Guerciotti

Guerciotti are an Italian company that produce cyclocross, road, time trial, track and mountain bikes. Their top racing bikes "exemplify the Italian racing bicycle paradigm".[1]

Guerciotti
Guerciotti Export srl
TypePrivate
IndustryBicycle industry
Founded1964 (1964), Milan
FounderItalo Guerciotti, Paolo Guerciotti
Headquarters
Milan
,
Italy
Number of locations
1 factory/showroom
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsSuper Record, Khaybar, Ares
Websiteguerciotti.it

History

The company was founded in 1964 outside Milan, Italy, by brothers and former cyclocross racers, Paolo and Italo Guerciotti, with advice and assistance from Cino Cinelli.[1] In 1976, Guerciotti began sponsoring professional road cycling teams, supplying bikes to the Fiorella Mocassini team. In the following years, teams such as Fiorella Citroen, Magniflex Fam Cucine, Santini Selle Italia, Alfa Lum cycling team, and Dromedario Sidermec rode Guerciotti bikes. During this period, the Magniflex Fam Cucine team won 5 stages in the 1979 Giro d'Italia, and finished 3rd overall with Bernt Johansson.[2]

In 1977, Paolo Guerciotti founded the GS Guerciotti cyclocross team. This team would go on to enjoy incredible success, winning two professional and seven amateur world championships.[3]

In 1984, Antonio Mondonico became a partner and supervised the production of about 2,000 frames a year. However, the partnership with Mondonico ended in 1989.[4]

Current range

Guerciotti continues to produce bicycles in the traditional manner using steel, carbon fibre and aluminium.

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Vintage Lightweight Pricing Guide Geminiani to Motobecane".
  2. "1979 Giro d'Italia by BikeRaceInfo". www.bikeraceinfo.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  3. "History of Guerciotti". www.bikyle.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  4. "Antonio Mondonico, Italian Frame Builder of Trust!".
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