by Richard Sachs | Apr 16, 2008
Like Yoshiaki Nagasawa in Japan, Richard Sachs builds America’s best frames one at a time in his small workshop in Connecticut. From start to finish, Sachs crafts each frame with the care that is rare in the bike industry. It’s hard to even consider him as...
by Richard Sachs | Mar 2, 2007
Far removed from the buzz of technology and well below the belly of today’s much-hyped carbon fiber and titanium lies the soul of bicycle frames. Out of dusty shops filled with scraps of metal and well-used tools emerge some of the most beautiful, eclectic, yet...
by Richard Sachs | Feb 6, 2002
I saw my first Richard Sachs cycle several years ago at a local century ride. It was early morning, when the air is still cool, and people were meandering around saying their hi’s and getting in last minute pit stops. It was leaning against a fence, red paint...
by Richard Sachs | Nov 1, 1999
A select few bicycle builders across the united states are hand-crafting the ultimate human-powered vehicles Like most serious cyclists, Dave Genest rides nearly every day, and even races on weekends at master’s level competitions around the eastern United...
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...
