"[SIZE=2]The Great Divide Race is a self-supported, solo competition following the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. Traversing Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, the route demands over 200,000 feet of climbing along its length. Competitors carry all equipment necessary to negotiate the backcountry, restocking on food and other supplies from the small towns along the route."[/SIZE]
This has got to take the fixed/ss biscuit though
http://greatdividerace.blogspot.com/
note the single speed record (by a woman).
"[SIZE=2]The Great Divide Race is a self-supported, solo competition following the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. Traversing Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, the route demands over 200,000 feet of climbing along its length. Competitors carry all equipment necessary to negotiate the backcountry, restocking on food and other supplies from the small towns along the route."[/SIZE]