A true beauty, the color is stunning and the detail just accentuates the artistry in creating such a gem...truly tempting, bikes are working art, I wish I could justify it, but my wife is getting a Betty Foy after her knee replacement.
Thanks for letting us gaze on it. On Thursday, September 13, 2012 5:43:38 PM UTC-5, danmc wrote: > > Decided to sell the Heron that I was going to build out for my wife for > touring - but she is too hooked on her Betty Foy. "See, I can put a > lowrider on the Betty, no problem!" > > Anyway, the frame is in great shape. A few very minor paint dings and a > decal scratch. All straight, no dents or anything. Bailey Falls Blue is the > color. An interesting dark blue/green metallic. I have a bottle of touch up > paint for it from Waterford and an extra decal set. > > Stronglight A9 alloy headset with both sealed and needle bearing set. The > sealed bearings are installed - the needle bearing set is new and unused. > > This is a really great frame for all around riding or loaded touring. Very > comfortable and stable yet pretty lively thanks to the geo and the tubing > selection. 26" wheels on the 53cm frame. > > Grant design and Waterford build. The Wayfarer is basically the Heron > Touring frame with these changes: > • Features a new, heavy-duty fork equipped with mid-fork braze-ons for > low-rider rack mounting. > • New stainless steel dropouts are left bare on the mounting surfaces to > prevent paint damage from quick release skewers and hubs. > • The chainstay bridge is positioned the same distance from the rear axle > as the seatstay bridge to provide a cleaner fender installation. > • The seatstay and chainstay bridges provide braze-ons for simple, direct > fender mounting. > > The 53cm will fit a saddle height of ~66 to 69cm. Depends how much post > you want to show. > > Pictures can be found here: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/78804025@N08/sets/72157631529864164 > > Lots of info available thanks to the internet archive. > > Sizing: > > http://web.archive.org/web/20061029010038/http://www.heronbicycles.com/sizing.html > > Tubing/history/specs: > > http://web.archive.org/web/20061029005905/http://www.heronbicycles.com/faq.html > > Geo: > > http://web.archive.org/web/20061029010109/http://www.heronbicycles.com/geometry.html > > Colors: > > http://web.archive.org/web/20061029005853/http://www.heronbicycles.com/colors.html > > Heron Models: > > http://web.archive.org/web/20061029010028/http://www.heronbicycles.com/frames.html > > PayPal personal, please. I am in the SF Bay Area (Marin & Berkeley) so a > pickup or delivery/meeting is very possible. > > Email off-list if you are interested or have questions. > > Thanks > > Dan > > Marin CA > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/mfaKh2amKdQJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.