Brake Shimano Gear Shimano Alivio Wheel diameter 67 cm. Frame 58 cm. Track. Much chance that the name Giacomelli does not ring a bell. However, cycling tourists have recently been very enthusiastic about the - tailor-made - material of the bicycle manufacturer from Geraardsbergen. Giacomelli was taken over last year. Until then it was a family business with a tradition of 110 years. It was then called Shrapnell, but that is for the history books, in which Poeske Scherens wrote a beautiful chapter. He rode on a Shrapnell bicycle. In the 1990s, the then owners, the Van Yperzeele family, designed a new line: Giacomelli. In the absence of succession, the family sold the company last year. The new owners, Liesbeth Sarens and her husband Ad Kuijte, are now trying to breathe new life into Giacomelli. "It is a long-term job. We are completely rebuilding the company and want to put the Giacomelli brand on the market again with home-grown quality. " Location: Geraardsbergen, Belgium.