1926

In the midst of the calm years of the Weimar Republic, the family company GONSO® was founded, getting firstly known on the Swabian Alb with the production of textiles.
In the golden twenties, far away from the capital Berlin, where Marlene Dietrich took the role of the Blue Angel, lightly clad for the conditions of that time, the Charleston was an (un)disputed society dance and the Comedian Harmonists formed up and took liberties to “slurp bathwater” together with sparkling wine and champagne. On the Alb in Onstmettingen, it was not realized a lot of the quick transformation of the living and activity sphere of that time.

1980

After more than 50 years of an eventful and changing history and a product portfolio, gaining credit for real functional clothes with training suits and cross country skiing clothes in the 60s and 70s, GONSO® concentrates on the today’s main segment since 1980.
The first real functional bike wear took its way from Albstadt-Onstmettingen over Germany to Europe and into the whole world. Great names of the international bike culture accompany the successful story of this label not having only cult status among bike enthusiasts.

2004

After the take-over of the trademark rights by the Maier Sports GmbH & Co. KG, Köngen, Gonso belongs to the maier-group since October 2004. (www.maier-sports.de)

2005
25 years bike wear made by GONSO®

„GO-ON-SO, GONSO“,
this is, after 25 years, the unanimous credo of the big Gonso®-family. We characterize the segments racing cycle and mountainbike with the Gonso-typical and unmistakable signature by technical and stylish innovation. For the group of the bike hikers including the Best Agers, we make an outfit being young but not youthful, having current colours, but never being shrill and offering also modernity and versatility on the other side of size 42 and XL.

Furthermore, we want to give not only your individual sports and leisure experience on the bike but also in winter all cross-country skiing enthusiasts an emotional and authentic home.