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Re: Richard Sachs Cycles
no "heh?" bout it..
coulda made a big vegas bet & won on yo reply..
by the way, ya can't frickin dance --- got 2 left feet..
ronnie
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Re: Richard Sachs Cycles
richard,
do you see new frame builders utilizing, or a damand for, different specked tubes to build a "tuned bike" to fit a riders weight, style, event and road conditions...
ronnie
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Re: Richard Sachs Cycles
Originally Posted by
ron l edmiston
richard,
do you see new frame builders utilizing, or a damand for, different specked tubes to build a "tuned bike" to fit a riders weight, style, event and road conditions...
ronnie
what does that mean "tuned bike" atmo?
i'm the only tuner here.
this one of those varnish questions, huh.
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Re: Richard Sachs Cycles
Originally Posted by
e-RICHIE
what does that mean "tuned bike" atmo?
i'm the only tuner here.
this one of those varnish questions, huh.
i would love to see sam z smoked out.
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Re: Richard Sachs Cycles
Originally Posted by
gt6267a
i would love to see sam z smoked out.
that's not a good idea for a cat who works with wood, so mebbe this will suffice atmo.
ps get the book (The Violin Maker) atmo. it's one of the only ones i've read since peddie.
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Which one? Both by Marchese.
The Violin Maker: Finding a Centuries-Old Tradition in a Brooklyn Workshop
The Violin Maker: A Search for the Secrets of Craftsmanship, Sound, and Stradivari
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Re: Richard Sachs Cycles
Originally Posted by
Craig Ryan
Which one? Both by Marchese.
The Violin Maker: Finding a Centuries-Old Tradition in a Brooklyn Workshop
The Violin Maker: A Search for the Secrets of Craftsmanship, Sound, and Stradivari
get the john marchese book atmo.
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Extend-o-lug
Nice!
Hey Richard,
You mentioned whenever someone buys one of your old frames, you are usually asked to research the history, etc. and provide some info.
Is there a e-Richie decoder to understand the serial numbers?
Perhaps making this public will save you some inquiries in the future?
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Re: Richard Sachs Cycles
Originally Posted by
WayneJ
Extend-o-lug
Nice!
Hey Richard,
You mentioned whenever someone buys one of your old frames, you are usually asked to research the history, etc. and provide some info.
Is there a e-Richie decoder to understand the serial numbers?
Perhaps making this public will save you some inquiries in the future?
the first frame with RS branding was 15, then it was 25, and the 100th was 1005. since i started the business in 1975 the plan was to sub the last number strike to coincide with the year. oops, i forgot to switch in 1976 and before i knew it, years passed. i'd say the build order all makes some sense until the 1,200th RS frame or so in the mid 80s decade. that would read as 12005. i got to a point in time when the record archiving bored me beyond words. by the 1990s a whole mess of team frames, relabeled frames, and barters were done with no record keeping at all. it was in that period that i went from a true sequential numbering system to zip codes, or military dog tags, or even the town i was shipping to. none of it will ever make any sense unless one looks at the composition books i keep. in them, each frame (the ones that are marked, that is) has a line, the design specs, and the cryptic code that appears on the shell as well as on the fork column atmo. scanning through the books and seeing the entry order is the only way to ascertain when a frame was built. as noted in one of the frame board threads about serial numbers, i lost interest in convention a long while back. heck, i never had an interest in it, but at one time i guess having a true record keeping process seemed like a good idea.
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just like no "formal records" kept for the constitutional convention --- only james madison & richie kept ..
most smoke out post/replies & views in 2010 -- 3 buddy dare ya..
just a sayin,
ronnie
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Woohoo! Thanks Richard! I cannot wait to get this back on the road again.
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Re: Richard Sachs Cycles
Last edited by e-RICHIE; 01-17-2011 at 08:15 AM.
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ya can wear the timepiece, but ya can't duplicate the man ...
ronnie
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If I didn't go through watches like socks I'd be an owner.
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Re: Richard Sachs Cycles
I have a quick question...... When your list gets to be 5+ years my guess is that your customers send in the depo and kind of forget about it for awhile. How much notification do you give your customers before you start building the frame? a month, couple of months, etc? What kind of information are you looking for after that first notice?
Thanks Richard!
Jim
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Ronnie i dont know you, but i see your posts all the time, usually reffering to richard sachs and ALWAYS in song/cryptic... Whats the deal?
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Re: Richard Sachs Cycles
Originally Posted by
rosss
Ronnie i dont know you, but i see your posts all the time, usually reffering to richard sachs and ALWAYS in song/cryptic... Whats the deal?
look forward to meetin ya in the flesh ... in austin, maybe?
a cold beer & bbq --- on me & in yo...
ronnie
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Originally Posted by
jim d
I have a quick question...... When your list gets to be 5+ years my guess is that your customers send in the depo and kind of forget about it for awhile. How much notification do you give your customers before you start building the frame? a month, couple of months, etc? What kind of information are you looking for after that first notice?
Thanks Richard!
Jim
if they sent in details at the front end, i revisit them when the order comes up in the queue. if all i have is a place holder and a signature, then i'd likely contact the client a month or two before the slot comes up. some send in an encyclopedia's worth of information and continue to do so from the very front end, while others simply say (imply) get back to me when the time is right. in all fairness, the information is only relevant a moment before i begin cutting metal. otherwise it adds to the signal to noise overload that come with the job. ps all emails are saved, and all client's addresses are dumped into a bcc field that i use for periodic broadcasts and updates atmo. it's an amazing world we (now) live in, what with some cats having many email addresses and switching between them, much less foregoing some for others. i could write a book on that alone. some folks move, some change jobs, others divorce, while the normal ratio contains the, er - financially oversubscribed who, when notified, have life's demands in the way, cannot fulfill the obligation, and ask to be put on hold. lord knows i have had my own distractions this past year and a half. yeah. it could be a tell all from all points of view, including the client's atmo. but my lips are sealed.
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Re: Richard Sachs Cycles
Originally Posted by
e-RICHIE
if they sent in details at the front end, i revisit them when the order comes up in the queue. if all i have is a place holder and a signature, then i'd likely contact the client a month or two before the slot comes up. some send in an encyclopedia's worth of information and continue to do so from the very front end, while others simply say (imply) get back to me when the time is right. in all fairness, the information is only relevant a moment before i begin cutting metal. otherwise it adds to the signal to noise overload that come with the job. ps all emails are saved, and all client's addresses are dumped into a bcc field that i use for periodic broadcasts and updates atmo. it's an amazing world we (now) live in, what with some cats having many email addresses and switching between them, much less foregoing some for others. i could write a book on that alone. some folks move, some change jobs, others divorce, while the normal ratio contains the, er - financially oversubscribed who, when notified, have life's demands in the way, cannot fulfill the obligation, and ask to be put on hold. lord knows i have had my own distractions this past year and a half. yeah. it could be a tell all from all points of view, including the client's atmo. but my lips are sealed.
"has, is & will..."
called --- "sales, marketing & quality task completion..," with a heart/soul --- in the corporate world..
sorry for intrude, sir
no song nor cryptic, rosss..
ronnie
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