Candy Red Road Bike, by Richard Sachs Cycles

Richard Sachs costruisce biciclette su misura dal 1972 e possiamo dire con ragione, che è uno dei più famosi telaisti al mondo per la qualità e la bellezza delle sue creazioni.

La “Candy Red Road Bike” presentata al Philly Bike Expo 2017 ne è la testimonianza e si tratta di una bici da corsa con un classico telaio in acciaio a congiunzioni, realizzato come da tradizione da un mix esclusivo di tubi Columbus PegoRichie, insieme ai migliori elementi microfusi, forgiati e raccordi in acciaio stampato disponibili.

Se vogliamo, anche questa bici “parla Italiano”, perchè oltre alle tubazioni Columbus sono stati utilizzati componenti Campagnolo e Cinelli.

Why buy a frame from a one-man shop still using traditional hand-building methods? Because technology alone is a poor substitute for experience.

“As a youngster, Richard Sachs could not easily separate his enthusiasm for bicycle racing from the interest he had in the equipment used by the top athletes of the day. With a balance of dedication and perseverance, he pursued his competitive cycling as well as his choice of a framebuilder’s life.

His dream of learning to build bicycles that could, one day, rival the machines he so revered led him to spend a year in London working at Witcomb Lightweight Cycles. There he would cultivate the basic skills that have become the foundation of his successful career.

More than 4 decades have passed, and Richard continues to zealously combine his racing background with his extensive framebuilding experience—and has gained respect as one of the finest builders of custom bicycles in the world.”

Fonte: richardsachs.com – theradavist.com  – Photo: Jarrod Bunk