This happens to me all the time. I'm zoning out, riding to a destination and I catch all of a sudden, something sexy catches my eye from the sidewalk. Sure, sometimes it's a summer dress and other times it's a piece of Italian steel. TSX steel at that. This gorgeous Tommasini was locked up on Wythe the other day and I had to stop and take photos of it.
Check out some more shots below.
All-chrome with the typically-delicate Italian paint jobs of the era.
A very atypical detail of TSX-framed track bikes are misaligned track ends. See how the track ends aren't level? They're kinda pointing up. Some of the lower-end frames had this. Most likely due to human error in the production process but not on the higher-end frames.
The Tommasini "T" is one of my favorite bicycle logos to ever come out of Italy.
Such a nice bike! Here's a better angle showing the track ends slightly pointing up. I love the build. Nitto ergos, Campy Record to Velocity Aero, Campy Pista and a well-worn Rolls saddle, the saddle of choice for many pros in the 80's. For a few more photos, you can head over to my Flickr.
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Tomassini @ Athens Alleycat Race
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Posted by: Agi A. Kolyvas | August 30, 2010 2:28 PM
prolly i really like this series.
Posted by: slueck | August 30, 2010 8:30 PM
Ha! Old mate Sam's Tommy. Last time I saw that was on Hunter Street in Sydney! Boy gets around!
http://ohoh2.blogspot.com/2009/11/dont-need-make-up-you-wont-look-used.html
Posted by: DoubleOhTwo | August 31, 2010 3:49 AM
he should sell it to me so it can match my red tommasini prestige road bike.
Posted by: allen | August 31, 2010 11:45 AM
whats a bike like this worth? I just picked one up at a garage sale and i think i got a bargain at $20. It needs a new coat of paint though... bit dodgy... I see them on ebay for around $1000 but im not sure if its exactly the same as mine. Definately tommasini though, with campagnolo dropouts, rolls seat, dura ace gears and wheels etc... no one will believe me its worth more than $5 (just because the paints so shit) hahahah. How should I paint it?... was thinking entirely chrome?????
Posted by: binna | October 21, 2010 2:58 PM