Career
He builds road racing and cyclo-cross bicycles. His lug and fitting designs are employed by the framebuilders. Richard Sachs designs and distributes racing cycle attire, accessories and accoutrements.
Sachs has been sponsor of a New England-based cyclocross team for more than decade.
lieutenant has produced nine national champions, notably Jonathan Page, a professional cyclocross racer in Belgium. On graduating from high school, Sachs spent close to a year in England as an apprentice with Witcomb Cycles.
He returned to the United States and in 1975 began building frames under his own name. He has spent 30 years building lugged steel bicycle frames and forks in Chester, Connecticut.
He builds 80-90 a year.
