David Nice is attempting to become the first rider to complete the Great Divide Race on a fixed-gear bicycle. Not one to believe the naysayers who told him it’s impossible (which included, ahem, the photographer of this photo), Nice prepared by putting in 6,800 miles of fixed-gear training in the five-and-a-half months leading up to the race. If it wasn’t already obvious, it becomes clear the 26-year-old whiskey distiller and French-trained chef from Denver, Colorado, marches to his own beat when he divulges that because he rides on a leather Brooks saddle he doesn’t feel the need to wear a chamois. For 2,500 miles. On a fixed gear. Ouch! Chamois or no, we’re pulling for you Dave.