Re: [CR]Pogliaghi tandem at Velo Sport, Berkeley, CA

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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 23:30:29 -0400
To: Morgan Fletcher <morgan@hahaha.org>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Pogliaghi tandem at Velo Sport, Berkeley, CA

Morgan Fletcher wrote:
>I posted a couple weeks ago about a Pogliaghi tandem in the window of Velo
>Sport in Berkeley, CA. I was over that way with a digicam today, and took a
>few pics:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/3wmye

It is my understanding that the way Poglihghi tandems were made is a bit unusual...

They would build up a complete frame out of oversized, heavy tubing, with welded joints.

Then they would cut the joints out of this frame and use them as lugs to make the real frame out of lightweight tubing. This was a way to get the special non-standard lugs for a tandem frame.

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