Staff

The Recycled Cycles employees are ready to help you with all your bicycling and fitness needs.

David Hudson
President
dave@recycled-cycles.com
Dave Hudson, owner and founder of Recycled Cycles, started working on bicycles in his parents’ garage in 1972. Completely self-taught, he personally bought, reconditioned, and sold over 600 bicycles while attending Arvada West High School.  The rest is history!
Rachel Hassell Office Manager at Recycled CyclesRachel Hassell
Office Manager
rachel@recycled-cycles.com
Rachel is an air force brat, having grown up on Grand Forks AFB, ND, and she has been with RCC for 7 years!  Her favorite bike is a single-speed cruiser and she rides the Poudre Trail with her girls, Madison & Hannah.  She loves the team mentality at RCC and chatting with customers.  She was born in Spain and has lived in Panama, Germany, Wyoming, Texas, Virgina and Colorado.
Brent Straw General Manager at Recycled CyclesBrent Straw
General Manager
brent@recycled-cycles.com
Brent hails from Manitou Springs, CO and has been with RCC for 4 years!  His favorite bike is a 2009 Raleigh Sojourn and he enjoys the Eden Valley Loop.  His favorite thing at RCC is meeting new people and the bikes, of course!  In 1999, he toured Germany/Austria with a select choir!
John Lambert Operations at Recycled CyclesJohn Lambert
Operations
operations@recycled-cycles.com
A native Coloradoan, John is from Haxton, CO and has been with RCC for 3 years!  He rides a customized Schwinn Racer and enjoys the Blue Sky or Fossil Creek Trails.  John loves all the people he encounters here!  John is a multi-instrumentalist and rocks out!
Pat Cordova CSU Sales at Recycled CyclesPatrick Cordova
CSU Sales/Service
csurcc@recycled-cycles.com
Patrick is Fort Collins born and raised, and has been with RCC for 6 years!  His favorite bike is his 1979 Univega Gran Turismo and he likes riding the country roads east of I-25.  He enjoys the huge variety of bikes we see daily.  Patrick is a former ballroom dancer and state champion bowler!
Kate Best Mechanic at Recycled CyclesKate Best
Mechanic
service@recycled-cycles.com
Kate comes all the way from Ballston Lake, NY, and has been with Recycled Cycles for 6 months!  She likes a Raleigh Cupcake, or her DJ…no, her Hardrock…, and enjoys the Loop at the top of Hall Ranch.  She loves seeing something new every day at RCC!  Kate was a runner until she discovered singletrack & suspension!
Christina Wiles Mechanic at Recycled CyclesChristina Wiles
Mechanic
service@recycled-cycles.com
Christina has been with RCC for 3 years, and toggles between Service Manager and Mechanic…depending on her school schedule.  She loves her pink fixie bike, and rides that on the Blue Sky trail.  She enjoys all the people her at RCC!  Christina looks forward to starting her own cyclist clothing line one day!
Rico Henderson Sales/Service at Recycled Cycles CSURico Henderson
CSU Sales/Service
csurcc@recycled-cycles.com
Rico’s home town is Humble, Texas, and he has been with RCC for 3 years!  His favorite bike was an 80′s Bridgestone City Bike, and he wishes he still had it!  He rides the foothills farm country at night, after everyone’s asleep.  He loves the box of used training wheels here in the back!  Rico is very talented at making bows & arrows, and eats wild food and starts fires by himself!
James Bethea Bike and Fitness Mechanic at Recycled CyclesJames Bethea
Bike/Fitness Mechanic
service@recycled-cycles.com
 James is also from NY…Brooklyn, that is, and has been with RCC off and on for 5 years!  He loves his Monarch Custom Cyclecross…and his many other bikes, and enjoys riding Horsetooth State Park.  James is a bike fanatic, and races…even when it hurts!
Garrett Taylor Mechanic at Recycled CyclesGarrett Taylor
Mechanic
service@recycled-cycles.com
Garrett’s home town is good-ol’ Fort Collins, and he’s been with RCC for 2 years!  Garrett wants a Swiss Army knife bike that can do everything, and he’d do it at Dads Gulch!  Garrett takes life one pedal stroke at a time, and rag dolling down mountains is his style of yoga!