My previous Soma was a tad too big for me, so I went hunting for something cheap and ended up bitting me in the behind. Even though I was advised to just wait for something good to pop up I did not listen. Ended up picking up this Leader 721 from some scumbag on Offer up. Although my fault for not doing my due diligence, I didn’t notice the super short cut fork that the stem was not fully sitting on until after I got home and started taking it apart. Of course I reached out but apparently the so called scumbag was just trying to get rid off the bike and did me a solid by throwing in a stem with handlebar. Anyways after taking the loss, I decided to move forward with the build and ended up getting a new uncut fork. And so the build continued, almost swapped everything over from the Soma. A few parts were added. All in all, it was the process of putting it together that I didn’t give up. Anyways cheers. Here’s my Leader 721
by Oswald310
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That used to be my frame. I snagged it from a dude in riverside for $40 lol. I remember the fork being longer so I can’t imagine what the guy must’ve done, I’m pretty sure I know who sold it to you too. I got rid of it because the stupid drop out plates kept on slipping off so I found new ones and slapped them on.
Edit: here’s [proof.](https://www.reddit.com/r/FixedGearBicycle/s/gYCMH3cfFw) I loved that thing, ripped so hard.
How bad was the cut on the original fork?
good that you already fixed it. Sometimes when the steerer tube is a bit too short, with some luck you can just change the upper part of the headset for one with a lower stack height. Saved a critical 8 mm on my Dolan (integrated headset, originally Alpina)