Dale wrote:
Hey Chas:
?Are you inferring from that fast back stylistic treatment that
Freschi made that bike? I am not sure that's a safe assumption
as a few others have used that "sleeved" plug fastback approach,
but... who knows.
So is the progression:
Pogliaghi -> Freshi -> Rossin -> Basso Bros?
Dale Brown Greensboro, NC USA
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Freschi was Pogliaghi's shop-foreman for some years in the 70s, to the end, and maybe longer than that. I don't know how long the two worked together. Freschi did, apparently make the last of the "authentic" Pogliaghis in the shop on Via Cesare Cesariano, before going out on his own in the mid-80s, making some nice bikes at a very modern shop (as described to me awhile back by Richard Sachs).
A nice example of Freschi's work can be seen on the CR site, under Pogliaghi..the white road bike (owned by Tom Hayes?), is likely a Freschi product. He liked the fastback stay treatment, something Sante himself rarely, if ever, used.
I had a Freschi road bike for awhile, with the same seat-stay treatment, but it had the cool cable guide goodies Freschi was known for.
As I noted elsewhere, I was misled by the appearance of the Pogliaghi currently on ebay. I think Kevin is right, and it's likely a Basso production from the early 90s. That'll teach me to type before I think.
So, yes, the marque went from Pogliaghi/Freschi, to Rossin, then to Basso. Basso still owns the marque, although North American rights have lapsed--so says a trademark search. I imagine Basso would sit up and pay attention if someone tried to use the name though.
We should form a syndicate, buy the marque from Basso, and have some nice old-style frames made in Taiwan, lugged, with the diamond cutouts, low bb shell, long chainstays and relaxed angles of the 60s road Pogliaghis..with the old graphics. They'd be nice riders, and, oddly, probably more authentic (or, at least, in the spirit of the classic 60s Pogliaghis), than the later 80s bikes..
All that said, a brochure sent to me by a list member suggests that Basso brought Sante out of retirement in the early 90s to revive the marque. The bike on ebay was probably the result. The graphics had me fooled..but apparently Basso went back to the older 70s look for the revival of the marque. Pogliaghi was, by implication anyway, still alive then.
Does anyone know when he passed away?
Charles Andrews
SoCal