Aventon Bikes

Aventon is a California-based e-bike (electric bike) and cycling product manufacturer and distributor.

The company is vertically integrated.

Aventon was founded in 2012, by Jianwei (JW) Zhang, as a fixed-gear bicycle company. It moved into the electric bike sector in 2018.

History

As a student at California State University, Long Beach, Zhang resold Chinese-made goods utilizing e-commerce to support study, gradually pivoting into assembling customized bicycles for local communities of customers online, the precursor to Aventon. After his company experienced growth, Aventon started sourcing products through another factory, though that did not work properly and they eventually ended up constructing their own plant in China and distribution network throughout the USA.

Aventon's manufacturing plant is situated 200 miles southeast of Shanghai, employing about 350 workers in China and about 70 in America.

Philanthropy

Aventon has donated a percentage of online sales during April's Autism Awareness month, as well as making donations of e-bikes and scooters to local families who have received care at CHOC and the Thompson Autism Center.