In 1948 Tolmino Gios, born in 1916, started the family business with a shop in province of Turin. At the start of the seventies they get specialized towards high end racing frames and became the supplier of several well known racing teams.
Many will remember the very successful years with Roger de Vlaeminck or Patrick Sercu at Brooklyn or team IJsboerke. De Vlaeminck won Paris - Roubaix three times, Mailand - San Remo, the Flanders tour and the tour of Lombardia riding a Gios Torino Super Record. Further on he became second in road world championship an several stages as well as two times the dotted jersey of the italian Giro. German stallion Didi Thurau rode on a GIOS Torino also.
It was back then, when the famous coblat blue color was created in order to match Brooklyns blue, white and red brand logos best. From now on one was able to order a Gios Torino frame at any color as long as it was painted cobalt blue.
Same with the predecessor of the model Super Record. When modell Professional was started it was available with original cobalt blue paint only. In 1984 the frame could be ordered in white color also, in 1985 black paint and a fully chromed modell were added. Finally in 1986 the Gios prooven special red color (Rosso GIOS) appeared to the market.
Model Super Record was produced in three slightly different generations. First and between 1973 and 1977/78 they served the Brooklyn team with frames and build with the folloing specifications:
In 1978 some changes were made:
In 1981/ 82 finally was changed
Model Super Record was produced in three slightly different generations. First and between 1973 and 1977/78 they served the Brooklyn team with frames and build with the folloing specifications:
- Roger de Vlaeminck Decal set with white lettering directly on the cobalt blue GIOS paint
- engraved "GT" fork crowns and bottom bracket shell
- Columbus SL tubing
- Campagnolo Record components
In 1978 some changes were made:
- The "GT" fork crowns were replaced with a the typical GIOS coin crown, which basically covered the air-holes used during the welding process of the forks. The coins were silver
- on bottom bracket shell the GT engraving was replaced by the GIOS writing
- the decal set changed to well known GIOS torino white stickers with black letterings on the seat tube, down and the top tube
In 1979
- the famous GIOS torino coin crown was changed again, Due to the slightly different shape the coins were changed also, coins from now on in gold
In 1981/ 82 finally was changed
- fork crown and brake bridge changed to fit modern Campagnolo Record brakes with recessed bolts.
- Columbus SL tube set
- braze on for the front derailleur
- derailleur cable routing below the bottom bracket shell
- an internally-routed rear brake cable
- a fully-chromed fork with fully-sloping aero crown leading to a slightly changed geometry because of the difference in length of fork blades between a flat crown and a sloping crown also.
- In addition there might be another reason for a slightly geometry change lying in the use of the newer microfussion sleeves.
However I´m not quite sure if anybody who´s not a pro rider will recognize those little changes while pedaling with ease.
Time changes.
It´s not quite easily to get to know when and why family business get separated between the two brothers Aldo and Alfredo but in accordance with italian cycling journal the final cut between both brothers was done in 2009 with moving a brand called Gios by forming something like a joint venture with a japanese contractor and founding Gios Torino by Aldo and his son Marco in Volpiano.
Aldo and his son Marco continued to be committed to the old frame building traditions creating finest and highest quality steel frames as Tolmino did in the past. Thus you might get in touch with them on many historic cycling race events like the Eroica and their cycling jumble areas.
Thus I´ll met them this year in Gaiole. Until then I´ll be collecting some parts for a quick first set up in tuscany. But as it looks and with many thanks to Wolfgang from Venediger Au (appropriate wheel set, tubulars and front derailleur), to Alexander Strese of for-your-radl shop and others, all parts seems to be already together.
For those planing a GIOS Torino restauration or already started a restauration project of a classic GIOS Torino and beeing on the hunt for color support beeing said, that the genuine cobalt blue paint is gone for ever since real cobalt can´t be used as a part of the paint mixture anymore. Recepies for the genuine GIOS Torino Rosso are gone as well for ever. Even Aldo can´t help with the correct recepies.
But Aldo and Marco do have a solution for the famous GIOS cobalt blue in hands and will restore your frame to it´s original glory if asked to.
Just be smart and ask those who know best.
Onother word to all the guessing about color codes and paint recepies. As long as Aldo told me that there was one single recipe for the cobalt blue in the past and there is one single recipe for the new GIOS Torino (cobalt) blue today all your guessing about multiple changes in the paints recepies seems to be misleading. There was one single change in painting color that´s directly linked to the mentioned environmental regulation only. But I missed to ask Marco or Aldo when the ingredience cobalt and its usage was forbidden and they had to change their paints recipe.
That´s the partslist that´s planned to be used of the set up in tuscany
Bottom Braket: Campagnolo Super Record
Headset: Campagnolo Super Record
Crankset: Campagnolo Super Record GIOS pantographed
Front Derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record
Rear Derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record
Shift levers: NOS Campagnolo Super Record
Brake Lever: Campagnolo Super Record
Brakes: Campagnolo Super Record or Super Record Cobaltos
Wheelset: Campagnolo Super Record with MAVIC superlegere rims
Saddle: Cinelli Unicanitor
Seatpost: Campagnolo Nuovo Record GIOS pantographed
Stem: Cinelli
Handlebar: Cinelli wrapped in white leather
Pedals: Campagnolo Super Record
Frame tubing: Columbus SL
Fork tubing: Columbus SL
More to come in autumn. Stay tuned
Time changes.
It´s not quite easily to get to know when and why family business get separated between the two brothers Aldo and Alfredo but in accordance with italian cycling journal the final cut between both brothers was done in 2009 with moving a brand called Gios by forming something like a joint venture with a japanese contractor and founding Gios Torino by Aldo and his son Marco in Volpiano.
Aldo and his son Marco continued to be committed to the old frame building traditions creating finest and highest quality steel frames as Tolmino did in the past. Thus you might get in touch with them on many historic cycling race events like the Eroica and their cycling jumble areas.
Thus I´ll met them this year in Gaiole. Until then I´ll be collecting some parts for a quick first set up in tuscany. But as it looks and with many thanks to Wolfgang from Venediger Au (appropriate wheel set, tubulars and front derailleur), to Alexander Strese of for-your-radl shop and others, all parts seems to be already together.
For those planing a GIOS Torino restauration or already started a restauration project of a classic GIOS Torino and beeing on the hunt for color support beeing said, that the genuine cobalt blue paint is gone for ever since real cobalt can´t be used as a part of the paint mixture anymore. Recepies for the genuine GIOS Torino Rosso are gone as well for ever. Even Aldo can´t help with the correct recepies.
But Aldo and Marco do have a solution for the famous GIOS cobalt blue in hands and will restore your frame to it´s original glory if asked to.
Just be smart and ask those who know best.
Onother word to all the guessing about color codes and paint recepies. As long as Aldo told me that there was one single recipe for the cobalt blue in the past and there is one single recipe for the new GIOS Torino (cobalt) blue today all your guessing about multiple changes in the paints recepies seems to be misleading. There was one single change in painting color that´s directly linked to the mentioned environmental regulation only. But I missed to ask Marco or Aldo when the ingredience cobalt and its usage was forbidden and they had to change their paints recipe.
That´s the partslist that´s planned to be used of the set up in tuscany
Bottom Braket: Campagnolo Super Record
Headset: Campagnolo Super Record
Crankset: Campagnolo Super Record GIOS pantographed
Front Derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record
Rear Derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record
Shift levers: NOS Campagnolo Super Record
Brake Lever: Campagnolo Super Record
Brakes: Campagnolo Super Record or Super Record Cobaltos
Wheelset: Campagnolo Super Record with MAVIC superlegere rims
Saddle: Cinelli Unicanitor
Seatpost: Campagnolo Nuovo Record GIOS pantographed
Stem: Cinelli
Handlebar: Cinelli wrapped in white leather
Pedals: Campagnolo Super Record
Frame tubing: Columbus SL
Fork tubing: Columbus SL
More to come in autumn. Stay tuned
