Originally Posted by
ClydeRoad
Mystery solved! So did some more digging and apparently Gios split at some point, can't tell if it was a feud between brothers or due to some kind of litigation with a dealer but there are now 2 Gioses (would plural Gios be Gii?) I reached out to Gios.it but didn't hear back then found the other company Giostorino.it. I got an answer within an hour from Marco Gios himself! Its real a 1999 Gios Megalite, now I just need to see what I can find out about that model. I guess I actually did get lucky for once.....now if I could only find a full 10 sp Campy groupset for $200 too I'd really be set.
I recently talked about this with a friend, he told me that indeed there are two Gios from two brothers who decided to split business at some point: one Gios (the giostorino.it) based in Volpiano near Turin, where the great Aldo still works, which deals with the local market and where you can still have a top level taylor made Gios frame according to Aldo (and his son) extensive knowledge, the other Gios dealing with international customers.