As I said in an earlier post , last year I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the Tommasini bicycle factory , in Grosseto , Tuscany , Italy .

While I was being given a tour of the premises by Don Irio Tommasini’s daughter Barbara , I saw a beautiful mint condition Monte Amiata Mountain Bike , with original Shimano Deore XT group…

A Columbus Cromor OR frame , with Tommasini cut out lug work . It is like museum condition .

 

I had been thinking about it for some time , almost a year , then , Don Irio allowed me to buy it , and I imported it to London …