FS: 53cm Heron Wayfarer F/F/HS $700 + shipping

[danmc]

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

[Dan Abelson]

Must resist. I hate when people sell nice bikes in my size,
especially when I don't need any more bikes right now.

Dan Abelson
St. Paul, MN

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[danmc]

I have gotten a few questions about the stand over. It is 78.5cm with 32mm Paselas at the middle of the TT.

Dan

Marin

[Christopher Paul]

ha ha! I completely can relate to that feeling!