[RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-24 Thread RonaTD
Somebody needs to buy this bike! For those who are wondering about fit, here's what we published on the original Heron web site. Sizing By Saddle Height Saddle HeightHeron RoadHeron Touring *66* 52 *won't fit* *67* 52 53 *68* 52/54 53 *69* 54 53/55 *70* 54 54 *71* 54/56 55 *72* 56 55/57 *73* 56

[RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-08 Thread Lungimsam
Oops... Just realized it's a 55 and I would need a 54. 56.5 TT is too long for me. Not even a 6cm stem would fix it for me. -- 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, se

[RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-08 Thread Lungimsam
If Marty is willing, I'd love to take it for a quick spin. Interested to see how it rides. I think he's in the DC area and so am I (Ellicott City). Like I say I'm not in the market right now. I mean if it's mind blowing, I might be able to work something out. But just riding it would be very i

[RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-08 Thread Joe Bernard
Somebody really needs to buy this bike..it's a great frame with cool late-'90s Riv Catalogue parts. I had a Heron Road which turned out to be a smidge too big for me (54cm), but it had a magical ride, almost like there was a little electric motor hidden somewhere in those 531 tubes. And the blue

[RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-08 Thread William deRosset
Hi, all, A side note, and unfortunately a fair amount of thread drift, but after a decade of tinkering around with my bike fit and a pile of different bikes, I had my René Herse built back in 2008/9. Mike Kone started with a blank sheet of paper, and he and I worked from various directions (his

Re: [RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-08 Thread mikel66...@juno.com
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[RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-08 Thread MartyG
> > Given the conversation and emails on this, I wanted to confirm how big a > tire would fit this frame, and turns out 700X40s will fit quite easily. > Plenty of head room at the fork and rear brake bridge. The tightest spot is > at the chainstays, but still there is room. These tires are Schw

[RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-04 Thread Chad
I sent you a private message. Beautiful bike! -- 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

[RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-04 Thread MartyG
Joe - the cranks are 170, rear spacing is 130ish and the dropouts are horizontal. -- 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

Re: [RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-04 Thread mikel66...@juno.com
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[RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-04 Thread Joe Bernard
Hi Marty, How long are the cranks, and what is the rear spacing? Thanks, Joe Bernard Vallejo, CA. On Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 11:01:38 AM UTC-8, MartyG wrote: > Designed and offered by Rivendell in the late 90s. A really gorgeous bike > that is too small for me, and too tall for my wife. I

[RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-04 Thread William deRosset
Dear Lungimsam, This has been discussed on this list, and over at the BOB list in some detail, and a review of the archives may be instructive. The original Heron designs were done with Grant Petersen and Ted Durant (who financed/owned Heron), and launched in 1997. There were two: the Road an

[RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-04 Thread Lungimsam
Was there just one design of Heron , or two? I think I read something in BQ like Jan Heine helped develop the first one with Rando geo and the there was a later, different geo produced. Not clear on this. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners

[RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-04 Thread Dave Johnston
I had a later version Todd Kuzma Heron and true 38mm tires wouldn't really fit comfortably. Part of the confusion on those early Riv's were that most all the tire manufactures and in particular the Panaracer Pasela were over rating their tire width, so a Pasela 35mm was more like 31mm and a 38m

[RBW] Re: FS: HERON Touring 55cm complete build

2016-01-04 Thread MartyG
Will have to confirm the SOH later in the week as I'm remote from the bike shed at the moment, but the following spec sheet listed 31-3/4" along with all the other relevant dimensions. Now that I re-read this myself, 38s plus fenders may be tight, but 35s + are no issue. I tested SKSs with the