New York City's Ride Up Grads Is the Bike Camp You Wish You'd Had as a Kid
Founder Aliya Barnwell explains how her youth cycling camp teaches kids how to love riding in the Big Apple
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Founder Aliya Barnwell explains how her youth cycling camp teaches kids how to love riding in the Big Apple
Already have an account? Photo: Steven Jimenez Named for Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor, the country’s first Black cycling champion, and the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, an all-Black unit known as the ‘Iron Riders,’ the Major Taylor Iron Riders club of New York City is comprised largely of Black, Latino, and Asian-American riders. These riders have informed perspectives on what it means to be a person of color in the U.S. cycling scene. We are honored to share their thoughts in a regular column series on velonews.com in the coming months. I felt like a champion, standing o...