I visited Pogliaghi's shop in Sep. 1982. I found there some different
atmosphere than at other shops; Masi, Casati, Marnati, Lupo, Galmozzi,
Pettenella ... There were 3 or 4 persons at the small shop and immediately
after I entered it , one told me " Lets make a frame with these Tange tubes
" " Tange is the best"...... At that time I was confident that I could not
be seen as rich as to be able to buy a new frame.
To my eyes a bicycle there looked gaudy and vulgar with much engravinng
with yellow paint roughly poured in. And it did not have the fastback
seatstays on the contrary to my expectation. I think it had same seatstay
plugs as on eBay now.
After that I asked Galmozzi about Pogliaghi and he told me he heard that
Pogliaghi had some financial problem and that the persons I met might be
collectors of debts. ( Sante Pogliaghi was the only builder that Angelo
Galmozzi spoke highly of. )
Since then I went there a few times but the shop was always closed . I
heard that Pogliaghi was bought by Rossin and in 1984 found an advertisement
of Pogliaghi on " La Bicicletta" ; newly published magazine. The bicycle on
it had the fastback seatstays. It is similar to ;
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/
Sante Pogliaghi was alive in mid 1980s. I read an interview with him in
mid or late 1980s.
Takao Noda
Hachioji Tokyo Japan