Gonso

About Gonso

Gonso is a German cycling clothing maker with roots in Albstadt-Tailfingen, on the Swabian Alb. Albrecht Gonser started it in 1926 as a knitting mill, making underwear and sportswear. The turning point came in the 1960s, when Albrecht Gonser junior, a keen cyclist who was running the business, saw the case for clothing designed specially for riders. In the 1970s Gonso introduced the first synthetic cycling shorts with a seamless pad, a change from the leather ones that tended to chafe. It also developed a first cycling jersey in a functional fabric that moved sweat away from the skin. Shorts, jackets and jerseys are all built around comfort and function, for long tours, training or the commute.