Richard Sachs Cycles

09/16/2026

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having more gray matter is generally better because higher volume and density are linked to stronger memory, better focus, and higher cognitive function.
All This By Hand

09/15/2026

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focus is overrated
All This By Hand
Bruno Ratensperger 📸

09/14/2026

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About This Book
Ever since Mr. Roberts at The Peddie School encouraged students to keep a journal, I’ve been a writing fool. Many of my words have never seen the light of day. But in the digital era, I’ve opined, reflected, and posted often, and often more often than I should have. In 2011, I began to collect my comments and save them in various folders. There was never a long-term goal, but I’d be lying if I didn’t think it had the makings of a weighty tome that could keep any coffee table from hitting the ceiling. And at times over the last decade, I got close to having a book shaped object. But in 2023 I downsized my fantasies and decided that small bites were the best way to serve it all up.
Arrange Disorder is a series. The contents reflect my fifty plus years of standing at a workbench filling orders for clients worldwide. The pages contain anecdotes, advice, musings, opinions, judgements, inspirations, sense, and nonsense. There are also many images showing what happens when a craftsman enters a collaboration with his tools and materials. This book, as well as future editions already on the drawing board, will tell my story. I’m a career framebuilder. Working alone, I make bicycles. I want people to know what I think and what I’ve seen. With more than five decades in the trade, I’d like folks to know how I got here, and why I stayed.
https://richardsachs.com/toys/
All This By Hand
Howard Stein📸
John Segal🎨
GHP Media, Inc🔩
TERRAPIN STATIONERS™🙏

09/13/2026

My pal Patrick Brady reminded me of this interview we did in 2019 that lives on The Cycling Independent. I hadn’t listened to it for many years but tuned in last night for a refresher course. It’s a good 45 minute overview of how I entered the room in 1972 and why I stayed. There’s a lot of content that addresses what I do at the workbench, and how. For folks interested in the trade, the time spent listening might pay dividends. PS And it’s commercial free.
https://cyclingindependent.com/?powerpress_pinw=31567-thepull

09/13/2026

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completely random
All This By Hand

09/12/2026

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angles
All This By Hand
Bruno Ratensperger📸

09/12/2026

https://cyclingindependent.com/the-pull-1-richard-sachs/

I’ve been interviewing framebuilders since 1992, the first time I called Richard Sachs up on the phone for a piece for Richard Fries’s wonderful regional rag, The Ride. My many intervie…

09/12/2026

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a work in progress
All This By Hand

09/11/2026

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kept under wraps for 25 years
The New Yorker
#911

09/11/2026

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passport photos
All This By Hand
Bruno Ratensperger📸