This is Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration. A beautiful bike with an amazing frame and components. The Gios is in decent starting condition and should restore beautifully. The Gios will receive the usual all new cables, cable housings and bearings along with new tubular tires and handlebar tape.
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Stem & Handlebars |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Stem & Headset |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Campagnolo Caliper |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Campagnolo Wheel Hub |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Front Rim |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Fork Crown |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Campagnolo Shift Levers |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Seat Post |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Seat Post |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Drive Train |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Front Derailleur |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Crank |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Rear Derailleur |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Campagnolo Caliper |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Rear Wheel Hub |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle Before - Saddle |
The headset proved to be a real problem to remove. It took everything to get the stem to break free from the fork tube and the headset lock nut to brake free. Two people, one to hold the bike and one to turn the 3 foot wrench. The headset had the nastiest grease I have seen, honestly it could have been just brown clay packed in. The frame before polishing is photted below, for some reason Google photos won't let me post the polished frame photos even though they are uploaded.
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Frame Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Frame Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Frame Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Frame Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Frame Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Frame Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Frame Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Frame Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Frame Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Frame Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Frame Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Frame Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Frame Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Fork Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Fork Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Fork Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Fork Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Fork Before |
Below are the photos of the nasty grease and probably why it took so much to break the headset free. After cleaning the headset polished beautifully and looks great complete and of course spins beautifully!
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Nasty Gritty Rusty Grease |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Clay Like Grease |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Headset Clay Like Grease |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Headset Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Headset Polished |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Pressing Headset Bearing Cups |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Headset Cups Pressed |
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| Headset Complete |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Headset Complete |
The stem I believe was poorly repainted or painted at one point, the paint would not polish and was very sticky and gooey, At this point I left the paint polished the best it would but it was greatly bothering me.
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Stem & Handlebars - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Stem & Handlebars - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Stem & Handlebars - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Stem & Handlebars - Complete |
The brake levers where replaced at some point, I am guessing to have aero cable routing. For now the Shimano brake levers are staying. The levers cleaned up nicely and polished pretty good.
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Shimano Brake Levers Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Shimano Brake Levers Polished |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Brake Levers Complete |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Stem - Handlebars - Brake Levers - Complete |
The crank is a beautiful Campagnolo crank with Gios logos embossed. The crank cleaned well and polished pretty well. Campagnolo cranks from this era are hard to polish just right with the finish that is applied to them. Overall I am happy with the results of the crank.
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Crank Before - Beautiful Crank! |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Crank Exploded |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Crank Polished |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Crank Complete |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Crank Installed |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Crank Installed |
Seat post is a beautiful seat post and also has the Gios logo embossing. The seat polish polished very nice.
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Seat Post - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Seat Post Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Seat Post Polished |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Seat Post - Complete |
My favorite Campagnolo derailleur, I think it was one of their better functioning derailleurs and its hard to beat the aluminum and black finish. Cleaning and then some work polishing and the rear derailleur is working and looking beautiful.
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Rear Derailleur - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Rear Derailleur - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Rear Derailleur - Exploded |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Rear Derailleur - Polished |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Rear Derailleur - Complete |
The Campagnolo front derailleur was missing the proper cable retention bolt and washer. I later found a replacement bolt. I worked through the polishing wheels and the front derailleur is looking good.
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Front Campagnolo Derailleur - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Front Campagnolo Derailleur - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Front Campagnolo Derailleur - Complete |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Derailleurs - Complete |
I love the Campagnolo droopy shape calipers, I don't know if any one else calls them droopy but we have for a long time. A good cleaning and polishing and the calipers look great installed.
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Brake Calipers - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Brake Calipers - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Brake Calipers - Complete |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Brake Calipers - Complete |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Brake Calipers - Complete |
A good cleaning and then some time polishing the Campagnolo shift levers have the looking great. Installed the shift levers look even better. I am really thrilled for how smooth the shift levers work, usually Campagnolo shift levers don't feel this smooth.
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Shift Levers - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Shift Levers - Complete |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Main Components Complete |
That gooey stem paint still bothering me.
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Stem Bothering Me - Goopy & Soft Paint |
The wheels are very nice wheels, Campagnolo Record hubs and Weinman Carrera rims. The hubs where very dull and definitely needed new bearings. Some work cleaning and polishing, new bearings and grease and the wheel spin wonderful and forever. The tubular tires are shot, they hold air for a day or two and are cracked. I am leaving the old tires on for now to move the bike around the shop on and to protect the rims. I had to order new tubular tires from Japan, still waiting on their arrival.
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Wheels Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Front Wheel Hub - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Front Wheel Hub - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Front Wheel Hub - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Rear Wheel - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Rear Wheel Hub - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Rear Wheel Hub - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Rear Wheel Rim - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Rear Wheel Hub - Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bad Tubular Tires |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bad Tubular Tires |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Wheel Axles Polished |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Rear Wheel Hub - Packed |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Front Wheel Hub - Packed |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Rear Wheel Hub - Complete |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Front Wheel Hub - Complete |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Wheel Rim Complete |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Campagnolo Wheels Complete Still Old Tubular Tires |
Now to that stem with the bas paint, I could have gone two ways. One, repaint black or two, polish out the aluminum. After a lot of staring at the bike and thinking through things I decided on the polished aluminum look. I think in the end it was a lot more work going the polishing route vs the painting route but I definitely think it was the correct choice. I think the polished aluminum look is perfect for the bike and i love how the black Cinelli logo contrasts the stem, extremely happy with the results.
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Stem Stripped & Polished |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Stem Stripped & Polished |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Stem Stripped & Polished |
The saddle is a really cool Gios gel saddle, I have always like these saddles. The saddle was in good shape with some usage wear. I gave the saddle a deep cleaning and it looks great installed.
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Saddle Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Saddle Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Saddle Before |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Saddle Cleaned |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Saddle Installed |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Chain Installed |
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| Marc's Gios Super Record Restoration Bicycle So Far |
That where the Gios stands as of now. Waiting on the tubular tires to arrive from Japan, looks like about a week yet and then we need to choose handlebar tape.
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