Still cycling on this frame as much as possible, and loving every minute of it. I recently bought some rollers this last winter, and have had a blast on my Tommaso frame. Great control and power transfer for any type of cycling, hills, flats, sprints, interval... Great frame at a great price

I have been cycling over 40 years and worked in several shops. I support an elite cycling team. Over the years I have worn out many components and road many frames. I have ridden on team issue bikes but I have never owned a full carbon frame until now. I have put over 2000 miles on my TOMMASO TEAM ELITE and I really like it. It is just what a quality frame should be. It is stiff when power is applied but comfortable on the rough pavement. Handling is top notch. The price makes 5 star rating.

I've been riding my Tommaso Team Carbon Frame for a while.. Love the ride and the bike is very light around
17lbs. I used a mix of Richie. Shimano 105 and Ultegra parts. You can't beat the price for a carbon frame.

light frame

I have owned, and happily rode, the 2007 Tommaso Monza for several years. It was an awesome bike (and still is, I am upgrading some components for a family member), and was an awesome deal! This year I got pretty serious about biking and got the itch to ride carbon. All things being equal, I love Tommaso Nation, I like the business model, and I wanted to continue to support this fantastic company. So I made the logical decision and bought this insanely fair-priced Tommaso Team Elite Carbon Frame. In few words, I couldn't be happier with my purchase!

I'll start with the frame. I love the shape of the top tube and seat/chainstays. They have a sleek, yet substantially strong look to them. The frame itself is beautifully finished, the decals are placed with precision, and it is lighter than the price tag would suggest.

I built it up with my Monza fork (has a steel steerer, hope to upgrade to full carbon fork soon) and the handlebars off of my Monza. I put new Shimano 105 components (shifters, derailleurs, cassette 11-27) and an FSA gossamer crankset (50/36 = awesome gear ratio). Look Keo Classic pedals, 3T carbon team seatpost, 3T pro stem, and Fizik Arione saddle. The wheelset is a bombproof Mavic CXP22 (>2000g) with Michelin Krylion tires. Given that my wheelset and fork are pretty darn heavy, this bike is still significantly lighter than my previous aluminum ride (and comparable to $3000+ full carbon bikes at the LBS...seriously).

As for the ride, oh baby this bike can move. We all know that your engine (fitness level) is far more important than your bike, but it doesn't hurt to have a bike to match the engine! The bike goes when you want it to go. I find it climbs exceptionally well, handles very responsively and is sturdy on descents, and can fly on flats. I plan to add some jammer aerobars and a forward profile seatpost to ride this in triathlons (olympic and half ironman). I figure if this bike handles this well, and I can get it in the right tri geometry, why not go with what works! I'm 5'11, 165lbs, and the 55" frame fits like a glove. I have plenty of room to move between a comfy plush ride and an aggressive race ride.

All around, this bike has far exceeded my expectations. After a summer of riding this frame, I would highly recommend it to anyone considering it. If you are looking to drop top dollar on a Trek, Giant, or Felt, save your money and invest in top of the line components and a wheelset to match this frame.

I hope it lasts me forever, but I doubt I'll manage to restrain myself from buying another Tommaso within the next 5 years. Props to the team in Boulder, keep up the fine work!

My new Tommaso Team frame arrived yesterday and I had it built out in about 2 hours. This frame is about a full pound lighter than my previous 8 year old carbon frame. (I put both on the scale) and could I ever feel it.

Actually I could feel two things. This frame is stiffer and lighter and honestly it just made my bike ride like brand new. I only swapped out the frame (and put on new handlebar tape).

I'm not a professional rider but I like how this frame feels climbing, on the flats, and on the downhill. I did all of those on my first ride this morning. A nice 20 mile climb and descent.

I tend to buy a lot of things online and this is one of my favorite purchases of all time. When the FEDEX driver dropped the box off, he said "Is this an empty box?" I took that as a good sign.

Love the frame, thanks.

I've ridden this bike several times (my friend has it) and it rides great and is really stiff. If they had my size, I'd buy one now.

When I noticed a stress fracture in my previous (cheap) tired aluminum road frame, I decided to replace it with this frame. I initially ordered the Team Elite, but when I got it the downtube bottle bosses were crooked (not the holes, the glued-in nuts inside the tube that the bottle cage bolts screw into) so the bottle cage hung off the side. One email to the Nerds and we had plans to swap the frame out (I live about 2.5 hours South of NerdHQ). Other than the crooked bosses, the Team Elite seemed to be a solid frame.

After getting the new frame back (we had to switch to a normal Team because they were out of 58cm Elites), I built it up with a mixture of the old parts from my previous bike and new stuff, but I ended up with an Ultegra 10sp drivetrain (mixture of 6700 and 6600), Easton carbon bars and stem, etc. I think it tips the scales at around 18 lbs. which is pretty good for a big-ass frame like I need.

Ride: This frame is pretty stiff (I'm 215 lbs.) but still gives you some of the carbon compliance that makes even the craptastic roads here in Pueblo West comfortable. I don't notice a ton of flex, but then again I'm not going to be sprinting up the hills with Lance on the Tour either. I'm a recreational/fitness rider and the best endorsement I can give this frame from that side of things is to say it's super comfortable.

Build: The frame seems to be built solid and I don't notice anything that'd give me pause. I've hammered it uphill and it reacts like I'd expect a frame to react. The design of the stays is very attractive though it made my Cateye Strada Cadence sensors a bit hard to install (the stays curve quite a bit towards and away from the wheels). I much prefer the downtube-mounted cable stops of the Team Elite, but that's no big deal.

Fit: I thought my previous road bike fit me well, but this is like a glove. I think this has a slightly longer top tube than I was riding before because the feel is much more open.

Aesthetics: I have to say while the Team Elite is a bit boring with it's black glossy gelcoat, the Team has a gorgeous 12K carbon finish. I thought I'd prefer the Elite, but after having both, I have to say I MUCH prefer the aesthetics on the Team. The tubes are nicely sculpted and all the joints look smooth and pretty like carbon frames should.

Overall, I'd buy this thing again in a heartbeat and I have to commend Giantnerd on excellent customer service and an overall customer-centric attitude that is incredibly rare these days.

All I have to say is this frame is lighter than my drop bars...no kidding! Stiff enough for hills but light and fast for the straights!

... with a capital "B." I don't like to write premature reviews as I've only had this frame for exactly 4 days and ridden it only 100 miles so far but I'm compelled to because of how awesome it really is. I used to ride an 09 Giant TCR Alliance that I had built to about 16 pounds. I put over 10,000 miles on that frame and after a couple crashes needed to replace it but didn't have a large budget to work with. I researched for about a month and came across the Tommaso Team. If you are obsessed with bikes like I am, have subscriptions to 3 bike magazines, ride about 150 - 200 miles per week, actually watch bike racing on tv, participate in every local century and gran fondo you can, you have a pretty good idea what makes a good bike.

And, like many bike nerds out there, when you see a deal as good as the one offered by Giantnerd, you automatically think the product, or bike in this case, will be absolute crap. Yes, I was skeptical too. But after building up this bike with some of the parts off my old bike, as well as a few upgrades, I can already tell that this bike far exceeds my last one.

Simply put, this bike does everything extremely well. For perspective, I'm 5'11" and a solid 210 lbs. I'm powerful on the flats and sprints and can descend like a demon but suffer a little bit on big climbs. My average speed all around is about 1-2 mph better than on my last bike. The Tommaso frame is a perfect blend of stiffness and a really smooth ride, while still providing plenty of road feel or feedback. The bike climbs well, surges well when you drop the hammer, and really corners like it's on friggin' rails. I can't wait to take this thing on my favorite descent. Today I hit a 90 degree turn at about 30 mph and easily managed to stay in the bike lane after entering the turn a little wide. The feeling was totally awesome.

I can't vouch honestly on the durability of this frame yet since I've only had it a little less than a week but it really does feel solid and like the perfect all around frame. It's fast, aesthetically really nice with it's simple design, has beautifully shaped, aero looking (I'm not an engineer of fluid dynamics, hence the "looking") tubes, and oh yeah, it's FAST. My personal opinion, this frame rides every bit as good if not better than many frames, (not complete bike, frame only) I've ridden in the $2,500 range.

Time to update your product description Giantnerd. The pictures you show of this frame really don't do it justice. You should show some shots of the head tube, top tube and stays. I was pleasantly surprised by the size and design of the chain stays. Also, with my build and some tuning, the bike weighs in at 15.5 lbs, including Dura Ace 7900 shifters, derailleurs, cables, cassette and chian, FSA SLK compact HB, Ritchey WCS 4-Axis stem, Look Keo Max pedals, Fulcrumm RRS cranks, TRP 920 brakes, Fizik Arione carbon braided saddle and Cyrano seatpost, Easton EA90 aero wheels and EC90 SLX forks (new more solid version)... I think that's it for the parts that matter. With my current build, this bike easily rides as well as a bike in the ~$5,000 range, and oh yeah, I built the whole thing for about $2,700. The price Giantnerd is charging for this frame is ridiculously good.

Well done Tommaso, really well done.

Ordered the 52 team. Shipped very quickly and arrived in perfect condition however did not have seat collar, threaded shifter head tube end guides, bottle cage bolts, headset or bottom bracket cable guides. Once I gathered all the needed parts the frame built up flawlessly. Built up with Sram Rival and D/A cranks. Perfromance Titan wh...eels. Bare frame weighed 1050 grams. Total weight with pedals 16.5 lbs. After 3 rides with a good mix of flat, moderste hills and short steep climbs this frame is sollid. The BB is very stiff with slight movement in the chainring w/o ft. der rub. Decends with confidence and accelerates effeciently. Verically it does a good job of minimizing road vibration. So far I am very impressed and happy. The 12k Carbon wrap finish on the Team is very attractive. Just remember the Elite frame does not accept non-compact crank. This frame is hard to beat at this price. The only reason I did not give 5 stars is that a few small items were missing. Otherwise a very nice high end road Frame.See More

I don't have this frame, but I built up a Tommaso Aluminum/Carbon Team Frame with full carbon forks. I built this bike about a year ago and am still absolutely amazed by it every time i ride.

Frame-Tommaso Team Frame (Aluminum w/ Carbon seat stays)
Shifters-Shimano Ultegra
Crankset-Shimano Ultegra(53/39)
Cassette-Shimano Ultegra(12/25)
Front Derailleur-Shimano 105
Rear Derailleur-Shimano 105
Brakes-Shimano 105
Pedals-Look Keo Classic
Wheelset-Vuelta ZEROLITE Comp Road

The bike is sleek, climbs, sprints, is very responsive, smooth, and is an all around EXCELLENT piece of machinery. Once again, I couldn't be happier with this bike. I have waited years to find the perfect bike/frame to buy, and with Tommaso, I finally took the step to purchase a bike.

Not only is this bike better than I could have ever imagined, but I came at a VERY good price. I was kind of hesitant on buying this frame because it was at such a good price. I was dreading that it would be a cheap frame that I wouldn't like, but that is definitely NOT the case.

From the moment of my first ride, I fell in love with this bike. I am now a true fan and supporter of the Tommaso Nation.

Ordered the frame in a 52 cm (i am 5-9 180lbs, frame is comparable size to my Imola 54cm frame). Built it up with SRAM Force and Nuevation wheels, total weight 17 lbs even (pic posted below). A very light and good looking frame......still winter time in MN so I haven't been able to ride it yet. In my opinion, all in all the best deal around!