[CR]ebay outing: interesting Pogliaghi

(Example: Framebuilders:Alberto Masi)

Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:10:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: <chasds@mindspring.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]ebay outing: interesting Pogliaghi

Now that this bike has rocketed past my limit, I thought it'd be fun to out it and have a little discussion about it.

For those who haven't seen it:

http://ebay.com/<blah>

I especially like all the little paint details. And notice the little dice on the ends of the brake cables! As well as the cool little Pogliaghi sticker on the fork. I've never seen that before. Also, note the Campagnolo graphic on the down-tube. I've seen those on backing, but never on a bike.

Note also that you can just see the stamped serial number in the head-lug...suggests it's one of the last "authentic" pogliaghis.

The wheels are hideous, but, hey, you can't have everything. That hasn't stopped the interested parties from having at it, though. I hate red, and even I was thinking of bidding on it..too rich for my blood, now.

I can't help wondering if this isn't a repaint. The lug cut-out fill seems *way* too good to be factory. I've seen a few of these, of this late vintage, in original paint, and I've never seen fill that consistent, or that tidy. Usually it looks like someone did it at 4pm on a Friday, after an early start on the weekend..

If it is original, it's a very nice job. and if it's a repaint, it's an even nicer job! If the main paint is original, you wonder if all that paint-detail was original too. It looks professional enough that it might be. Early 80s Pogliaghis had some interesting details like this..if this is early 80s, and it appears to be, based on that fastback seat-stay arrangement...If the paint decoration is after-market, someone did a really good job with it.

The world stripes on the seatpost and stem, and the Cinelli sticker on the stem, are all nice touches too. All-in-all, an entertaining example of how to pimp out your mannerist italian steed to make it your own.

I'm thinkin' I'm gonna decorate my own Pogliaghi this way, when I get around to it. Pretty nifty.

good luck to whoever's bidding on it, if you're here.

(for the record, it's too rich for me, but if you didn't have one of these, and you like red, 2K+ doesn't seem out of line, even with those disgusting off-topic rims..<g>)

Charles Andrews
Los Angeles