- Pogliaghi
Pogliaghi was an Italian
racing bicycle manufacturer, based inMilan ,Italy .The company was founded by Sante Pogliaghi in 1947. Pogliaghi did much of the work, but had up to six staff by the late 1970s, when production increased from 300 frames a year to 800. [http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/pogliaghi_serial_numbers.htm]
Cyclists such as
Patrick Sercu andEddy Merckx used Pogliaghi frames. Sante Pogliaghi's speciality wastandem bicycles.Sante Pogliaghi died in 2000. Pogliaghi sold or transferred rights to build bicycles under his name in the 1980s. The difference between a Pogliaghi made under his direct supervision and one that was not is the *PSM* stamp on the seat-lug, and a serial number on the seat-lug or the head-lug. These stamps disappeared in the mid-1980s. Marc Rossin had the rights first, and a number of Pogliaghis appeared with Rossin-style pantographing. By the 1990s, rights to the name had passed to the Basso brothers. Basso still hold the rights but are not manufacturing bikes under that marque.
External links
* [http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Pogliaghi_main.htm Images of Pogliaghi bicyles]
* [http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Poglia_CustomBiBook.html Information on Pogliaghi manufacturing techniques]Sources
*"The Custom Bicycle", by Denise de la Rosa and Michael Kolin
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