{"id":20946,"date":"2014-09-03T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2014\/09\/03\/dark-horse-brands-appointed-as-exclusive-distributor-for-trek-amp-bontrager-in-south-africa-r1596\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T11:56:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:56:13","slug":"dark-horse-brands-appointed-as-exclusive-distributor-for-trek-amp-bontrager-in-south-africa-r1596","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/dark-horse-brands-appointed-as-exclusive-distributor-for-trek-amp-bontrager-in-south-africa-r1596\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Horse Brands appointed as exclusive distributor for Trek &#038; Bontrager in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trek Bicycle Corporation of Waterloo, Wisconsin, makers of the world\u2019s greatest bikes have appointed Dark Horse Brands of Cape Town as the exclusive distributor of Trek Bicycles and Bontrager Cycling Accessories with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-66318600-1409749720.jpg\" data-fileid=\"410078\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"410078\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-66318600-1409749720.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-66318600-1409749720.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The companies have signed an extended distribution contract with extensive support levels from both parties to aid in re-establishing Trek as the dominant bicycle brand in the South African market.<\/p>\n<p>Says Chad O\u2019Riordan, Managing Director of Dark Horse Brands: \u201cWe\u2019re excited at the opportunity to represent Trek in South Africa and look forward to making it the brand of choice for South African Cyclists by offering market relative pricing &amp; products as well as unprecedented service levels for retailers &amp; consumers alike through our dynamic &amp; experienced team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Says Brian Deziel, Regional Manager at Trek Bicycle: \u201cTrek looks forward to working with Dark Horse to build the Trek brand in South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-slate-100 p-5\">\n<strong>Consumers &amp; retailers needing support for Trek or Bontrager can contact Dark Horse Brands at:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Warranty claims:<br \/>warranty@darkhorsebrands.co.za<br \/>021 2022730<\/p>\n<p>Product queries:<br \/>info@darkhorsebrands.co.za<br \/>021 2022730<\/p>\n<p>Dealer enquiries:<br \/>jp@darkhorsebrands.co.za<br \/>082 5511292<\/p>\n<p>Marketing<br \/>rudolf@darkhorsebrands.co.za<br \/>0823270588\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trek Bicycle Corporation of Waterloo, Wisconsin, makers of the world\u2019s greatest bikes have appointed Dark Horse Brands of Cape Town as the exclusive distributor of Trek Bicycles and Bontrager Cycling Accessories with immediate effect. The companies have signed an extended distribution contract with extensive support levels from both parties to aid in re-establishing Trek as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[161,4704,40],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-20946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-bontrager","tag-dark-horse-brands","tag-trek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20946"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=20946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}