There are two carbon versions as well, CR5 and CR6. As you might expect with Sheppard Industries being the New Zealand distributor, each of the Corsa bikes is spec’d with Shimano groupsets.Ĭorsa DR 4.0 (Shimano Dura-Ace 9000) – $6,999.95Ĭorsa DR Team Di2 (Shimano Dura-Ace Di2) – $9,999.95 The Corsa will be available in a range of options with the following prices. In an interesting sign of the times, Avanti actually apologised for the bike “only having mechanical Dura-Ace” as Di2 wasn’t available at the time. This particular bike on test here belongs to Avanti Group Product Manager,, Kim Struthers, so we should point out that the componentry on it isn’t standard. Knowing that Avanti, as a proud NZ company, would be in attendance at what is arguably New Zealand’s biggest bike event, we called them up to beg a test ride. It was fortunate that Bicycling Australia was in Taupo covering the Taupo Cycle Challenge. But if you look at some of the componentry in the pictures, you’ll understand that we weren’t complaining. Even this particular bike was a pre-production unit. Many, many companies have had delays in the production of their 2013 range, mostly I understand, due to component issues. In fairness it wasn’t so much the fault of Avanti. We first saw this bike at Avanti’s 2013 launch at the Disc Velodrome in Melbourne last winter, but it wasn’t until November that we were able to ride one. The chance to test the Avanti Corsa feels like it has been a long time coming.
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