Avanti bikes is an Australasian company which originated from New Zealand and now distributes bicycles to many countries within Oceania. Avanti put its first bike into the New Zealand market in 1985 and since then has built its range to over 80 models catering for all areas of cycling. In 1991 Avanti went over the Tasman and set up a sister company in Australia which has been well adopted in the market.
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Avanti has prided itself on being an innovator and was one of the first brands to adopt full alloy frames. Renown UK bike company Focus is currently using a rebranded Avanti Chrono frame for their Izalco Chronos these bikes are also supplied to the German Cycling Team. A limited release was offered to riders in the form of an evolution of the Chrono which has a world first design of adopting the Oval Jetstream Technology into the rear stay of a bike creating less drag. This new design was ridden to first in his age group by Greg Fraine at the Ironman World Champs in Kona, Hawaii. Showing their local support these models were also released as a limited offer in either NZ or AU paint jobs with the riders name also added.
In 2005 with the BMX market growing Avanti launched its BMX specific brand named ABD (Avanti BMX Development) to which it has had great success in the race arena with Australian National Champion Michael Fenwick and New Zealand National Champion Ritchie Mclachlan leading a team of up and coming riders making their mark. ABD's biggest exposure has come from kiwi girl Sarah Walker and her World Championship win in Women's Cruiser Elite class, Sarah represented her country at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. this was the first year BMX has been included in the games.