Comments on Belgium Knee Warmers: Imperfection Is Perfection

He makes a decent bike but it's JB's paint that ev...

2008-05-22T10:54:00.000-05:00

He makes a decent bike but it's JB's paint that everyone gushes over. Without the paint it's just another bike. The Gestalt is int he paint people.

Dickie Rocks The House; Dickie IS GOD!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-05-06T22:06:00.000-05:00

Dickie Rocks The House; Dickie IS GOD!!!!!!!!!!!

Whoops. I don't think that link worked. Try this.

2008-04-09T00:30:00.000-05:00

Whoops. I don't think that link worked. Try this.

Another great post. It inspired me to learn more a...

2008-04-09T00:17:00.000-05:00

Another great post. It inspired me to learn more about Sachs, and I ended up linking to it in on a post on my own blog here:

http://www.cyclotube.com/2008/04/08/richard-sachs-cyclocross-video/

oy 'scuse my typos. imagine all the right letters ...

2008-04-07T23:06:00.000-05:00

oy 'scuse my typos. imagine all the right letters in the right place and know that "wort" means "word". i often type faster than i can type.

from noel -"i hate to use this wort but.. there is...

2008-04-07T19:15:00.000-05:00

from noel -
"i hate to use this wort but.. there is a gestalt involved. brazing is just a means that end. (cut)"

gets it atmo.
here:
http://richardsachs.blogspot.com/search?q=jewdist

i think reducing frame making a bike to the simple...

2008-04-07T16:52:00.000-05:00

i think reducing frame making a bike to the simple act of brazing is to miss al the big pieces of the puzzle. the brazing doesn't matter if the bike doesn't fit.. and the actual physical manufacturing process is just one thing in a series of things. all those tubes have to work together with a body and wheels attached and the ride of the bike is sublime thing too. it transcends parts and process.. which are just a means to an end.

i hate to use this wort but.. there is a gestalt involved. brazing is just a means that end. i don't think sachs sees these things as precious.. they're meant to be ridden hard.

noel.

I hope I can get my hands on the DVD. Thanks for t...

2008-04-07T14:58:00.000-05:00

I hope I can get my hands on the DVD. Thanks for the post.

Call me crazy, but there is a line between craftsm...

2008-04-07T13:53:00.000-05:00

Call me crazy, but there is a line between craftsmanship and art.
Maybe other aspects of Sach's frames can be considered art, but BRAZING is a technique. A technique that requires alot of skill and motor control, but so does does pipeline welding. Do Union welders ever get called artists after they passed their x-ray tested, in the wind, inverted position welding?

Brazing is really the easiest of the welding techniques. Maybe tied with MIG.

I have had the wonderful pleasure of growing up in...

2008-04-05T01:17:00.000-05:00

I have had the wonderful pleasure of growing up in Chester Ct. I have been blessed with the ability to ride a cross bike pretty darn fast. When I was a young brat I would often ride my BMX bike into town to buy candy and hang out with my friends. Every once in a while I would poke my head into Richards basement shop. I thought he was one of the coolest and strangest guys I had ever laid eyes on. Years later I got the opportunity to race for his Cyclocross team. I had never been on a bike that rode so well, nor have I been on one since. I spent 4 years racing his bikes as hard as my little legs go. He is a racer and a riders dream. The product and the man, give you that little extra something to get over the next rise or through the mud just a little faster. I cant wait to see the film and dive just that little bit deeper into what makes Richie and his bike unforgettable.

TYLER

sachs is mystical. he comes to me as a radiant lig...

2008-04-04T16:16:00.000-05:00

sachs is mystical. he comes to me as a radiant light producing unicorn.. no hold it.. that's sacha. its so hard to tell with them both emanating so much light.
sachs comes to me as a giant boner with flames shooting out the tip.

you can reduce the frame making process to just brazing plumbing together or you can look at an individual's relationship to his craft. sometimes a bike is a bike. it's parts put together. other times its evidence left behind of an existential moment.

imbue it with whatever meaning or sentiment you like... i see, taste, feel, want and desire to have those feelings about a sachs because i can connect to the life being lived while the brazing is happening.

he gets it and we're all the better for it.

noel.

I love your blog. It so often surprises me.

2008-04-04T11:14:00.000-05:00

I love your blog. It so often surprises me.

You are overly romantic is discussing bike frame c...

2008-04-04T11:01:00.000-05:00

You are overly romantic is discussing bike frame construction. Brazing is not an art, it is a technique mastered by thousands. R.Sachs brazes bike frame fittings. People braze all sorts of things with equal quality. Sachs bikes are well built. Sachs bikes are not mystical. Modern bicyles incorporate technological refinements developed over many years. However, a bicycle remains a mechanical device. Some are more aesthetically appealing than others.

you sold me. good bye $50

2008-04-04T08:52:00.000-05:00

you sold me. good bye $50

Dam you Radio Freddy. Another $49.00 lost.....

2008-04-04T08:45:00.000-05:00

Dam you Radio Freddy. Another $49.00 lost.....

Class comes from class. Chester Connecticut is cl...

2008-04-04T08:31:00.000-05:00

Class comes from class. Chester Connecticut is class.