Tommasini ITALY
Via Nepal, 5/7/9
58100 Grosseto, Italy
Phone: +39-0564-455006
Web: www.tommasini.com
Tommasini USA
5173 Waring Rd. #29
San Diego, CA 92120
Phone: 619-573-4791
Web: www.ridetommasini.com
Irio Tommasini, spent most of his life around bicycles. In 1948, while still racing as an amateur, he started his career by building bikes at a premier bicycle factory in Milan, Italy. It was there that he had the opportunity to gain valuable experience in making quality bikes. By 1957, the techniques he had learned enabled him to start his own business, Tommasini, in his hometown of Grosseto, Italy.
By the end of the 60’s his factory had increased domestic sales in Italy so much that he began exporting Tommasini frames abroad. Even at that early period, Tommasini frames were appreciated for their fine finishes and their true racing geometries. Many amateur and professional racers were racing and winning on Tommasini bicycle frames.
During this time, Irio Tommasini worked under and received guidance from his friend and mentor Giuseppe Pelà, Italy's premier bike frame builder. Pelà built magnificent winning frames for many top Italian and European professional racers throughout his career, and upon his retirement in 1972, Pelà passed on his traditions and skills to Tommasini.
Tommasini carried on these traditions and added innovations of his own. The brand became well known and respected in the cycling industry. Today Tommasini frames are considered to be of the highest quality and one of the most exclusive cycling brands on the market.
Irio Tommasini knew the importance of succession planning, and today, the business is run by his two daughters, Barbara and Roberta Tommasini. From generation to generation, the company has managed to be successful and has remained true to its promise of producing high-quality, limited edition, handmade bicycle frames.
The company has such a high standard of quality and attention to detail, that they only produce between 2,000 and 2,500 handmade frames per year, using the highest quality materials available. That number is in stark contrast to other commercial brands that mass produce their frames and can build around 2000 frames in one day. The company has vowed to stay true to their family brand, and has no plans to mass produce their frames.