Worth the effort?
05-10-10, 06:23 PM
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Worth the effort?
While browsing Ebay, I came across this listing.
I don't know a whole lot about Gios, but it seems to me that with a little bit of effort, this could be a pretty great bike. The paint is unoriginal and rather rough, but the bike itself seems pretty solid. If I were to put in the effort to get it painted, decal it correctly, etc, could this be worth it?
I don't know a whole lot about Gios, but it seems to me that with a little bit of effort, this could be a pretty great bike. The paint is unoriginal and rather rough, but the bike itself seems pretty solid. If I were to put in the effort to get it painted, decal it correctly, etc, could this be worth it?
05-10-10, 06:29 PM
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Oh yes!!!
This is an excellent price for a Gios (yes it probably is an early 80s Super Record frame; those coins on the fork should be copper). It has been upgraded with 90s 8sp Campy Ergos. The ergos look like veloce.
This is what the bike looks at its original state:
This is an excellent price for a Gios (yes it probably is an early 80s Super Record frame; those coins on the fork should be copper). It has been upgraded with 90s 8sp Campy Ergos. The ergos look like veloce.
This is what the bike looks at its original state:
05-10-10, 11:49 PM
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05-11-10, 06:55 AM
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I would seriously consider it, but that shipping wow. I had a chance to ride a customers Gios for a weekend and although it was a bit big it was a nice bike overall. I think I put more miles on it in two days than he did in 5 or 6 years.
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05-11-10, 07:50 AM
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I made an offer of $300, which was accepted, bringing the total cost with shipping to $450. I'm a little nervous, but the prospect of owning a Gios is pretty exciting...
05-28-10, 02:51 PM
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Just to update this thread...I got the bike not too long ago, and decided to keep it. This is what it looks like now:
05-28-10, 03:10 PM
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I think 1987 is pretty close for the year. Looks good. I would move the control levers up. Looks like you need a dust cap on that pedal perhaps.
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Adjusting Ergos for comfortable use in the drops, on a non-anatomic bar, is next to impossible. You can position them so they look good - and therefore will be very uncomfortable - or so they look ugly, but are user-friendly.
Admittedly, the OP's entry-level Mirage brifters on the GIOS should be - ironically - easier to position, and more comfortable then the split-lever versions. The downshift lever - by virtue of being part of the upshift lever - sits farther forward; it is easier to press.
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Admittedly, the OP's entry-level Mirage brifters on the GIOS should be - ironically - easier to position, and more comfortable then the split-lever versions. The downshift lever - by virtue of being part of the upshift lever - sits farther forward; it is easier to press.
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Adjusting Ergos for comfortable use in the drops, on a non-anatomic bar, is next to impossible. You can position them so they look good - and therefore will be very uncomfortable - or so they look ugly, but are user-friendly.
Admittedly, the OP's entry-level Mirage brifters on the GIOS should be - ironically - easier to position, and more comfortable then the split-lever versions. The downshift lever - by virtue of being part of the upshift lever - sits farther forward; it is easier to press.
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Admittedly, the OP's entry-level Mirage brifters on the GIOS should be - ironically - easier to position, and more comfortable then the split-lever versions. The downshift lever - by virtue of being part of the upshift lever - sits farther forward; it is easier to press.
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Adjusting Ergos for comfortable use in the drops, on a non-anatomic bar, is next to impossible. You can position them so they look good - and therefore will be very uncomfortable - or so they look ugly, but are user-friendly.
Admittedly, the OP's entry-level Mirage brifters on the GIOS should be - ironically - easier to position, and more comfortable then the split-lever versions. The downshift lever - by virtue of being part of the upshift lever - sits farther forward; it is easier to press.
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Admittedly, the OP's entry-level Mirage brifters on the GIOS should be - ironically - easier to position, and more comfortable then the split-lever versions. The downshift lever - by virtue of being part of the upshift lever - sits farther forward; it is easier to press.
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. The bar is a Cinelli Campione, btw:
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05-28-10, 05:30 PM
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I give you that (about downshifting.) I take my right hand off the drops and onto the hoods when I downshift. Nobody's thumbs are long enough to downshift ergos on the drops
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I adjusted them a couple centimeters and they feel significantly better. The levers flare out a little, but it's not excessive.
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