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The assets of Fuji America, as well as the worldwide distribution rights to the Fuji bicycle brand, was purchased by Philadelphia-based [1] Advanced Sports International.. In 2004, Ideal Bike Corporation, Taiwan's third-largest complete-bicycle maker, acquired 17% of Advanced Sports International Asia, which markets the Fuji brand of bicycles in Asia.
1977 Nishiki International Typical 1970s Bike boom ten-speed road bike Japanese bicycle brands such as Fuji, Miyata, Panasonic/National, Bridgestone, Univega and Nishiki had enjoyed tremendous success during the United States' 1970's bike boom, only to suffer in the late 1980s.
Advanced Sports International (ASI) is an American bicycle company whose flagship brand is Fuji Bikes. It also owns smaller brands including triathlon-focused Kestrel USA, component maker Oval Concepts, Breezer bikes, Tuesday Cycles and BMX maker SE Bikes. ASI is headquartered in Philadelphia and was led by Patrick Cunnane until filing for ...
2007: The RT-700 is recognized by Outside Magazine with "Bike of the Year" honors. 2008: Kestrel is purchased by Advanced Sports International and joins Fuji & SE under the ASI family. 2010: Kestrel re-introduces the 4000 triathlon/time trial model. 2011: Kestrel signs Ironman Champion Andy Potts and up-and-comer Cameron Dye.
According to Frank J. Berto, [2] [3] Raleigh Industries of America had been looking at a Japanese source for their Grand Prix model. Raleigh America ordered 2,000 bicycles from Tano and Company of Osaka but their parent company in England, TI-Raleigh, disapproved — concerned that the Tano-built bikes were too well made and would have outsold their own British bikes.
Nishiki is a brand of bicycles designed, specified, marketed and distributed by West Coast Cycle in the United States, initially manufactured by Kawamura Cycle Co. in Kobe, Japan, and subsequently by Giant of Taiwan. The bicycles were first marketed under the American Eagle brand beginning in 1965 [1] and later under the Nishiki brand until 2001.
In 2008 Cunnane, was the president of Advanced Sports, Incorporated. The company managed Fuji Bikes, SE Bikes and BMX Bikes. [4] In 2009 he oversaw the purchase of Oval Concepts which was a parts maker with patented technology. [5] In 2010 Bicycle Retailer and Industry News chose him as its “Executive of the Year”. [6]
During the U.S. bike boom of the 1970s and into the 1980s, Lotus and Alpha Cycle & Supply competed with domestic companies including Schwinn, TREK, Huffy, and Murray; European companies including Raleigh, Peugeot and Motobecane – as well as other nascent Japanese brands including Miyata, Fuji, Bridgestone, Panasonic, Univega, Centurion and ...
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