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My name is Dan Towle, and Dennis Bushnell is part of the team here at R+E Cycles. Dennis is probably the most experienced frame builder alive, and has as many accomplishments in the world of frame building as anyone alive. He's as modest as he is experienced, so it's up to me to let you know what he's done.

Dennis Bushnell has been building some the lightest weight, high-performance, and unique bikes for as long as.....well I'll let you figure that out. Dennis was selected to hand-build bicycles for the 1984 U.S. Olympic team. He was also sought out to build the first carbon fiber tandems for Lon Haldeman and Pete Penseyre's record setting ride across the United States back in 1987.

Not many builders have a Polaroid picture of a complete fleet of Team Crest frames that they built for the 1990 Huffy team.

Dennis can claim over 25 years as a Master Frame Builder. That's more years than most custom bike manufacturers have even been in business.

Here's a list of just some of the professional racers that Dennis has built bicycles for over the decades:
  • Scott Moninger
  • Thurlow Rodgers
  • Andy Hampsten
  • David Brinton
  • Hugh Walton
  • Karen Carpenter-Phinney
  • Nelson Vails
  • Lon Haldeman
  • Pete Penseyres
  • Many others

Aside from building bicycles for some of the world's fastest cyclists, Dennis has built a reputation as a builder who can build just about any bike, no matter how long.

Every year at R+E Cycles, we build several triple frames, the occasional quad, and last winter even a quint. That's right, a bicycle built for five! We also builds bikes that convert from single to tandem, triple, quad or quint.

If you've been to a tandem rally, you've probably seen the tandems where the captain rides in back, and the stoker rides in front in a recumbent position. This bicycle was called the Counterpoint Opus. Dennis was the guy who built most of the original Counterpoint Opus bicycles, and the Counterpoint Trios.

So, that about wraps it up for now. I hope you've enjoyed learning about Dennis, and also that you might consider us for your tandem shop.