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04-02-15 | 04:59 PM

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How do you get a hold of a specific bike? :c

If you can't find a dealer in your country, what options do you have? Will I have to book a trip to Italy and ride it home?

Saw a guy riding in the snow with a "gios torino" today, never saw the brand before.. Their bikes look jawdroppingly good though, every single one of them

04-02-15 | 06:18 PM

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Looks like a great courier bike.

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04-02-15 | 06:33 PM

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Find and ring up a GIOS dealer to see if they can ship you one.
Seeing it's not a specialized, it's likely to just fall on the whims of the dealer provided you pay for shipping.

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04-02-15 | 07:55 PM

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looks like the guerciotti scratch. prolly made in china too.

04-02-15 | 11:09 PM

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Just buy a Dodici Gara. It's most likely a nicer frame and is actually hand-made in Italy.

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04-03-15 | 11:42 AM

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From the bottom of the GIOS Torino Pista page:

In Italian

Quote:

Le Biciclette Gios Made in Italy sono disponibili esclusivamente nello showroom di Volpiano-Torino-Italia.

In English

Quote:

Bicycles Gios Made in Italy are only available in the showroom of Volpiano-Turin-Italy.

So, apparently, YES, you have to fly to Italy and ride it home.

04-03-15 | 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by JeremyLC

From the bottom of the GIOS Torino Pista page:

In Italian

In English

So, apparently, YES, you have to fly to Italy and ride it home.

doesn't that mean bikes are made in china unless purchased from the showroom?

gios forever reminds me of Quicksilver.

04-03-15 | 12:03 PM

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Gios' heyday ended like 20-25 years ago with a big lawsuit. Gios is just a fancy decal trying to live off of old-school name recognition. The consumer level bikes are not made in Italy.

04-03-15 | 12:07 PM

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Gios' heyday ended like 20-25 years ago with a big lawsuit. Gios is just a fancy decal trying to live off of old-school name recognition. The consumer level bikes are not made in Italy.

Biciclette GIOS

or

News - Biciclette Gios - Le originali Made in Italy

The bike he posted is from the second site.