DALLAS (BRAIN) — Hans Johnsen Company, Wilson Bicycle Sales, and Downeast Bicycle Specialists are now shipping bikes from Reid Cycles, a British brand offering bikes that retail for between $280 and $535.
Reid has signed an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Hans Johnsen, which owns Wilson and Downeast.
"We have a separate website for our international business, www.reidbikes.com, which has links to retailers and also includes distributor information," said Rob Akam, the head of Reid's U.K. office. "We've only been doing international distribution for 10 months or so and it's going quite well. The biggest challenge has been supply. There's a lot of interest in the brand and all of our bikes, but just getting around all of the vagaries of shipping bikes from Asia takes a lot of effort to stay on top of — but we've smoothed out most of that now and the bikes are flowing."
Reid bikes qualify for many of the same rebate and freight programs that apply to other items stocked by HJC, Wilson, and Downeast, the company said.
For more information visit www.hjc.com, www.wilsonbike.com or www.debike,com, or contact HJC's national sales manager, Jeff Cavicchi, at jeffc@debike.com.
