Pick up a nice 1989 Tommasini Super Prestige yesterday
03-12-23, 05:05 PM
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Picked up a nice 1989 Tommasini Super Prestige yesterday
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03-12-23, 05:39 PM
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Nice, love the paint.
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03-12-23, 05:40 PM
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Beautiful!
I'm not fast enough for a red bike.
I'm not fast enough for a red bike.
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Love it! That thing looks unridden.
03-12-23, 08:48 PM
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nice choice,enjoy it in good health
03-13-23, 05:17 AM
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wow, red marble.
Tommasini was famous for their proprietary marble-esque paint jobs in that era.
Said it was a trade secret.
Yet, that same year, I was running around with my "How to Faux Marble" book and painting peoples house columns for college money.
Tommasini was famous for their proprietary marble-esque paint jobs in that era.
Said it was a trade secret.
Yet, that same year, I was running around with my "How to Faux Marble" book and painting peoples house columns for college money.
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Wow super nice. My wife used to have a bike that look exactly like that. Sold it to a guy in NYC.
03-13-23, 06:27 AM
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Unfortunately in this particular case, given the photo, it looks like horrid scratching. I can't imagine doing this. It just looks bad and damaged. There are plenty of photos of gaudy Tommasinis with far more competent looking paint.
03-13-23, 07:14 AM
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gorgeous.
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Beautiful bike, you will love it I’m sure.
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03-13-23, 05:40 PM
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Not at all. It looks like red scratched through to a white undercoating all over. Yes! I am
looking at the photos you provided, and my eyes are fine. Maybe a beautiful execution, but an awful idea. If I were painting a bike, I wouldn't want to make it look as if it had been keyed by vandals.
looking at the photos you provided, and my eyes are fine. Maybe a beautiful execution, but an awful idea. If I were painting a bike, I wouldn't want to make it look as if it had been keyed by vandals.
03-13-23, 07:02 PM
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Not at all. It looks like red scratched through to a white undercoating all over. Yes! I am
looking at the photos you provided, and my eyes are fine. Maybe a beautiful execution, but an awful idea. If I were painting a bike, I wouldn't want to make it look as if it had been keyed by vandals.
looking at the photos you provided, and my eyes are fine. Maybe a beautiful execution, but an awful idea. If I were painting a bike, I wouldn't want to make it look as if it had been keyed by vandals.
03-13-23, 07:31 PM
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That doesn't change my mind that all the thin uneven white lines look like scratching (whether they are or not) rather than marble. Can you just not simply accept that I think it's a nasty finish rather than quality painting? There are many very nice, though often somewhat gaudy, Tommasini examples. I find this one a bit repulsive; the finish looks damaged whether it is or not.
03-13-23, 07:44 PM
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yup either you love it or hate it. Some find it repulsive and gaudy
03-13-23, 08:22 PM
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I love it - and the flawless paint on the bottom of the shell definitely speaks to seriously-low miles.
Out of curiosity: did this come from Texas? I looked at what could've been its twin (near Round Rock) back in 2018 or so - right down to the Shimano 600 components. More of a 'curiosity' look as I was in the area visiting relatives. That one was pristine, too.
Nice score! I'm certain you'll have no trouble at all enjoying that beautiful acquisition
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Out of curiosity: did this come from Texas? I looked at what could've been its twin (near Round Rock) back in 2018 or so - right down to the Shimano 600 components. More of a 'curiosity' look as I was in the area visiting relatives. That one was pristine, too.
Nice score! I'm certain you'll have no trouble at all enjoying that beautiful acquisition
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03-13-23, 09:11 PM
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I love it - and the flawless paint on the bottom of the shell definitely speaks to seriously-low miles.
Out of curiosity: did this come from Texas? I looked at what could've been its twin (near Round Rock) back in 2018 or so - right down to the Shimano 600 components. More of a 'curiosity' look as I was in the area visiting relatives. That one was pristine, too.
Nice score! I'm certain you'll have no trouble at all enjoying that beautiful acquisition
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Out of curiosity: did this come from Texas? I looked at what could've been its twin (near Round Rock) back in 2018 or so - right down to the Shimano 600 components. More of a 'curiosity' look as I was in the area visiting relatives. That one was pristine, too.
Nice score! I'm certain you'll have no trouble at all enjoying that beautiful acquisition
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One thing I am trying to remember is which of the big catalogs had a couple of Tommasini frames for sale back in the late eighties or early nineties. Any clues?
Sadly, I have next to none of that stuff around any more.
Sadly, I have next to none of that stuff around any more.
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Did CC offer a couple of T'sini frames? I seem to remember there was a light silver one with a run of overlapping colored circles on the front of the top tube. I do remember that they had a couple of two-tone fade house bikes done by Mark Nobilette for a while.
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Gorgeous bike. I remember back in the day Bill Lewis was the importer for Tommasini, Picchio, and Zullo among others and I lustered after one of these marblized finished frames. I have a steel Quattro Assi frame made by Tommasini and I am going to have a marblized finish applied.
