Q & A time with RCC youth. We ask each of them about the past few months of races. Hear about their favorite race, where they improved, and their favorite moments of the season. Our youth all improved so much on the bike, but they also are growing into soon-to-be adults!

Another race day for RCC as we went to Woodberry Forest School to compete against hundreds of middle school and high school students in the state of Virginia. We had brought eight youth with us to see six of them compete on their mountain bikes.

Cycling and more particularly, cycling races inherently skew towards the wealthy. We are struck by this fact every year — the race fees. Since we cover the costs of all of our programming, we understand why the barriers for entry can be too high. Even if you have a bike and have enough training the races are not close and they are not cheap.

Decades of policies and actions have led to a dramatic level of concentrated poverty in the East End. Public housing structures have kept a majority Black population living well below the poverty line. From redlining and segregation to the destruction of neighborhoods, Richmond has a long history to unpack. Then, we can see how these structures are perpetuating poverty and harming its residents. Lastly, we will try to unpack what is next for the East End.

The 2021 VAHS racing season had Richmond Cycling Corps traveling throughout the state of Virginia. The first race was at the Miller School of Albemarle near Charlottesville. Then RCC took the Legacy racing team on a camping trip to Stokesville for back-to-back race days. Six of the seven students on the trip had never camped before. Read about our races and camping…

When it comes to OST programs that involve athletics there remains a gap between affluent kids and kids that are living in poverty. Children from families that have annual incomes of $75,000 or more have an 84% participation rate in youth sports. Comparatively, only 59% of children from low-income families participate in sports.