by Richard Sachs | Dec 1, 2005
Nestled in the small hamlet of Chester, Connecticut, among artists’ studios, restaurants, and Colonial era homes, is a bicycle factory. This factory is operated by Richard Sachs, a craftsman bicycle frame builder. Sachs has been building bicycle frames since...
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 | Mar 24, 1991
In the late 1970s, Richard Sachs was making about 140 lightweight bicycle frames a year. This year he will make 80-90. To most businesspeople, such figures would be the sign of hard times. But to Sachs, they are a sign of progress on his journey to perfection. Sachs,...
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 | Feb 18, 1990
Bike magazines and riders rave about your handmade frames. What’s the difference between yours and one off the rack? I always go back to the fact that it’s made by hand and it’s made by me. A handmade anything is usually better than the equivalent...
