Just to add some as a former owner of a Heron Touring: I sold it last year for financial reasons which was the right thing to do under my present circumstances (I still have four bikes) but miss it, a very nice and useful bike with character. It was bought at the same time Riv launched the Atlantis and my 61 cm had identical geometry to the first generation Atlantis. The main difference was clearance for tires, my Heron used 700Cx35 mm Paselas with fenders, it might or might not take 38 mm tires with fenders, but not bigger. I went on camping tours, heavily loaded with those and found it appropriate. I also used it as a long-distance commuter and found it very good for that, some days I used my custom Riv (a Rambouillet clone bought before the Rams), commuting time was the same. The more narrow chain stays permitted a more narrow Q which I saw as an advantage.
In short: a very, very versatile bike, good for loaded touring, good for commuting, good in town. No racer but not bad at all if you wanted a brisk pace on the road for the pleasure of it. I think it can do anything an AHH, Sam or Atlantis can do as long as you don´t need fat tires. Olof Stroh Uppsala Sweden -- 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.
