Gios Sheets and Letter of about 1983 — the Super Record Strada and Record Strada Bicycles and the Letter to All Customers in the U.S.

Three loose Gios pages: two sheets of one design, the Super Record Strada and the Record Strada, each a component list above a photograph, and a letter from Alfredo and Aldo Gios “to all our customers in the U.S.” about imitations of the Gios name. No year is printed.

— Page 1 —
Gios torino
GIOS BICICLETTE
10155 TORINO (ITALIA) – VIA COGNE 11/15
TEL. (011) 263.263 – 265.695

SUPER RECORD
STRADA

GRUPPO E FRENI
ENSEMBLE AND BRAKES
CAMPAGNOLO Super Record
TELAIO
FRAME
GIOS TORINO GT
TUBAZIONI
TUBING
COLUMBUS SL
CATENA E RUOTA LIBERA
CHAIN AND FREE WHEEL
REGINA EXTRA Record
MANUBRIO E SELLA
HANDLEBAR AND SADDLE
CINELLI Record
TUBOLARI
TUBULARS
CLÉMENT Criterium Seta
CERCHI
RIMS
MARTANO SL

[The SUPER RECORD STRADA sheet of Gios Torino, with the Gios torino logotype and the Via Cogne address above a bilingual Italian and English component list, and a studio photograph of a blue racing bicycle on a blue ground. A rubber stamp with a New York street address in blue-gray ink sits to the right of the heading.]

— Page 2 —
Gios torino
GIOS BICICLETTE
10155 TORINO (ITALIA) – VIA COGNE 11/15
TEL. (011) 263.263 – 265.695

RECORD
STRADA

GRUPPO E FRENI
ENSEMBLE AND BRAKES
CAMPAGNOLO Record
TELAIO
FRAME
GIOS TORINO GT
TUBAZIONI
TUBING
COLUMBUS SL
CATENA E RUOTA LIBERA
CHAIN AND FREE WHEEL
REGINA EXTRA Oro
MANUBRIO E SELLA
HANDLEBAR AND SADDLE
CINELLI Record
TUBOLARI
TUBULARS
CLÉMENT Criterium Cotone
CERCHI
RIMS
MAVIC Pro

[The RECORD STRADA sheet of Gios Torino, with the Gios torino logotype and the Via Cogne address above a bilingual Italian and English component list, and a studio photograph of a blue racing bicycle on a blue ground. The rims entry sits on a gold bar with a faint earlier entry showing through it, and a small metal pin lies across the first letter of the logotype.]

— Page 3 —
TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS
IN THE U.S.

GIOS di f.lli Gios s.n.c. STRADA CEBROSA 104/4 – SETTIMO TORINESE (TORINO) ITALY

For several decades, Alfredo and Aldo GIOS, owners of the Italian company GIOS di F.lli Gios s.n.c. in Torino, Italy, have manufactured high-quality, customized racing bicycles and frames bearing the trademarks “GIOS” or “ALFREDO GIOS”, and known all over the world.

For some time now, low-quality imitation frames have been circulated in the U.S., bearing an identical logo to the original “GIOS” logo as known the world over (see above). Such imitation frames are even falsely marked as originating from Torino, Italy, by means of such misleading indications as “GIOS-TORINO” and “ORIGINAL GIOS TORINO”. Our company is currently engaged in Court litigation to defend our, and our customers’, interests in this matter.

We draw the attention of our U.S. customers that all our bicycles and frames can be recognized by the new “COMPACT” rear fork-ends (European and U.S. patents pending); by the original trademark “GIOS” embossed in all lugs, in the fork head, and in the bottom bracket (manufactured by Microfusione Italiana to our company’s specifications); and by the unique “GIOS” design of the waterproof rubbers.

In the consumers’ interest, GIOS di F.lli Gios s.n.c. urges the buyer of original GIOS equipment to carefully check the above listed details of the frames and, in case of doubt, to immediately notify the Dealer.

ALFREDO GIOS
ALDO GIOS

[A letter to customers in the U.S. from the owners of GIOS di f.lli Gios, with the GIOS shield and rings at the upper left, a photograph of two men standing with two racing bicycles in a workshop, and two handwritten signatures in blue ink under the printed names Alfredo Gios and Aldo Gios. A pin lies against the lower left edge of the photograph.]