The stunningly beautiful Leader is Olympia’s lightest, fastest and most exclusive model, handmade in limited numbers, and individual finished to each customers requirements. A sublime combination of exotic Italian style & historic artisan frame building paired with the highest performance, technical ability and rarity.
Each frame takes approximately 30 days to create from order, and is hand painted using the highest quality matt, semi-gloss satin or glass-like gloss colours. You may choose Olympia’s default satin metallic silver, satin dark blue or satin blood red fading to matt back for maximum contrast, or truly make your Leader your own by commissioning your 01/01 frame in any single colour, or colour to black fade you desire, in matt, satin or gloss finish. The Leader is as much art as it is bicycle frame.
The Leader is a bicycle you want to own forever, ride everywhere, race and relax on. You will never grow tried of its exotic lines, be wanting for extra performance or lack in comfort. The Leader is perhaps the ultimate package and could be the last bike you’ll ever own.
Beneath the gorgeous Italian ‘superbike’ styling each Leader is constructed using the most advanced Toray ultra high modulus composites and manufactured using Olympia’s unique ‘EPS’ process, whereby the frame is molded using solid external and internal tooling (the internal core removed after the monocoque structure is cured), to guarantee perfect structural integrity, maximum weight saving and improved durability.
The latest ACR (Aerodynamic Cable Routing) system is unique to the Leader in Olympia’s line-up. All hydraulic brake lines and electronic gear wires are routed though bars, stem, frame and forks, and completely hidden from sight. On mechanically geared builds, only gear cables are external between bars and frame to ensure perfect gear function.
The Leader is disc brake specific with numerous factory groupset & wheel options, or bespoke custom builds to your requirements. PressFit™ 86.5 Bottom Bracket shell utilizing integrated BB cups, and an oversize 1 1/2” integrated headset help transfer every watt of available power to the tarmac. Race-bread geometry and a matching fork with wide aero profiled legs and tapered steerer enable the Leader to corner as if it were on rails.
The oversize and asymmetric chain-stays achieve the largest possible volume while maintaining wheel and chainset clearance for 28 mm tyres. The seat stays join the seat tube low down to maintain a compact rear triangle for maximum lateral stiffness, vertical compliance and aero benefit. The minimalist uncluttered aesthetic is extended further into the matching aero seatpost with hidden clamp, seamless ahead system, flat mount brakes and flush thru-axle inserts.
The Leader is available as ‘Fuselage’ (frame, fork, headset & seatpost), Fuselage & Cockpit’ (which adds Vision Metron carbon stem & handlebar), five standard factory builds (each with various wheel options), or Bespoke builds to your desired colour, performance & budget. The Leader is manufactured in six standard sizes (52 / 53.5 / 54.5 / 55.5 / 56.5 / 58.5), and offered in a single graphic design with three standard colour-ways, or custom painted to your request. You may also choose to have the ‘Tricolore Italiano’ Italian flag hand painted on the seat-stays to celebrate Olympia’s long and accomplished Italian heritage.
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