by richardsachscycles@gmail.com | Oct 12, 2026
A Q&A with the dean of American framebuilding on his new book series, the lessons of 50 years in the business, and why he will never make a perfect frame. The original version of this interview with Joe Lindsey lives on Escape Collective and has many, many...
by Richard Sachs | Sep 1, 2024
Richard Sachs, the grand master of American framebuilding, who has been building bicycles for five decades, is reluctant to call his work art. Instead, he sees bicycles as appliances and views his craft as a trade, dismissing framebuilders who discuss self-expression...
by Richard Sachs | May 7, 2022
Of bike and body: The tale of how one Richard Sachs frame touched three lives A celebrated framebuilder, a 1980s racer and her daughter connected by one 40-something-year-old bike frame BY KRISTIN JENNY It was a sizzlingly hot day in Truckee, California. The early...
by Richard Sachs | Mar 27, 2022
By Steven L. Sheffield — Richard Sachs is one of the preeminent bicycle framebuilders in the United States, and yet building bicycles was never really an aspiration of his. After being wait-listed for admission to Goddard College, Sachs saw an advertisement in the...
by Richard Sachs | Mar 14, 2022
It’’s off to Connecticut to speak with frame builder, Richard Sachs. Last week, an interview on the site, Tempus Fugit, shed some light on more of Richard’s life and thinking. This conversation begins with a chat about an interview Richard gave to Tempus Fugit –...
by Richard Sachs | Mar 7, 2022
In the 12 years since this little project started, I have met a lot of people both inside and outside of the watch industry. There have been some pretty good interviews, and to be honest a few clangers. Well, gentle reader, I have to say that the following interview...
