Ep. 55 - Dave Nice, aka Fixie Dave
Bikes or Death
Patrick Farnsworth
4.8 • 563 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2020
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
This weeks episode I chat with Dave Nice who is known on the interwebs as @fixiedave. His username gives away the fact that he rides fixie, but it says nothing about his completion of the Tour Divide in 2012 after attempting it 5 times before. I have to assume it takes a determined person to ride a fixie, but what adjective should I use to describe the determination of someone who takes on such massive route, fails 5 times, before ultimately accomplishing said goal?
Dave was originally inspired by John Stamstads 1999 ITT run on The Tour Divide. By the time that Ride the Divide was being filmed in 2008 Dave was there lining up for his 3rd attempt as many of us were just hearing about this race/route for the first time. He's been at this far longer than most of us. He went on to attempt the divide 5 times before finally completing the entire route in 2012 in 33d, 14h, 4m. Since then he attempted Route 66 fixed, but had to scratch after 1,863.
These days you'll find Dave working at Kids on Bikes in Colorado Springs where he is passionately working with kids to inspire the next generation of cyclist.
Dave doesn't own a car, he uses a flip phone, and rides fixed. Simple. I can dig it.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Bikes or Death podcast. My name is Patrick and I am your host. |
| 0:05.3 | And I want to start out first by thanking our newest patron, Kathleen B. She's the only one we got this |
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| 0:55.4 | I have a special man named Mr. Dave Nice. He goes by Fixie Dave on Instagram, and maybe that'll |
| 1:01.9 | tell you everything you need to know about him. He rides Fixie. More importantly, though, |
| 1:06.8 | he attempted the Tour Divide, oh gosh, it was either five or six times before he finally completed it on a fixie. |
| 1:14.6 | It's a great story, truly inspiring, and really an all-around, I hate to say it, nice guy. |
| 1:20.7 | He was great to chat with, and I appreciate that he is part of Team Bike. |
| 1:25.7 | He certainly brings a lot to the community. I appreciate his time to come on |
| 1:30.0 | and chat with me on the podcast and share his story to the masses. All right, everyone, sorry it's |
| 1:34.9 | been a few weeks since I put out an episode. Things have gotten kind of crazy in my personal life, |
| 1:39.8 | but I've got the next two episodes already recorded. |
| 1:44.7 | So those are being edited. |
| 1:46.3 | And hopefully I'll be able to get those out to you in the next couple weeks. |
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