{"id":982,"date":"2013-01-28T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/?p=982"},"modified":"2015-06-11T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T23:09:08","slug":"live-to-play-sports-adds-10-new-cycling-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/2013\/01\/live-to-play-sports-adds-10-new-cycling-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"Live to Play Sports adds 10 new cycling brands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver, BC\u2014Canada&#8217;s specialty bike shops and their customers now have more choice: <a href=\"\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/\">Live to Play Sports<\/a>\u2014the new face of Norco Products Ltd.\u2014 has announced the addition of <strong>ten new brands to the Canadian market<\/strong>: Fulcrum, Whisky Parts, One Industries, 45Nrth, Salsa, All-City, Wahoo Fitness, Problem Solvers, Hiplok, and Wheels Manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/en\/brands\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1098\" title=\"New cycle and sport brands at Live to Play Sports\" alt=\"Ten New cycle and sport brands at Live to Play Sports\" src=\"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/New-brands-LTP.png\" width=\"584\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/New-brands-LTP.png 584w, https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/New-brands-LTP-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/New-brands-LTP-500x190.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some <a href=\"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/en\/brands\/\">LTP brands<\/a>, such as Hiplok wearable locks, have never been available in Canada before; others are available exclusively through the BC-based distributor.<\/p>\n<p>The new additions mark a powerful trajectory for both\u00a0LTP Sports and its specialty retailers. Canada&#8217;s independent\u00a0bike shops\u00a0can now put <strong>emerging and elite brands<\/strong> directly into the hands of their web-surfing customers.<\/p>\n<p>Explains Martin Tammik, VP Merchandising, \u201cOur product team travels the globe to identify innovative, compelling\u00a0brands and products.\u00a0We are excited to be able to offer our Canadian cycling retailers a broader range of service solutions and creative new cycling parts and accessories because it puts them on the cutting edge of new cycling concepts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For LTP&#8217;s specialty bike shops, that means customers can buy <strong>Hiplok&#8217;s<\/strong> award-winning wearable bike locks\u00a0<em>exclusively<\/em> from them.\u00a0For Canada&#8217;s cyclists, that means equipment such as Italy&#8217;s <strong>Fulcrum<\/strong> performance wheelsets are as close as their local bike store.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brands now available in Canada from selected specialty bike retailers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Italian performance wheels by <a href=\"\/\/www.fulcrumwheels.com\/\">Fulcrum<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Carbon forks and parts by <a href=\"\/\/whiskyparts.com\/\">Whisky Parts<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Downhill and all-mountain armour and apparel by <a href=\"\/\/oneindustries.com\/\">One Industries<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Winter-specific tires and accessories by <a href=\"\/\/45nrth.com\/\">45Nrth<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Stems, handlebars, and accessories from legendary designers <a href=\"\/\/salsacycles.com\/\">Salsa<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Urban-specific parts and accessories from four-year-old <a href=\"\/\/allcitycycles.com\/\">All-City Cycles<\/a><\/li>\n<li>iPhone-powered cycling and fitness technology from <a href=\"\/\/wahoofitness.com\/\">Wahoo Fitness<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Compatibility-driven adaptors, mounts, hardware, and tools from <a href=\"\/\/problemsolversbike.com\/\">Problem Solvers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sold Secure-rated, round-the-waist bicycle locks by <a href=\"\/\/www.hiplok.com\/\">Hiplok<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Small parts, repair parts, and specialty tools by <a href=\"\/\/wheelsmfg.com\/\">Wheels Manufacturing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More favourite brands available in Canada:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.yakima.com\/\">Yakima<\/a> &#8211; cargo management equipment including vehicle racks and boxes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.whispbar.com\/\">Whispbar<\/a> &#8211; quiet and aerodynamic vehicle racks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.ridley-bikes.com\/\">Ridley<\/a> &#8211; Belgian-designed road, cyclocross, triathlon, and mountain bikes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.masibikes.com\/\">Masi<\/a> &#8211; high-performance carbon, alloy, and steel road bikes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.axiomgear.com\/\">Axiom Gear<\/a> &#8211; Canada-tough bags, panniers, racks, pumps, fenders and tools<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/en\/brands\/\">Browse more brands<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/\"><strong>ABOUT LIVE TO PLAY SPORTS:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Live to Play Sports<\/strong> is the new face of Norco Products Ltd, Canada&#8217;s largest and most experienced distributor of premium bicycles, parts and accessories. LTP Sports delivers innovative cycling and sport brands exclusively to independent specialty dealers across the country. <a href=\"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/en\/home\/\">livetoplaysports.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver, BC\u2014Canada&#8217;s specialty bike shops and their customers now have more choice: Live to Play Sports\u2014the new face of Norco Products Ltd.\u2014 has announced the addition of ten new brands to the Canadian market: Fulcrum, Whisky Parts, One Industries, 45Nrth,&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[205,166,193,40,206,153,182,201,158,42,132,183,192,204,54,57,78,157,154,203,123,134,87],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5512,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions\/5512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}