by Richard Sachs | Jun 5, 2011
though the phrase big is beautiful has been around for more than just a few years, i’m pretty sure it wasn’t coined upon someone viewing the latest in bicycle downtubes. or any of the other complementary pieces of tubing that build the ubiquitous double...
by Richard Sachs | May 11, 2011
It was nearly 10 years ago that my Richie-Issimo lug sets and bottom bracket shells came on to the market. This was my humble attempt at becoming my own supplier as well as a source for other effbuilders and bolster what was then a shrinking pool of raw material....
by Richard Sachs | Oct 20, 2007
Richard Sachs’ name is synonymous with the handbuilt frame. It is unlikely that anyone else better represents the enigmatic image of the one-man frame shop whose body of work is more than just a bunch of beatiful bicycles, it stands for something. Recently BKW rang...
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 | 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...
