Classic & Vintage - Tommaso Track Frame

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pitboss
06-23-05, 07:45 AM
Okay - I recently picked up a used Tommaso track frame, yet have been unsuccessful in locating any info on it. I have scoured the internet to no avail.
Anyone ever come across info on Tommaso track frames?
http://www.tommasobikes.com/ = zilch

is it possible this was a one time? or a dupe?
Thanks!

sydney
06-23-05, 07:53 AM
']Okay - I recently picked up a used Tommaso track frame, yet have been unsuccessful in locating any info on it. I have scoured the internet to no avail.
Anyone ever come across info on Tommaso track frames?
http://www.tommasobikes.com/ = zilch

is it possible this was a one time? or a dupe?
Thanks!There is the old Italian tommaso and the new one playing on the name that was sold.
pitboss
06-23-05, 01:33 PM
What was revealed to me:
"Tommaso was the house brand of 10 speed imports in Melbourne florida.
They were imported in as bare frames and painted and decals applied here
in the US (same with Guerciotti) thought was US paint and decals were
better than what was coming out of italy (correct).
Name is a contraction of the owner of 10speed's name (Tom Eason ).
There was never an Iro or Ugo Tommaso building
bikes in the corner of some velodrome in Italy. However they
are italian bikes.
Early Tommasos are reported to have been built by Antonio Mondonico
(very cool italian framebuilder). Later Tommasos were
built by Billato in Italy (Billato built frames for alot of the big names including masi).
There is also speculation that some Tommaso's were built by Guerciotti.
Early tommasos had only frame size stamped on them (no serial number).
One way to tell is to feel up inside the frame tubes (from BB) for
pins. Mondonico used drilling and pinning method of building same
as Richard Sachs still uses."

Thanks to Lotek for this info! This is the amswer I couldn't find as evidenced by the 10 Speed Imports sticker on the bottom of the downtube.