by Richard Sachs | May 28, 2011
Richard Sachs, the master bike builder, doesn’t do high-performance materials (just steel). But for a hand-built bike from him, you must wait years and pay top dollar. Here’s why. Len Janssen wanted a bike built just for him. So a few years ago he made the trip to...
by Richard Sachs | Mar 3, 2011
A little Cyclingnews.com press from NAHBS 2011: Richard Sachs’ seven-year waiting list hasn’t been earned by virtue of offering the latest features and constantly chasing the elusive target of cutting-edge technology. In fact, the header on his web site proudly...
by Richard Sachs | Feb 10, 2010
Drool-worthy porn, currently available from Amazon.com and other fine booksellers. The first: A book from Images Publishing called Custom Bicycles: A Passionate Pursuit is now available. The subject is the handmade bicycle and the craftmen involved in producing them....
by Richard Sachs | Apr 22, 2008
For nine months in 2007, film maker Des Horsfield made a documentary about bicycle frame builder Richard Sachs. Horsfield’s film takes an intimate look into the life and mind of the bicycle frame builder as Richard Sachs talks about why he does what he does,...
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...
