NEWS
New Commissions
Since 2018 I've limited my build queue to twelve months of work at a given time. On December 1, I’ll begin accepting orders for retail frames to be fabricated in 2024. These are limited to 40 units to leave room for wholesale accounts and team orders. If you’re...
New Commissions
Thank you. The order book for 2023 is filled. See you in 2024. On January 23 I'll begin accepting orders for the next batch of frames to be fabricated in 2023. If you’re interested, details will come in the email conversation we'll have after you contact me. Thank you...
Richard Sachs Frame For Sale
Now available a recently produced RS road frame already prepped, rustproofed, and with Cane Creek 110 Classic headset installed. This unit was made to accept SRAM eTap components thus there are no ports, tunnels, or braze-ons for gear wires. PegoRichie tubing,...
FS Richard Sachs Cyclocross Bicycle
RSCX Team bicycle. This unit was loaned out in September of 2020 for the racing season that didn't happen. It was used sparingly for our RSCX Team Camp engagements, some local rides, but not for training or competition. The overall condition is very good. The frame is...
RSCX 2019 Team Kits FS
I'm selling the remaining inventory of RSCX Team kits from 2019. Sizes, genders, and cuts are below. Some images taken by Kevin Hatt too. The tops are all $90. The bottoms are all $72. S+H is TBD by zip code. A size guide is on this page. Please contact me if you are...
The Next Thing In ‘Cross
I’m rearranging the chessboard we play on. This winter I asked @bbrittlee if she’d consider managing RSCX. She said yes. I’ve long watched her grow the women’s teams she owns and runs every summer. I’ve admired her ability to stay focused, bring in good sponsors, and...
FS Richard Sachs Cyclocross Bicycle
My personal RSCX Team bicycle used in 2019. The frame is made from PegoRichie tubing, Richie-Issimo lugs and small parts, and Piccoli Gioielli dropouts. Components include a Cane Creek Classic 110 headset, Selle San Marco Aspide saddle, Crankbrothers Candy 7 pedals,...
No Pins
'Cross is coming. But the Richard Sachs Cyclocross Team is sitting this season out. In light of the health risks related to COVID-19, RSCX will stay off the parcours in 2020. Even if racing does return this autumn, we won't. This was a difficult decision to make, and...
FS Richard Sachs Cyclocross Bicycle
This RSCX bicycle was made in 2018 as a spare to celebrate the team's new lineup of sponsors. It was displayed at several venues throughout the season including The Rapha Club (see images here), the Herman Miller offices on Madison Avenue, and the Philly Bike Expo....
FS Richard Sachs Cyclocross Bicycle
This RSCX bicycle was made in 2017 to be displayed as part of the House Industries exhibit, A TYPE OF LEARNING, at The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. It has been stored ever since. Now I am selling it to raise dollars for the RSCX Team's 2020 season. This...
New Commissions
Soon I'll be adding names to the queue. This post is for those who've written to me since last June. I've saved your emails. In the next several days you'll hear from me. If you're still interested in commissioning a frame or bicycle, the details will come in the...
New Commissions
For those waiting patiently for this missive, my short break is over. I'm back at the bench and making bicycles full-time. Most of 2019 is already spoken for regarding my ability to slot in new orders. I'm planning the next 12 months now. With what's on the books...
Terms Of Business
The base price for Richard Sachs frames & forks is USD $5,400. Terms Of Business (From 2008) Staying In Touch + MIA (From 2012) General Housekeeping (From 2016) In summer 2013, House Industries, a long time RS Cyclocross Team sponsor, introduced a complete...
The Best Of Time
I'm very happy to announce we're working with RGM Watch Company again in 2018, and going forward they'll return as one of the sponsors of RSCX. Many of you will remember their support of our team for eight years thru 2014. RGM also made a special limited edition North...
Richard Sachs Seat Lug Survival Kit
Keeping things tight is part of the task. Around here that includes the seat post. After 45 years at the bench, having tried countless brands and designs, my own is now a reality. My desire was to produce a seat lug bolt assembly whose quality and precision matched...
Contact Information
I have cancelled my @juno.com address. All client and commercial emails going back to 2005 have been saved. The contact information is now therichardsachs@gmail.com. As always, the important stuff, most of it at least, lives here: https://richardsachs.com/site/faq/
Growing A Set
Farm-To-Table Material For Us By Us For a bicycle maker working in an industry that is decidedly nonferrous, it’s a gift to have options. In 2003, a collaboration between Dario Pegoretti and myself resulted in Columbus manufacturing a contemporary set of over-sized...
SILCA “ATMO” HX-ONE Tool Kit
Several years ago, Silca introduced their boxed set of essential tools for home and travel and, almost immediately. I began sending these to clients, friends, and sponsors of my racing team. Each box interior was inscribed to the recipient. Joshua Poertner wrote and...
SILCA Richard Sachs HX-ONE Tool Kit
Several years ago, Silca introduced their boxed set of essential tools for home and travel and, almost immediately. I began sending these to clients, friends, and sponsors of my racing team. Each box interior was inscribed to the recipient. Joshua Poertner wrote and...
General Housekeeping
During the spring and summer of 2015, I sent a Word doc via email (the default method of correspondence for all of my business missives) to everyone on my list. It was to double and triple check each person's commitment to his/her order. A thirty day window was given...
The Playing Card Shark Tank
The less I have to pack, the happier I'll be. Since we're all responsible for our own happiness, today I am listing a 20-pack of fork crown liners with the card suit motif. A parcel of 10 pair will cost you an even $72 if you live anywhere in the CONUS. For...
Little Jewels All In A Row
The transition continues according to my opinion. And to endure it, I'm bundling more RS cast frame building parts for sale in an effort to lighten the invoice I get next month from the Mayflower Moving Company. On offer today, Friday the 13th of May, is a two-pack of...
Samson Framebuilding Components
One would be hard pressed to find a more elegant ensemble of material for bicycle frame building than the collection of investment cast parts designed and made by Tetsuro Harada of Samson Bicycles in Osaka, Japan. I began using these components in 1982 and made over...
Richard Sachs Cyclocross Team News
10 August 2015 With less than three weeks until the numbers are pinned on and another season begins, the Richard Sachs Cyclocross Team is well prepared and anticipates its most successful and well oiled campaign in recent memory. Dan Chabanov, BrittLee Bowman, Libby...
RSCX Courier by BaileyWorks
Bailey Works has been an official supplier to the Richard Sachs Cyclocross Team for five seasons. New for 2014 is the House Industries—Richard Sachs messenger bag in saffron and black. The interior is completely waterproof lined and has four separate compartments for...
So Many Thanks To You
This past weekend we were at The Rapha Club in New York for an exhibition produced by House Industries in collaboration with Rapha. It was part Richard Sachs Cyclocross Team 2014 presentation and part retrospective of my work. Friday was dedicated to the former while...
Samson Framebuilding Material
By the time my first decade at the bench ended, I was only beginning to get a sense of things – the processes, my tools, bicycle design, as well as getting familiar with the materials. It was an interesting era to enter the trade because the many tasks that were...
Viner Cicli E Telai E Ricardo
I'm pleased to be collaborating with esteemed Italian maker, Viner Cicli E Telai, for the firm's latest model, soon to be released. A special Commemorative Edition composed of PegoRichie by Columbus tubing in Uber Oversize dimensions, along with my Sax Max...