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First ask you al a question. Is it ok to make a report about a steel classic frame with modern parts? If not I can understand but I think this can be a nice project. I'm an old man and did cycling in competition and many many years as a cyclotourist. Did al the great mountains in the Alps and...

For Paris-Roubaix cicloturist 2008 I needed a bike. All my bikes at that time where not comfortable enough. And there was no space for 28mm tyres. I decide to look for an old Italian steel frame with poor, very poor paint. For 50 Euro I found a steel Bianchi. A repaint job made the frame as...

I use a bike to go to my work. 4 days a week 60 kilometers. 30 in the morning and 30 late afternoon. My normal bike is a Gios Torino Super Record with modern campy. A modern steel bike with the luxury of modern component but the looks o a retro bike: In the winter it kills my hart when I use...

This Sunday 27 October 2013 in Gent (Belgium) there is a collectors fair in the velodrome of Gent. Buying or swapping items for retro bike. Gios Torino has it's 65 anniversary and Aldo an Marco Gios will visit the fair. There visit is only on personal base because Gios Torino from Italy only...

In 2008 I was entering my first L'Eroica. For me it was a great year in cycling. I june i did a great Paris-Roubaix a lot of other great cycling events. Special for Paris-Roubaix i build this Bianchi: The frame got a repaint job and put some modern stuff on the bike. Enjoy the bike! My...

With my buddy I do every year several retro-rides. Multiple Retro Tour de Fiandre, L'Eroica etc. My buddy has great number off quality's but restoring a bike is not one of them :mrgreen: A few years ago I build up a low budget Legnano. Special for L'Eroica I build this bike for less then 200...

For many, many years now slotracing is one of my hobby's. Specialy in winter. Not realy collecting but at this moment I have about 50 cars. A new track is coming up but here some pics from recent projects: One of my rally projects. Before the mountains arrive :mrgreen: Cacao is the dirt on...

This is an old steel frame with modern parts. So I hope it's ok to post this. I was always a great fan of Fausto Coppi. Visit his grave several times and read a lot of books about the campionissimo. In 2010 it was 50 years ago Coppi died on malaria in a hospital in Tortona. For me this was an...

In 2008 I did my first L'Eroica. I did the 205k on an old steel Bianchi. Nice bike and nice jersey. Here the Bianchi in 2008 in Gaiole where L'Eroica has it's start and finish And put on some nice jersey The bike and I get to the finish but it became 12 very hard hours. Next year I would...

In 1980 in bought my first Gios Torino and I put some nice parts on it: After a few years I sold it :oops: Not long after that there was a lot of sorry, sorry.....................but the bike was gone. Ok I had a new one and other etc. But the feeling of the first Gios Torino never came...

At L'Eroica 2010 Gios Torino present this model. It's a re-issue of the successful bike used by the famous Brooklyn team. Specific a re-issue of the bike Roger de Vlaeminck's fourth victory in Paris-Roubaix. Always been a great fan of De Vlaeminck and somewhere in 1980 I bought my first Gios...