by Richard Sachs | Sep 1, 1998
I can remember the details as though this happened yesterday, but it was more like twenty-five years ago. I purchased my first ten speed bicycle—an Atala. Though the dealer had assembled it, the packing carton was still in evidence in the work area. On its side, the...
by Richard Sachs | Sep 10, 1994
Hand labor is so expensive that most products are designed to minimize it. Either that or their manufacture is farmed out to non-industrialized countries where labor is still cheap. Artisans such as Richard Sachs actually like working with their hands, and their...
