On Jul 26, 12:39 pm, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > on 7/26/11 6:41 AM, dan gee at dmg...@gmail.com wrote: > IPerhaps there can be no modern equivilent of the Heron because it is a flawed concept (wait a second - I do really like the bikes - I'm trying to make a larger point here...). From a buyer's perspective, why pay for lugs and paint when a TIG'ed Surly can be had a bit cheaper?
What am I missing here? Doesn't the original concept of the Heron still live on in bikes like the Bleriot, the Sam and the new SOMA San Marcos? They all sell (or sold) at close to the same price point as the Heron frames did and they provide a no-frills high quality lugged frame that the buyer can build up in any number of ways. While the jury may be out on the new SOMA, the Bleriot and Sam have been quite successful. The Herons came in a road version and a tourer and some have been successfully converted to 650B. What may have doomed the Heron was that Rivendell quit selling them as they brought other products online that they chose to focus on. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
