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Awesome Customer’s Awesome Bike: Early’ ish Richard Sachs

     We work on a lot of bent Huffys and other lower tier bikes here at Via Bicycle. So it is a special day when something of this caliber rolls through the door. This bike belongs to one of our best customers. He knows his stuff and lets us work on most of his ever … Continue reading Awesome Customer’s Awesome Bike: Early’ ish Richard Sachs

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73CM Witcomb USA we recently built / sold!

     This is the largest size frame we have ever built here at Via Bicycle! It has a 73CM CTC seat tube! A very tall customer came in looking for a bike, and we had one that fit the bill. It was made by the Witcomb USA shop in Connecticut. I estimate production to be … Continue reading 73CM Witcomb USA we recently built / sold!

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Customer’s bike- 1979 Richard Sachs ‘Touring’ bike

A good customer of ours brought this gem by the other day. It is a not like the usual red Richard Sachs custom bikes, but a touring model. Not a true touring bike with cantilever brakes and lowrider mounts, but close enough. It has dropout eyelets, longer stays that comfortably accept 700x32cm tires and the … Continue reading Customer’s bike- 1979 Richard Sachs ‘Touring’ bike