I thought Raleigh, but for some reason, when I saw Heron, I thought it might be 50's or earlier Raleigh. Can't resist looking at nice Raleigh's. Aw heck, I can resist looking at most bikes posted here, which is why I hang around.

The Velo Orange chain guard is for 44t and below. There is a 44t chain ring on there in the picture. I had to do a little cutting to fit the mixte frame. I was also thinking of using a wider range cassette, but there were a few reasons that I ending up sticking with the 14-28 cassette. The biggest issue is that it looked goofy (in my eye) with the chain on one of the larger cogs in the rear and the chain being visible above the chain guard. I moved the chainguard northward to cover the chain on the big cog and it didn't look right either. The other reason that I went back to the 28t big cog is that the bike wasn't intended for serious hills. She rides mostly paved bike trails and locally on Long Island so it doesn't get too steep. I'll use the wide range cassette for another project without a chain guard.