by Richard Sachs | May 1, 2008
The title of this video summarizes its content. For most of its 29 minutes, Richard Sachs examines the idea that perfection in a bicycle frame (or any other hand-built object) is an abstract concept. He holds this ideal in his head, but with experience, he has come to...
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 21, 2007
There’s this guy I see racing around Chester always on a bicycle, often donning a funny red cap to keep his head warm in the colder months. He stops off at the post office and exchanges one armful of packages for another, gives his signature head nod greeting to...
by Richard Sachs | Mar 1, 2007
It makes you ponder predestination: A serendipitous series of naive but gutsy decisions set Richard Sachs, a beginning bike racer just out of high school,on the road to becoming one of America’s pre-eminent custom bike builders. With time to fill before entering...
by Richard Sachs | Jul 1, 2006
Bike-Frame Builder: The Richard Sachs formula: steel, silver flux and a 6000 F flame—plus lots of hours set aside for riding. At a time when many high-end bicycles are made from materials worthy of a Pentagon wish list, Richard Sachs builds his frames the...
