Avocet Touring WI
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Category:  Saddles
Name:  Avocet Touring WI
Brand:  Avocet
Model:  Touring WI
Years:  Late 1970's - Mid 1980's
Country:  United States
Weight:  385 grams
Added By: JFischer on 11/04/08
Updated By: peterbman on 04/03/14
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Base Material PlasticCovering Material Synthetic, Textured
Rail MaterialSteelWidth
LengthRail Spacing 42mm ctr-to-ctr (standard spacing)
General Information
1984 saddle pictured.  Avocet had 3 touring saddle models, the higher the number the better quality.  This was the lowest of the three, more specifically this was the woman's model of the Avocet Touring 1.
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Avocet Touring I (later)Avocet
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 Avocet was a major Northern California component distrubution company. It was founded by Bud and Neal Hoffacker in 1976. Their first product was an anatomic saddle and they have a patent on saddles with thinned shells and bumps. After achieving success with the anatomic saddle, Avocet began importing and distributing Ofmega cranksets, hubsets and pedals under the Avocet name.

In its early days Avocet was driven by the dream of producing "Made in the USA" bicycle components. They developed a line of super-quality hubsets, headsets and bottom brackets. They also built a large saddle factory. Unfortunately, foreign competition made these ventures uneconomic and the saddle factory moved offshore. Only Avocet cyclometers were now made in the USA.

In 1985, Avocet developed FasGrip, a complete line of bald tyres. Currently Avocet's major emphasis is on saddles, cyclometers, tyres and shoes.       

 
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