Richard Sachs Cycles

[chasea]

I have seen several references in this thread to racing bicycles versus french types (or any
other variation). None of what I posted on my site has anything to do with a type of bicycle.
It begins and ends with the show's evolution from a gathering of like-minded peers in the trade
who were, essentially, going there to give back, into a weekend of commerce and competition.

Well, I was implying both friendly competition as well as camaraderie. That's the other beauty of the festival gig; interacting with artists who create something very unlike the thing you make. But realizing there is a common bond. And getting advice from the guys who came before you.

S'why me and Jim Dandy get along famously.

[e-RICHIE]

Well, I was implying both friendly competition as well as camaraderie. That's the other beauty of the festival gig; interacting with artists who create something very unlike the thing you make. But realizing there is a common bond. And getting advice from the guys who came before you.

S'why me and Jim Dandy get along famously.

You mentioned runway shows earlier atmo. I am a fashion industry slut. The contrast between what they do and what NAHBS is could not be wider. In fashion, the makers have factors behind them, and business plans, and most have a work force (or outside vendor) that does the fabrication. The designer is not a lone wolf showing work he sewed up a week before. The average NAHBSter is a one-man operation, lately more on the new side than not, and will never be the next Marc Jacobs, Jil Sander, Rei Kawakubo, or Halston. There are near to no ways to tie together the fashion industry with framebuilding except to note that the products from each are near to not essential for everyday life but are, in fact, fetish-ized by those who follow the trades.

[chasea]

You mentioned runway shows earlier atmo. I am a fashion industry slut. The contrast between what they do and what NAHBS is could not be wider. In fashion, the makers have factors behind them, and business plans, and most have a work force (or outside vendor) that does the fabrication. The designer is not a lone wolf showing work he sewed up a week before. The average NAHBSter is a one-man operation, lately more on the new side than not, and will never be the next Marc Jacobs, Jil Sander, Rei Kawakubo, or Halston. There are near to no ways to tie together the fashion industry with framebuilding except to note that the products from each are near to not essential for everyday life but are, in fact, fetish-ized by those who follow the trades.

From the customer's point of view, it seems like a runway show. And if a guy wants to spend hours of his life polishing lugs to a mirror shine for the show, even if he doesn't want to do it every day in his shop; well, he's going to do it. Is it a good business model? No. Just like how most runway shit never hits the streets.

I appreciate Brioni. But I buy and wear Levis.

You're selling the builder more than the bike, no? I mean, everyone can pretty much get the same tubes. They're just assembling them how they see fit.