by Richard Sachs | Aug 18, 2002
After my interview with Sachs in his workshop in Connecticut, he casually asked me if I’d like to take his bike for a quick ride. Despite the fact that I had on sneakers and that the bike was a little short for me, I jumped at the chance to try it out. I’m...
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 22, 1995
CHESTER—Success is instinctive when you work in a town where acceptance doesn’t count on price, says Richard Sachs. “I knew all my life that I would make bikes like I am now,” Sachs said Thursday. Through the course of his 25-year career, Sachs has...
by Richard Sachs | Jul 3, 1995
THE BUILDER To Connecticut’s Richard Sachs a bicycle has a split personality. As a builder, he identifies an art form in the construction of a frame. But as a racer, he knows that a finely made bicycle means very little in the midst of competition. “I...
by Richard Sachs | Nov 5, 1994
A custom, hand-built, made-to-measure bicycle ranks with things like first-class airplane seating and hand-tailored suits. If you’ve ever experienced such luxuries, it might be hard to comprehend what separates them from the mundane. But once you try the good...
