Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Tommasini is an Italian bicycle manufacturer named after its founder, Irio Tommasini — an accomplished frame-builder and former bicycle racer.

Tommasini frames are renowned for their workmanship, which has been passed down from generation to generation. They are beautifully finished and have good ride qualities, thanks to the handmade production process.

Tommasini Super Prestige

Tommasini Super Prestige

Colour plays a huge part in the work of Will Goodan, a creative director born and raised in LA, but now residing in the electrically colourful city of Tokyo. His studio, Kanzen Lazer, is known for extremely eye-catching still and moving compositions, so it’s ironic that Will himself was drawn to this Tommasini Super Prestige…

Tommasini Diamante

Tommasini Diamante MS

Today’s Tommasini catalog is still predominantly steel, more so than most Italian contemporaries, with no less than seven models compared to three carbon, three aluminum and one titanium. It’s no wonder, as Irio Tommasini formed his reputation by building superb steel racing frames that were eye-catching as much for their construction as their flamboyant paint…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Tommasini Super Prestige

Normally the site of a paddock filled with Echium Plantagineum, or Patterson’s Curse, would fill the heart of an Australian cattle man with dread. The…

Tommasini Strada

Simon Rich recently sent through some photos of his Tommasini Strada that had been built up with the usual level of perfection by Melbourne’s Dan…