For sale: Heron Road Touring

[twowheeledtexan]

Hello RBWOB, I offer for sale my well loved Heron Road Touring in size 57cm. This is a wonderful riding bike that I’ve actually bought twice. I regretted selling it the first time and luckily bought it back. It’s currently not getting the use it deserves and if I’m being honest with myself it’s not perfectly sized for me so I’m letting it go. The feel of this bike is livelier than my double TT Sam, but not as quick as a Romulus. I will say that I used to live on a ridge in the Seattle area with a short 18% grade that I commuted up daily. This bike I always felt would climb in a higher gear than any other bike I commuted on. If memory serves right the tubing is Reynolds 531. Herons were  designed by Grant Peterson and built in Wisconsin by Waterford. Bike is located in northwest Indiana an hour outside of Chicago. Asking $1200. I’ll cover packing by my lbs, you pay actual shipping. 

This bike is in used but not abused condition. It has some scratches in the paint and isn’t perfect but still looks very nice. There is a dent in the area of the right down tube shifter boss. Is was damaged during shipping. It doesn’t affect the ride that I can tell and it being steel I’d feel confident leaving it this way for the remainder of its life. However I contacted Waterford about a repair and received this reply from Richard Schwinn himself:

Worst case scenario:

Replace downtube/bosses:  $250

Repaint: $700.

If we can pull out the dent, replace the boss and touch up:  Figure $4-500.  Unfortunately we'll need to replace the decals because the blend will overlap.

If you repaint, it's your opportunity to try a new color (though we have the old one as well.

Thanks

Richard

Ok, on to the build. 

VO Grand Cru 46cm handlebars

Nitro stem 10cm

Dia  comp brake levers

Shimano cantis

Nitro seatpost

Selle  Anatomica  saddle

Brooks leather bar tape ( been rewrapped a few times but still has life)

Sugino triple 172.5 mm

Shimano Tiagra  front derailleur

Shimano XTR rear

9spd cassette

Shimano shifters

Velocity rims with Schmidt dynamo hub and XTR rear

Honjo 35mm fenders

Schwalbe Marathons 32mm

Frame is 57cm C-C top tube and 58 C-C down tube. 

More info: http://www.heronbicycles.com/index.html

Thanks for looking!

Aaron

[twowheeledtexan]

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[twowheeledtexan]

Sorry, uploading pics has been a PITA

On Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 3:47:05 PM UTC-6 twowheeledtexan wrote:

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[twowheeledtexan]

[Patrick Moore]

$1200 is a nice price for a bike as well designed and built up as this, especially in today's bike-price climate.

Aaron: you said: Frame is 57cm C-C top tube and 58 C-C down tube.

Do you mean 58 seat tube center to center, and 57 cm top tube center to center?

No one I've heard of sizes a bike by down tube.

I'd be interested if I didn't have my 2020 Chauncey "near clone with AM hub and integrated fenders, racks, lights" substitute for an earlier Riv Road custom.

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Patrick Moore

Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum

[twowheeledtexan]

Hi Patrick,

 

Yes, you read the sizing correctly. It’s a 57cm frame and I included the down tube measurement just FYI. I believe Heron’s website has more sizing info. 

I hope the pricing is considered fair. I’m not personally a fan of price gouging based on current events, but that’s life. 

[Joe Bernard]

Potential buyers need the seattube measurement to help determine if they can swing a leg over it. Preferably center of crank bolt to top of toptube, that's how Riv measures frames. 

Joe Bernard

[twowheeledtexan]

Thank you all, she’s been sold!