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 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 | Oct 6, 2010
The introduction of methods that industrialized bicycle manufacture inevitably led to a reduction in hand-crafted production especially for competition models with proven success. Industrialization and the increase in the number of bikes produced forced many famous...
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 | Nov 10, 2003
From a distance you might get the wrong impression of Richard Sachs and his bicycle company. If your only interaction with Sachs is seeing his team van at Northeast cyclo-cross races you might think he was a big builder trying to raise his profile in the ‘cross...
