations.

Strengths:
Price, Smooth riding but stiff where it matters most (BB and seat stays). Awesome looks, great paint and shape. The frame feels much lighter then my Trek and rides like some of the carbon frames I tested.

Weaknesses:
None so far.

Similar Products Used:
Trek 1000

Price Paid:  $0.00

Bike Setup:
Ultegra and Dura-ace mix

Summary:
This is much stiffer than the 780r frame. The s-bend seat stays make the ride more smooth than my old Trek 1200, but the sprint is snappy. I have ridden about 100 mile or so on the frame and am happy thus far. I will re-evaluate in 12 months or 10k miles.

Strengths:
Stiff, great for a sprint. Even though it is aluminum it dampens the ride better than my old aluminum frame.

Weaknesses:
a little heavy, but not bad.

Price Paid:  $299.00 at leaderbikes

Favorite Ride:
736r

Bike Setup:
SRAM gruppo .Dura-ace hubs on velocity deep-v rims.Fizik seat,FSA wing-pro alloy bars and forte stem.Leader seat-post.Michelin carbon tyres

Summary:
Rode B.R.A.G.[seven days of riding.]Three centurys. .about 1800 miles on this frame. Stiffer and lighter than steel frames.Impresive ride for the money.Thinging of the track frame next.

Strengths:
Price.Ride quality,stiff but not harsh.

Weaknesses:
None so far.I was lucky not to have the problems listed in the reviews.But i just remembered that idid have a problem pre-loading the headset.The problem was the carbon cap leader sent with the frame.Replaced it with a FSA alloy compression cap.Worked flawless since.

Similar Products Used:
.Rossin record columbus-sl tubing.Bianchi steel.

Price Paid:  $1305.00 at e-bay

Favorite Ride:
fast tempo ride country roads

Bike Setup:
bontrager wheels, ultegra complete, carbon bars and seat post

Summary:
Great looking bike that rides well.Came as a kit so it was fun to put together.Agree with others that the seat post clamp is diffficult to tighten and stripped one allen bolt trying.Suprised at fit considring I bought it online. Friend, who races seriously, helped me put it together and was very impressed.

Strengths:
Light stiff fast and very good components for the money

Weaknesses:
seat bolt

Similar Products Used:
former ride a colnago with campy neuvo record

Price Paid:  $300.00 at Ebay

Favorite Ride:
anywhere..

Bike Setup:
full DA 10,Customer wheelset by Odds and Endos,kestrel bars and thomson stem/seatpost,fizik seat

Summary:
nice bike. very stiff. its a bit on the heavy side but that info was given on Leader Website. For the time i had it it worked awsome. Flawlessly. I also got noticed since almost no one has a Leader. I got asked at least once a race where i got it from...nice..

Strengths:
stiffness, rare and aero

Weaknesses:
stiffness to some. nothing wrong w/the bike but I did have a little customer service problem. After my rear Del hanger broke it took 3 times to get the correct one to me. it seems they changed hangers from 05 to 06. Just make sure you make it known what model year you have. this cost me two weeks of training and completely shot my last month of racing. unacceptable for a racer of any Cat. Otherwise, everything else was fine..

Similar Products Used:
trek 2200 and my new Look 565