Re: [CR]Richard Sachs

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:04:11 -0800
From: "krawls" <krawls100@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Richard Sachs
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What is the date today..........? April 1?

Karen Rawls (Who had to MOW today in) Winchester VA

On Apr 1, 2005 10:05 AM, Vladislav Luskin <vladluskin@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It's about time Richard did something to reduce the backlog of orders. 30-month wait is just preposterous. I heartily endorse the move.
>
> Vlad Luskin
> SFCA
>
> "Steven L. Sheffield" <stevens@veloworks.com> wrote:
>
> CHESTER, CT (April 1, 2005): Noted framebuilder Richard Sachs announced today
> that effectively immediately, he will be outsourcing all production of Richard
> Sachs bicycle frames to Giant Bicycles, Inc. of Taiwan.
>
> "I've been spending too much time in the shop, and not enough time rolling in
> the mud with Spencer", says Sachs, from his Chester, CT home. "Tony Lo has
> assured me that the high quality to which my clients have become accustomed
> shall not suffer."
>
> "There will be some changes in the manner in which Richard Sachs frames are
> manufactured, however," adds Lo.
>
> It is not known at this time whether the first Giant-built frames will be of
> TIG-welded ultra-light aluminium, or carbon-fibre, but Sachs expects that the
> Discovery Channel cycling team will be making a mid-season jump from Trek to
> his new frames.
>
> "During the last few years, we have seen a lot of success with the T-Mobile
> team riding our frames," says Tony Lo, "but we know that most Americans
> wouldn't be caught dead riding something so obviously made in Taiwan. By
> taking the Richard Sachs name, we hope that the cachet normally reserved for
> invdivually handbuilt frames will carry over to mass production."
>
> "If all goes well," Lo adds, "we hope to offer Richard Sachs frames through
> finer retail establishments in the near future. We already have a committment
> for 100,000 bicycles from the Kresge and Walton companies."
>
> --
> Steven L. Sheffield
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