A friend and I were talking about Gios Torino and I wondered "Does Torino refer to a place, the location of the Gios factory, or was it a bike model?" He said Bike Model.
Then I thought of WIlier + Triestina and Pinarello + Treviso and I figure this just has to be the Italian style, adding the home base place name to the frame in small along side the brand.
never mind. having looked at Pinarello's location as well as Wilier, this seems to check out. but are there any other examples? where did this practice come from? It seems kind of unique to Italin manufacturers.
Peter