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The Avocet marque was created about 1976 by the owner of a retail bicycle shop in Palo Alto, California called Palo Alto Bicycles, or P.A.B. for short.
Components such as cranksets, hubs, headsets, pedals and saddle pillars were all rebadgings from a manufacturer in Italy whose products were sold under the OFMEGA name. The owner of the bicycle shop in California was a part owner of the OFMEGA company in Italy.
The Avocet badged saddles were also manufactured in Italy. Can recall being told by a friend in the trade who the maker was but can no longer remember the name. It may have been someone such as Sella Italia.
There were also Avocet badged accessories such as computers, toeclips, toestraps, water bottle and cages. The badge only seems to have been around for three or four years.
The bicycle shop continued on after the end of Avocet products. OFMEGA, the manufacturer of the components closed in about 1985.
Hope this helps you a bit.
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Have no knowledge of Huffman products so shall leave that part to the experts.
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