Steel, alive. A compliant companion.

Can steel be fast, too?

A model, not an evolution

Controvento isn't an evolution of anything already in our range. It's a project born from a clear need: to build our most performance-driven, race-ready steel frame yet.

Now Available

Handmade to measure frameset starting from €4,200. Available in two builds — Gravel or All-Road.

Rider in striped Tommasini jersey crouching behind the blue Controvento in the workshop

Macro of the Controvento lettering on the metallic blue down tube

Close-up of the orange Tommasini crest on the burgundy Controvento head tube

The name is the manifesto

Controvento goes against the wind, literally and conceptually. It goes against the stereotype of steel as a heavy, nostalgic material reserved for those seeking comfort over performance. It goes against the assumption that only carbon can offer high stiffness and reactivity. It's a steel frame with all the technical and aesthetic hallmarks of a modern race bike.

The technical package

01Columbus ICS tubing, full Columbus

021.5" steerer tube, fully internal cable routing

03Lowered, shortened rear end for greater stiffness and reactivity

04Chainstay sections shaped to increase lateral stiffness, right where power is transferred

05Rear tube curves and bridge design: not aesthetics, but lateral stiffness in service of reactivity

06Seat tube with dedicated notch, to bring the rear end closer and sharpen reactivity

07In-house developed UDH dropout

08Traditional bottom bracket shell (not T47), to keep weight down

09Tyre clearance up to 50mm

Weight comes in around 2 kg — not the lightest in absolute terms, but the result of a declared compromise: staying as light as possible without betraying the material.

Macro of the seat cluster and engraved Tommasini mark on the metallic blue Controvento

Macro of the burgundy Controvento seat stay bridge and gravel tyre clearance

Close-up of the DT Swiss 370 rear hub and cassette on the Argentario Controvento

From those who've ridden it.

I took it out for an hour on the roads around Albatros and didn't want to give it back. It feels alive under your hands, not cold like the carbon I'm used to.

Jonas B., early rider, July 2026

I thought it was just a beautiful bike to look at. Then I hit the first rough descent and understood what they meant by 'steel that talks back'.

Elena R., early rider, July 2026

I've ridden carbon for years. This is the first bike that made me feel the road instead of shutting it out.

Thomas V., early rider, July 2026

Two colourways

Argentario

An iridescent blue, deep and metallic, with the profile of Tuscan coastline in its finish.

Close-up of the Columbus Spirit tubing decal on the metallic blue Controvento frame

Top-down view of the blue Controvento rear triangle with brazed bridge and gravel tyre

Impanga

A marbleized orange-red, restless and alive, echoing the metalliferous Maremma.

Close-up of the Columbus Spirit decal on the burgundy Impanga seat tube

Rider crouching beside the blue Controvento in the Tommasini tubing store

Rider adjusting the saddle of the blue Controvento seen from the front in the workshop

Rider holding the blue Controvento upright, rear wheel and drivetrain in view

Rider in orange striped Tommasini kit crouched by the fork of the blue Controvento

Rider in orange-striped Tommasini kit crouching beside the blue Controvento in the workshop

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Yours is ready to be built.

Frameset starting from €4,200, in Gravel or All-Road, Argentario or Impanga. Tell us which one, and let's start.