by Richard Sachs | Apr 7, 2021
A “prolonged adventure.” That’s how Richard Sachs describes the pivotal moment when, as a teenager killing time before college, he flew to London seeking a temporary job with Witcomb Cycles, armed with nothing more than an encouraging piece of snail...
by Richard Sachs | Aug 2, 2020
FR) Life takes many paths, and your current path began in London at Witcomb Cycles. What year was that and how did that come to be? I arrived in southeast London at Witcomb Lightweight Cycles early on in 1972. How that came to be is its own book. I had just graduated...
by Richard Sachs | May 19, 2020
TSC: Without the rise of Cyclocross in the US (and globally) would you still be making bikes? RS: Hmm. I went to my first cx race in 1972 and saw many events when I lived in London. I was at the 1973 UCI World Championships in Crystal Palace when EDV won his seventh...
by Richard Sachs | May 2, 2019
You may have heard of Richard Sachs. Or perhaps you haven’t. In that case: You should know that Richard is the dean of American bicycle frame builders. He takes steel tubing and cast parts and combines them into the foundations of truly wonderful bicycles. People...
by Richard Sachs | Mar 18, 2019
Why Design Within Reach partnered with Richard Sachs It’s always a good thing when non-endemic brands join the cycling world. We are huge fans of the modern home furnishings offered by Design Within Reach, so when we found out DWR’s vice president of creative, Michael...
by Richard Sachs | Dec 21, 2018
Rapha Custom x Richard Sachs Cyclocross Team The North American cross scene has many variants, but only one constant: the Richard Sachs Cyclocross Team. Since 2003, RSCX has come to represent everything that makes the muddy discipline so beloved of its practitioners....
