I can't think of a single thing a Heron would do that a Sam would not do. Replacing a Sam with a Heron seems like a lateral move at best. What itch are you scratching? Are you just bored with your Sam and want something new? Is your Sam the wrong size? Personally I would take a Samuel Hillborne over a Heron touring six days a week and twice on Sunday. I would consider the Heron more "traditional" looking, and if you wanted to be unkind about "traditional" you'd call it "dated". Now don't get me wrong, I love traditional looking bikes and own a couple of them. Also I think the Heron touring is definitely a nice bike. I would not mind having a Heron touring in my stable as an N+1 in addition to a Sam, enabling me to do two different kinds of builds on the two bikes, but I can't think of any reasons why I would want to replace my Sam with a Heron touring.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 10:07:31 AM UTC-7, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: > > I'm thinking about the Heron posted earlier to replace my Sam for c daily > commuting and other on road bicycle related activities. My only other bike > is a Brompton and that's all I have room for. I wasn't aware of Riv or GP > when the Heron was current. Where does it fit in to the pantheon? Thoughts > on the pros and cons of each model? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.