I have a late 70's or so Gios Super record that I "modernized" with another seat tube set of bottle bosses, a front deraillure braze on, 130 spacing, and a chain and pump peg. Also, unfortunately undr bb Delrin cable guides too. Cuevas at Paris Sport in NJ did it for me in '87 or so.
The "exact replica" has chrome drop outs, the second set of bottle bosses and a front deraillure braze on. I'd say it's more a faithful practical replica. I'd like to own one.
I've heard that the "originals" in sizes 56 and over were built with a SLX seat tube, and SL elsewhere.
Finding the top tube decal and other transfers was so hard that I din't put them on. I'm saving them and original fork crown medals for yet another reincarnation. The next version may be a reversal of modernization except for 130 spacing. Or maybe I should go all the way back and build with a SR group I have. Or.....?
Gary Jacobson Rosendale, NY
>From: Jan Heine <heine93@earthlink.net>
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]New Gios Super Record
>Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 12:04:51 -0700
>
>Tour, the German bike magazine, reports that the bike has Dedaccai instead
>of Columbus tubing, but otherwise is exactly as it was then. Maybe they
>found a few left-over sets of lugs? Does anybody know whether they are
>making it in Italy, or whether it's farmed out like so many "traditional"
>Italian jobs?
>
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>Jan Heine, Seattle
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>Vintage Bicycle Quarterly
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