Tommasini carbon

[aLexis]

Interesting Press Release from these I-talians.


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 13, 2006 Tommasini Revolutionizes Cycling Industry with the First 100% Custom Handmade Carbon Bike Frame Italian bike frame manufacturer Tommasini now offers completely custom handmade carbon fiber bike frame SAN DIEGO, CA " Tommasini has become the first bike frame manufacturer to offer a 100% handmade custom Italian carbon fiber bike frame. Beginning this season, the Velocista frame will be the first custom Italian carbon fiber frame with all production performed inside the Tommasini factory. The new carbon top tube, down tube, wishbone seat-stays and the monobox chain-stays have been designed with innovative custom shapes exclusively by and for Tommasini. This new design will improve and substitute the carbon rear triangle on all the frames having carbon rear stays. We have always been known for our handmade steel frames but our commitment to creating innovative products goes beyond just working with steel. We introduced modern materials into our production several years ago that included carbon and titanium but it was also important that we stick with our family tradition of creating unique and custom handmade frames. Now with our own carbon tubing that is unlike any other frame manufacturer we can take the legacy of our frame building one step further. The Velocista was great before but now its even better because its a Tommasini original. said Barbara Tommasini, owner of Tommasini. Tommasini produces several cycling frames made from steel, aluminum, carbon and titanium. All are 100% handmade in Italy and production is limited. # # # About Tommasini USA: Tommasini produces 100% handmade bike frames in their factory in Grosseto, Italy. The company uses only high quality material and offers custom sizing on their products. Tommasini can be found online at www.ridetommasini.com, with club information available at www.clubtommasini.com. Press Contact: Kristina Velarde Runaway Brandit, Inc. 619-325-0235 http://www.runawaybrandit.com Company Contact: Tina Indalecio Tommasini USA, Inc. 800-533-1577 http://www.ridetommasini.com

[nicrump]

Well it’s about time someone has revolutionized the industry with a full custom full carbon frame.

[LegendRider]

Well it’s about time someone has revolutionized the industry with a full custom full carbon frame.

No kidding. Craig Calfee, Nic Crumpton, Bob Parlee and Ben Serotta are posers.

[Smiley]

Would somebody please link those fools to the Serotta Forum , maybe they can learn a thing or two about what the bike industry has DONE already :)

[TimD]

Tommasini has become the first bike frame manufacturer to offer a 100% handmade custom Italian carbon fiber bike frame.

One sec, that's Italian carbon. Don't you know about the wonderful properties of Italian carbon? One-hundred-percent Carrara carbon atoms. You don't get those in New York, Massachusetts, or Taiwan, fella. :)

[SoCalSteve]

Well it’s about time someone has revolutionized the industry with a full custom full carbon frame.


Post of the day!

[RonW87]

Granted, its hyperbole. But I don't think Tommasini is taking on Parlee, Calfee, etc. They are aiming this squarely at Colnago, De Rosa, etc., who are increasingly becoming the Specialized and Schwinn of Italy. It's all about what niche you're in. And Tommasini wants to continue to be in the undiluted Italian custom hand-made niche, except now with carbon instead of steel.

Ron

[swoop]

the more options available to the consumer.. the better off we all are. it looks like a sincere attempt to offer a custom bike...probably at a decent price point and with a a variety of solutions about how to handle the lugs.

all i see are positives.

[orbea65]

Italian, yet they say its built in the US?

[Serpico]

the more options available to the consumer.. the better off we all are. it looks like a sincere attempt to offer a custom bike...probably at a decent price point and with a a variety of solutions about how to handle the lugs.

all i see are positives.


+1

we should be grateful for an industry with so many options and competing companies.

[aLexis]

For clarification, I did not post it with ridicule in mind. I admire the Tommasinis and all of their recent efforts to take back control of their name. A friend of mine was recently in Italy for a tour and was fortunate enough to stop by the factory. She ended up being fit for a new Tommasini and is expecting delivery soon.

[pdxmech13]

I've never been lost in so many sentences.

[Smiley]

For clarification, I did not post it with ridicule in mind. I admire the Tommasinis and all of their recent efforts to take back control of their name. A friend of mine was recently in Italy for a tour and was fortunate enough to stop by the factory. She ended up being fit for a new Tommasini and is expecting delivery soon.
Nobody is ridiculing them , its just not a 100 % true press release. I am glad somebody else is making custom carbone , seems like steel should be very dead soon :)

[1centaur]

"carbon tubing that is unlike any other"

awesome!

[AgilisMerlin]

nice website.......................and those cut out lugssssssssssssssssss.....farkin' yummy :D



AmerliN

[tecnosabba]

Italian, yet they say its built in the US?
Orbea,

Actually, all Tommasini frames are built in Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy.

[stevep]

custom carbon is likely not available from the other well known italian builders.
this is the revolutionary part i thk.
these guys likely know zero about the small group of custom builders located over here... i have always found euro businesspeople to be very eurocentric and isolated.
part of the reason the orient has taken all their business.
the us division is an attempt to restart the brand in the us. it is operated by the daughter who ( i thk ) lives in los angeles.
the father, irio, has always made a beautiful lugged bike imho. great paint, light... now its time for the children to take over.

[nicrump]

custom carbon is likely not available from the other well known italian builders.
this is the revolutionary part i thk.
these guys likely know zero about the small group of custom builders located over here... i have always found euro businesspeople to be very eurocentric and isolated.
part of the reason the orient has taken all their business.
the us division is an attempt to restart the brand in the us. it is operated by the daughter who ( i thk ) lives in los angeles.
the father, irio, has always made a beautiful lugged bike imho. great paint, light... now its time for the children to take over.

Ah, but see this is the reason for my original post, there is a least a half of dozen Italian builders of custom carbon for a couple years now,

Billato
Passoni
Emmezeta
HBM
Casati

And at least two more that I cant remember the names of.

I am not knocking Tommasini’s bikes. I am sure they are fine but the US marketing which is so unoriginal and reoccurring, I am sick of it.

[sspielman]

Ah, but see this is the reason for my original post, there is a least a half of dozen Italian builders of custom carbon for a couple years now,

Billato
Passoni
Emmezeta
HBM
Casati

And at least two more that I cant remember the names of.

I am not knocking Tommasini’s bikes. I am sure they are fine but the US marketing which is so unoriginal and reoccurring, I am sick of it.

Carrera builds custom carbon as well. I was told that last year more of their Estremo models wore some other decals than Carrera....

I rank the Carrera very highly...right there with the Colnago C50 and the Time VXRS...

[jemoryl]

Carrera builds custom carbon as well. I was told that last year more of their Estremo models wore some other decals than Carrera....

I rank the Carrera very highly...right there with the Colnago C50 and the Time VXRS...

Nothing against Tommasini, but I think Basso will build you a custom Diamante too.

[tecnosabba]

Ah, but see this is the reason for my original post, there is a least a half of dozen Italian builders of custom carbon for a couple years now,

Billato
Passoni
Emmezeta
HBM
Casati

And at least two more that I cant remember the names of.

I am not knocking Tommasini’s bikes. I am sure they are fine but the US marketing which is so unoriginal and reoccurring, I am sick of it.





I fully agree, with you. When you scroll through many Italian builders' websites, you get the impression that they are still surfing on the wave of past glory, and think that since they were, once, the unsurpassed masters in the craft of framebuilding, their marketing "skills" do not have to reach beyond the issuing of statements that, IMHO, are intended for hopeless romantics rather than for people looking for products that justify that significant amounts of money are being paid for them.

This is even more sad when considering that their products are still among the best money can buy, and are sometimes excellent value too (I own a Tecno that has just been built up and will post pics and a ride report as soon as I get my hold on a camera doing more than one kilopixel and skies clear up a bit here).

Of course, this phenomenon can be explained, at least to some extent, by the circulmstance that some of them certainly do their marketing inhouse, and do not benefit from the expertise of marketing specialists as the big players in the industry do...which does not seem the case for T, though...

[PanTerra]

:eyes rolling to the back of head

The Evol is pure bike porn.

[davids]

The Evol is pure bike porn.
What, this?

[PanTerra]

What, this?
Oh that is just soft porn, this is what I'm talking about:

It's all about lugs.
http://www.ridetommasini.com/img_products/EVOL'06.jpg
http://www.ridetommasini.com/frames/evol.html

[stevep]

i get it.
i am in the distribution business... its shocking to me sometimes how little companies know about competitors products when introducing new lines.
they may not even know of competitors...
maybe not the case...but is possible, believe me.



Ah, but see this is the reason for my original post, there is a least a half of dozen Italian builders of custom carbon for a couple years now,

Billato
Passoni
Emmezeta
HBM
Casati

And at least two more that I cant remember the names of.

I am not knocking Tommasini’s bikes. I am sure they are fine but the US marketing which is so unoriginal and reoccurring, I am sick of it.

[Simon Q]

What, this?

Can we see more of this bad boy?

[davids]

Can we see more of this bad boy?
You're looking at a teaser, an actual Team Nerac Love #3. Mine is still little more than a frame and fork. But the build will begin shortly! Believe me, pictures will be forthcoming.

When I saw PanTerra's comment about the Evol, I flashed on my frame. The E-V-O-L has always reminded me of this:

http://www.emd.pl/wiki_data/images/a/a8/Sonic-youth-evol.jpg

Hmm. I want to buy Dario some music. I wonder what he'd think of "Expressway to Yr Skull"?

[PanTerra]

Nothing against Tommasini, but I think Basso will build you a custom Diamante too.

Like this?
http://kakaku.com/kuruma/images/car/MITSUBISHI_diamante.jpg

[jemoryl]

Like this?
http://kakaku.com/kuruma/images/car/MITSUBISHI_diamante.jpg

Er, unfortunate name for a bike, that.
I was thinking more like this: Diamante on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/2005-Basso-Diamante-Frameset-56-Carbon-Italy_W0QQitemZ270070174307QQihZ017QQcategoryZ9808 4QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Could be a good deal for someone (no personal interest) if the reserve isn't too high...

[RideTommasini]

Would somebody please link those fools to the Serotta Forum , maybe they can learn a thing or two about what the bike industry has DONE already :)

I realize this thread was posted a while ago - but I did want to clarify something. We are the ONLY bike frame manufacture to have a complete bike that is made from 100% Italian Carbon, The Velocista (that was featured in Bicycling Magazine's Dream Road section of the April Buyers Guide, and it is what our PRO Team rides. The carbon tubing was designed by our uncle, Irio Tommasini, we have a patent on it and the tubing is manufactured for us by a small company in Italy - not AISA like other frame companies. Also - we still build all our frames, by hand, in our factory in Italy. We "build" them there - not assemble them there. The US office is our family office in the States that handles all distribution and importing for North and South America only.

In the future please note that if you ever need clarification on something related to our frames you can always contact us directly - we always answer questions from customers and you get an answer straight from our family - not from a distributor, fellow rider, etc.

Thanks,
Tina - Tommasini USA, Inc.

[PanTerra]

Thanks for the clarification. Great to see you here, Tina! I need to update my Tecno pics, (now that I actually have a garage door) under "My beater Bike" to show the new wheels, stem and bars. I now refer to it as my "Sunday-go-to-meetin' bike." :banana: