by Richard Sachs | Apr 22, 2005
Few names if any ring more crystal clear through the legions of frame builders than that of Richard Sachs. He has carved-literally-more personality, elegance and lustful desire into his frames than nearly anyone else. Like Stradivarius before him, Sachs crafts...
by Richard Sachs | Aug 18, 2002
If you haven’t bicycled since you were small, Richard Sachs’s bike shop on North Main Street in Chester demands a mental rearrangement of what you thought you knew about bicycles. Forget the Big Wheel you got for your fifth birthday to hot rod around the...
by Richard Sachs | Sep 22, 1995
CHESTER—Success is instinctive when you work in a town where acceptance doesn’t count on price, says Richard Sachs. “I knew all my life that I would make bikes like I am now,” Sachs said Thursday. Through the course of his 25-year career, Sachs has...
by Richard Sachs | Nov 1, 1994
Richard Sachs Cycles is not about business and annual revenues. It’s about fitting a rider to the highest quality bicycle. Working from his Connecticut shop, Richard Sachs has been building frames for over 20 years. After apprenticing with Witcomb Cycles in...
by Richard Sachs | Jun 6, 1990
You might think that Richard Sachs is a selfish man. If he were a rock star—and he certainly could look the part, considering the thin gold earring that dangles from his left ear, the close cropped hair, the sunken features, and his large, intense grey-blue eyes—he...
