Hi Patrick, Yes, you read the sizing correctly. It’s a 57cm frame and I included the down tube measurement just FYI. I believe Heron’s website has more sizing info.
I hope the pricing is considered fair. I’m not personally a fan of price gouging based on current events, but that’s life. On Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 4:41:39 PM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote: > $1200 is a nice price for a bike as well designed and built up as this, > especially in today's bike-price climate. > > Aaron: you said: *Frame is 57cm C-C top tube and 58 C-C down tube.* > > Do you mean 58 seat tube center to center, and 57 cm top tube center to > center? > > No one I've heard of sizes a bike by down tube. > > I'd be interested if I didn't have my 2020 Chauncey "near clone with AM > hub and integrated fenders, racks, lights" substitute for an earlier Riv > Road custom. > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 2:44 PM twowheeledtexan <ampy...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello RBWOB, I offer for sale my well loved Heron Road Touring in size >> 57cm. This is a wonderful riding bike that I’ve actually bought twice. I >> regretted selling it the first time and luckily bought it back. It’s >> currently not getting the use it deserves and if I’m being honest with >> myself it’s not perfectly sized for me so I’m letting it go. The feel of >> this bike is livelier than my double TT Sam, but not as quick as a Romulus. >> I will say that I used to live on a ridge in the Seattle area with a short >> 18% grade that I commuted up daily. This bike I always felt would climb in >> a higher gear than any other bike I commuted on. If memory serves right the >> tubing is Reynolds 531. Herons were designed by Grant Peterson and built >> in Wisconsin by Waterford. Bike is located in northwest Indiana an hour >> outside of Chicago. Asking $1200. I’ll cover packing by my lbs, you pay >> actual shipping. >> >> This bike is in used but not abused condition. It has some scratches in >> the paint and isn’t perfect but still looks very nice. There is a dent in >> the area of the right down tube shifter boss. Is was damaged during >> shipping. It doesn’t affect the ride that I can tell and it being steel I’d >> feel confident leaving it this way for the remainder of its life. However I >> contacted Waterford about a repair and received this reply from Richard >> Schwinn himself: >> >> Worst case scenario: >> >> Replace downtube/bosses: $250 >> >> Repaint: $700. >> >> If we can pull out the dent, replace the boss and touch up: Figure >> $4-500. Unfortunately we'll need to replace the decals because the blend >> will overlap. >> >> If you repaint, it's your opportunity to try a new color (though we have >> the old one as well. >> >> Thanks >> >> Richard >> >> >> Ok, on to the build. >> >> VO Grand Cru 46cm handlebars >> >> Nitro stem 10cm >> >> Dia comp brake levers >> >> Shimano cantis >> >> Nitro seatpost >> >> Selle Anatomica saddle >> >> Brooks leather bar tape ( been rewrapped a few times but still has life) >> >> Sugino triple 172.5 mm >> >> Shimano Tiagra front derailleur >> >> Shimano XTR rear >> >> 9spd cassette >> >> Shimano shifters >> >> Velocity rims with Schmidt dynamo hub and XTR rear >> >> Honjo 35mm fenders >> >> Schwalbe Marathons 32mm >> >> >> Frame is 57cm C-C top tube and 58 C-C down tube. >> >> More info: http://www.heronbicycles.com/index.html >> >> >> Thanks for looking! >> >> Aaron >> >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ee676439-ed54-420a-bef7-a44524a185can%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ee676439-ed54-420a-bef7-a44524a185can%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0674c07a-a957-4ee3-8a51-bd7cdac4d172n%40googlegroups.com.
