New GIOS website: whats happened?

http://www.gios.it/bikes/

New website and total relaunch - have they been bought out recently?

They've gone from selling one bike to fifty in the space of a week > including crazy minis and mountain bikes.

Heartbreakingly most of the bikes are bloody ugly, and even the nicer ones (airone) has disgusting brake/gear leavers. They've also tried to jump on single speed band wagon but the Stilo isnt much of a looker, why the slopping top tube. What a shame.

the new helmet their selling looks like something out of playmobile to boot.

(Still love my one though)

just tried bike 24 to get pic of last years model for posterity (it looked awesome) bike its gone, checked back to website to look at some of the other bike their selling

the SPAZIO is out of the world ugly

The company has been split in two due to a lawsuit with a Belgian company. More details are available on the ever excellent Italian Cycling Journal;

http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/2010/02/gios-re-inventing-itself-part-ii.html

STILO is single speed bike with chromed frame. This model is good for easy riding.

The nice, Italian-made machines are here:
http://www.giostorino.it/

so according to that story he still designed the bikes on the budget belgian site though?

glad you can still get the super nice ones though

the SPAZIO is out of the world ugly

Diversity training fail...

;-/

Diversity training fail...

;-/

deadly i dont get this?

(also why does this thread have blue closed icon next to it? does that mean its not visible to everyone?)

i wonder how much this will change the brand, will they start being sold in evans and stuff? or even halfords?

Shame to see shimano all over some models, i know its not bad equipment its just so ugly, although i think the photos are poor on most of the models they could look better in other photos maybe.

vecchio is quite nice

the SPAZIO is out of the world ugly

This one?:

I like it! definitely quite spazzy but works for me.

sorry I cant handle it, gross in my opinion, especially considering Gios' have always been so good looking

reading the original article http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/2010/02/gios-re-inventing-itself.html they say the brothers arent in a feud but its seems insane to split into two companies (and weird considering they say their not in a feud?) surely if the japanese made bikes website (alfredo's) come up first on google their run the italian made company (Aldo's) into the ground; giostorino.it even looks sort of fake as a website.

If your looking for a new modern gios in England google i think its Race Scene in Barnzley South Yorks they have some nice frames and panto'd bits in stock

deadly i dont get this?

British slang-based joke. Didn't realise you were a septic - I expect I'll have to explain that later, Joey...

http://www.giostorino.it/images/telai/carbonio/carbonio-main.jpg

debated putting this in porn or not and decided against it, I think its bloody nice but maybe the fronts a bit fat and the website on back looks a bit budge, still it looks unique up against the new pinarellos and colnagos, shame ill probs never see one in the flesh

cheer for the south yorks stuff JD, may take a trip when i decide to finally do mine up

Spooky
What are you doing up?
I've been onto Race Scene, they don't have every spare that was on the old site, but they are good for Gios/Deda stems, tape and stickers.
Got one myself, though rather sinfully I'm going to mix new Shimano with the old steel frame for sportive/Audax use.

http://www.giostorino.it/images/telai/carbonio/carbonio-main.jpg

debated putting this in porn or not and decided against it, I think its bloody nice but maybe the fronts a bit fat and the website on back looks a bit budge, still it looks unique up against the new pinarellos and colnagos, shame ill probs never see one in the flesh

cheer for the south yorks stuff JD, may take a trip when i decide to finally do mine up

I need some wheels like that for my Gios. It will look the bizz. Anyway thats a nice road bike.