by Richard Sachs | Aug 18, 1993
Creating a bicycle frame is not just a job for Richard Sachs. It’s a labor of love. “You don’t look at it as just a bicycle. You look at it as a well-made product, like a fly rod or a well-strung instrument,” Sachs said. Sachs works alone on...
by Richard Sachs | Jun 8, 1992
Richard Sachs lives in Chester, Connecticut. He has been building bicycle frames under his own name since 1975. He started his business, Richard Sachs Cycles, following several years of framebuilding with both Witcomb Lightweight Cycles of London, England and Witcomb...
by Richard Sachs | Apr 29, 1992
Some people like the finest in restaurants and others the finest in jewelry. For them, there is Tavern on the Green and Rolex. And then there are others who like the finest in bicycles. For them, there is Richard Sachs—a craftsman builder of lightweight bicycle...
by Richard Sachs | Nov 8, 1990
On one side of the small basement shop on Main Street there lies short pieces of steel tubing. On the other side, shiney new two-wheeled racing machines. In the middle are a lathe, torch, and other tools of master craftsman Richard Sachs. Using a technique called...
by Richard Sachs | Jul 18, 1988
A damaged orange bicycle frame sits in the corner of Richard Sachs’ shop in Chester. Stripped of its wheels, handlebars, pedals and saddle what was once a proud new bike is now a confusing mass of orange tubes, twisted together like a giant Krazy Straw. The...
