It may sound Italian, but this Giovanni is a hand-made Dutch bicycle. The frame has the hallmarks of a high quality light weight steel steed with nice detailed lugs. The bike is paired with a complete and ever-reliable Shimano 105 groupset. This includes a 7x2 indexed gear system, powerful dual pivot brakes with SLR levers (easier to press from the top) and smooth spinning Shimano 105 hubs laced to a nice pair of Mavic gunmetal coour rims. Cinelli stem and handlebars, SellE San Rolls saddle.

New stainless steel Elvedes brake and gear cables, Bike Ribbon Professional bar-tape, Saccon brake pads.

56cm c-t frame is suitable for people approximately 1.63 – 1.73cm

About Giovani

During the bike boom era of the 70s/80s, many road bike brands were “mom and pop” family businesses. There were many more, much smaller brands around, compared to today's cycling landscape which is dominated by fewer but significantly larger companies. At that time it was also very common for bicycle retailers, to make and sell their own products. Giovanni an example of this and is the own brand of Sportshop Slikker which was founded in 1976 by Piet and Ria Slikker.