Giacomelli

GIACOMELLI / Shrapnel

Gerraardsbergen, Belgium

Started in 1898 by Oscar De Vleeschauwer.

“Shrapnel was an old Belgian brand that was renamed to Giacomelli somewhere along the line, after adding it to the old name in 1983. In Geraardsbergen until bankrupstsy in 2010. The financial crisis damaged the company just after it had been bought by new owners in 2007.”

Giacomelli road bike

Courtesy Heavenscycles.com