The story
1980s
The Avanti bicycle company produced its first bicycle in 1985 it was a "locally assembled 10 speed Strada series". After the success of their road bike Avanti saw that there was demand for others types of bikes. So in 1986 Avanti produced their first time trial bicycle. In 1987 the mountain bike also found its way into the Avanti arsenal.
1990s
In 1991 Avanti bicycles successfully expanded into the Australian market and entered into a decade of innovation. Avanti produced many new types of bicycles including; trail bikes, downhill bikes and carbon-fibre bikes.
2000s
In the year 2000 Avanti had a range of 27 different models. The innovation in the road bicycle industry has led to Avanti producing bikes with many carbon components. In 2004 two New Zealand athletes won medals at the Olympics riding Avanti bikes. In 2007 Avanti expanded to the Chinese and Singaporean markets.
2010s
Avanti expanded more into the Asian market with Thailand, Japan and Malaysia all having professional athletes ride their bikes. In 2015 Avanti celebrated 30 years of making bicycles.
Sinch Bikes
In 2019, Kim Struthers, the son of Avanti founder John Struthers founded Sinch Bikes, which focuses on e-bikes and other types of bicycles.
From Wikipedia’s article on Avanti (bicycle company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3