[RBW] Re: Early Christmas - Heron Touring

[MartyG]

Anyone have a copy of BQ Vol 3 #1 that I can buy or take a look at?  I 
learned it has a review of this bike and though it would add to my 
knowledge base. Thanks for digging! 

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Re: [RBW] Re: Early Christmas - Heron Touring

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[RBW] Re: Early Christmas - Heron Touring

[Montclair BobbyB]

Nice find... ready to tour.

On Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 11:46:10 AM UTC-5, MartyG wrote:
>
> Took the grandkids to see Santa last night, and came across a beautiful 
> Heron Touring rig on CL this morning only 10 miles from home! It's a 
> Christmas miracle!  Not my size, but should fit my wife nicely. Amazing mix 
> of parts: TA Zephyr crankset, Phil rear hub, XTR front hub, Brooks B17, 
> Caradice Super C panniers to name a few. Santas elves had fun putting this 
> one together years ago! I'll get to the clean-up and post more pics after a 
> long Winters nap...
>
>
> 
>  
>

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[RBW] Re: Early Christmas - Heron Touring

[MartyG]

More pics here for those who like details:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/albums/72157661387558919

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[RBW] Re: Early Christmas - Heron Touring

[Thom Goodmann]

A great find, indeed! A bike under the tree was--twin Schwinn 
Stingrays--was the happiest Christmas morning for my brother and me one 
year.   These days I ride my Heron Touring (an eBay purchase) nearly every 
day; it fits me perfectly.  I have NOS Heron Road frame yet to build up, as 
well.  Thanks for story, and the additional photos.  --Tom

On Monday, December 7, 2015 at 8:44:58 AM UTC-5, MartyG wrote:
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> More pics here for those who like details:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/albums/72157661387558919
>
>

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[RBW] Re: Early Christmas - Heron Touring

[R Michaels]

Now thats a nice find and has a good history.  Your wife is going to be 
very pleased.
R.

On Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 8:46:10 AM UTC-8, MartyG wrote:
>
> Took the grandkids to see Santa last night, and came across a beautiful 
> Heron Touring rig on CL this morning only 10 miles from home! It's a 
> Christmas miracle!  Not my size, but should fit my wife nicely. Amazing mix 
> of parts: TA Zephyr crankset, Phil rear hub, XTR front hub, Brooks B17, 
> Caradice Super C panniers to name a few. Santas elves had fun putting this 
> one together years ago! I'll get to the clean-up and post more pics after a 
> long Winters nap...
>
>
> 
>  
>

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[RBW] Re: Early Christmas - Heron Touring

[MartyG]

Frame is a 55cm C-T. Tubing is Reynolds 531 throughout. Seatpost is a 
RockShox suspension-type. My wife uses something similar now. Interesting 
find when I tore it down for a closer look: bottom bracket is a Campagnolo. 
Crankarms are TA, and I've heard they changed the taper on the early 
Zephyrs. Cranks are not marked with the Zephyr name as later ones were. 
Chainrings are Ritchey. Seems to fit up well, so I plan to leave well 
enough alone. Might check with Riv to see if anyone (well, Grant I suppose) 
recalls spec'ing that combo back in the day. An article I came across talks 
about the early Herons using Ritchey Logic's until the Zephyr's appeared. 
Most of the other specs in this article match up pretty close, although the 
rims are Sun CR18. 

http://www.adventurecycling.org/default/assets/resources/rivendell.pdf

Came with the nice Rhode Gear mirror that are something of a cult item 
these days. Nitto big rack out back. I learned the original owner was an 
engineer and did a number of international tours. Given the component mix 
and attention to detail, him being an engineer made perfect sense. 

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[RBW] Re: Early Christmas - Heron Touring

[George Schick]

That bike IS a great find.  I'm sure she'll be tickled with it.  Just out 
of curiosity, is that seat post one of those shock-absorber types?  Kinda 
looks that way in the photo because of its small diameter and unusual 
fitting around the clamp.  Kinda reminds me of the tandem I saw out on the 
trail a couple of weeks ago.  They were going at a hell-bent-for-election 
speed and the stoker was standing up almost all the time.  And the saddle 
was one of those wide, wide, heavily padded jobs like you see on those 
trikes oldsters ride in Florida.  Clearly, she must be having saddle 
comfort problems and probably hasn't been getting the right advice about 
how to best take care of them.


On Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 5:14:17 PM UTC-6, John Hawrylak wrote:
>
> What size frame? Looks like 21" C-T.  What does the tubing sticker on the 
> fork say??
>
> Very nice find
>
> John Hawrylak
> Woodstown NJ
>
>
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[RBW] Re: Early Christmas - Heron Touring

[John Hawrylak]

What size frame? Looks like 21" C-T.  What does the tubing sticker on the 
fork say??

Very nice find

John Hawrylak
Woodstown NJ


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