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Richard Sachs is an iconic, one-man bicycle frame building legend. I'm lucky to own one of his frames purchased in 2005 - before the waiting list topped 5 or 6 years and before the list was eventually shut down. My original fork met a near tragic end, last year in a thunderstorm complete with hail and falling trees.
I just received its replacement and figured I'd capture it in the studio before putting it on the road.
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