Oh. My. Gios! My First Dabble At This

So.........after lurking around in the shadows on here for a while, I've finally plucked up the courage to start my first project.
I say that I've plucked up the courage, but it was perfectly timed to coincide with my Polish mother in law coming to stay for, an as yet, undefined amount of time. The fact that I green lit her visit, meant that my latest n+1 flew well under the radar.
Originally, I was looking at a Colnago Master, but that fell through due to the seller being a bit flaky. Kinda glad it did tbh as there seems to be an abundance of them around.
After exercising a lot of patience and scouring the interwebs, I finally found my project bike. As a first project, I wasn't looking for something that would require lots of work. Not that I'm not willing to get my hands dirty, but more to do with lack of experience.
As the title suggests, I stumbled upon a stunning Gios Torino on eBay and soon came to a private agreement with the seller.

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Nice,
What group set are you going for ?

@SideshowBob I hope not to offend people, but I'm thinking to go neo retro with this. As for group set, I was at first thinking dura ace 7800 as it's simple & shiny enough to be vaguely retro but still modern enough to be useable. My friend has, in no uncertain terms, ordered me to put Campag on her or risk my life.

DA 7800 is a great choice.
I have it and the shifting is amazing and the stopping power of the brakes is superb.
It's your ride and pick whatever makes you happy.
What is the age of your frame and rear spacing size? 10 speed is best suited to 130mm,but 126mm should still be fine.

I don't know the exact year of the frame, but it's between '83 and '86. Yes, it's 126, but I'll have that remedied shortly.

Is that the one on ebay based in Plymouth?

'85 or '86. The earlier ones had white forks instead of chrome.

@TheHighlander, that's the exact one. Did you have your eye on it too?
@Poetic, thanks for narrowing it down for me

My God I thought I saw your bike on gumtree for sale already.

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anyone mentioned campag potenza yet?

@hma yes Potenza and Athena have both been suggested to me. They are very nice and I'm genuinely torn. However, what is swaying me slightly more to DA is that I run shimano on other bikes and it mean my wheels can be interchangeable.

If you are going 11 speed, the cassettes are exchangeable for all the brands IIRC

is that true??! @daveaa

Sorry not interchangeable, but the spacings are similar that same wheels can be used with different brand Groupsets.
Other maybe can confirm this? Maybe @mdcc_tester or @edscoble

Personally, go for what the brake hood feel the most comfortable for you, this is the only thing that should sway your decision.

And 126mm is fine, it's 2mm both side, can easily put 130mm wheel on it by prying the stay a bit to push it in.

He meant that the 11 speed spacing are similar in both SRAM/Shimano and Campagnolo, meaning that Shimano wheelset with Shimano cassette can be ridden on a Campagnolo drivetrain.

Thank you for the info @edscoble, the brake hood feel is a good shout.
So, just to be clear, I could take the rear wheel from my current 11speed sram setup and stick it on project bike if I put 11speed campagnolo on it?

Yup, as long you got fresh cassette on of course.

For more information; http://www.velonews.com/2013/09/bikes-and-tech/drivetrain-compatibility-hidden-in-plain-sight_303199

I vote campag

So, I had this nagging feeling in the back of my head. Sometimes if something seems too good to be true......it isn't.
With the help of @Jingle_Jangle, I was able to get into contact with Marcos Gios who promptly put my fears to rest by confirming authenticity. I also now know that it was built in '85

Boom. Nice one.

If you ever get the chance, you should visit their shop, just outside Turin - it is a shrine to all things Gios. If I remember correctly, they maintain a register of old frames, and I think they also d0 an annual ride. Would love to do it, but I is old and slow.

nice frame. I bought a similar bike a few years ago from this forum and had it shipped to Australia.
The
Gios Torino Register is maintained by Marco
http://www.giostorino.it/registro-storico/le-gios-iscritte-al-registro
my frame is one of the recent additions at No. 153
More photos of my bike is at
http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=92048#p1373170
and if you ever want the artwork for the Gios or the Brooklyn just ask.
Good for bidons or coffee mugs.

Hi guys,

So it’s been a while, right? Sorry for no updates on the build, but tbh, there’s been nothing to report. Unfortunately life (wife and kid) got in the way. Now that I have 30hrs nursery time for mini me per week, that “should” free up some much needed bike credits and time to spend them.

The plan is to now have my 126mm rear stays respaced to 130mm to accommodate a modern 10sp wheel. I also want the paintwork looked at, but that’s dependant on how cheaply I get the parts for the build.
Talking of parts, since I’m an absolute novice at this and it’s my first rodeo, I need everything. I have no magical parts bucket that I can find the perfect part. All in due time I hope.

So pls feel free to offer me appropriate parts or link me to them. Meanwhile, since I have a valuable day all to myself, I going to make a cup of tea and read everyone else’s projects for inspiration.

You can just pull the stays a few more mm apart yourself.

It sounds like you were going to take it somewhere for a respacing procedure to be carried out at cost is all.

I was going to have it done for me, but being buoyed with reading about everyone else’s projects and copious amounts of tea, I’m feeling foolhardy enough to give it a bash myself.