While going through some old files, I came across this photo that I thought that you Gios fans might like. If I am not mistaken, this picture was taken at the Milan trade show some time between 1988 and 1991. At the time I was working for the largest German importer of Gios bikes and frames. The Compact frames were all the rage then. You can also see that at the time, they had absolutely no problem selling frames and bikes in colors other than "blu Gios". They only had one bike in blu gios on the whole stand.