Today we head to Boulder, Colorado, meeting Omar Santiago. From Oaxaca, Mexico, through Northern and Southern California, and now building a new chapter in the mountains. Omar writes about imposter syndrome, identity, and the moment he realised cycling could be a place where he finally belongs.

Today we head to London, meeting Kaya Simon. Sport Rehabilitator, Osteopath, freelance writer, and someone who went from knowing very little about carbon and lycra to working at Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships in the space of two years.

Today we stay in south east London, meeting Darren Haider. A boxing injury brought him to cycling, his brother pointed him in the right direction, and the rest, as they say, is a very personal bike build.

Oumou Aidara learned to ride a bike at 26, after being the only person on a 420km ultra relay who couldn't cycle alongside her teammates. She went home, learned, and a whole new world opened up. Based in Berlin, from Dakar, founder of Sport Is For Everyone, and currently training for her first Ironman. This is her story.

Ola Manis is a Cardiac Physiologist from Khartoum, based in London, and about a month into cycling she climbed Sa Calobra on a Mediterranean island she thought was going to be a relaxing holiday. She survived, declared herself Mountain Goat Manis, and hasn't stopped riding since. This is her story.

It isn't simple throwing yourself into something new, but that's something Nate has always done with Gusto, When he was selected for our Pure Gravel scholarship, he didn't blink, he jumped straight in.

Laura Claus is a marketer, cyclist and community builder based in Munich, and one of the people behind GRL PCK — a women-led collective that turned a group of friends on bikes into a community creating adventures across Europe. She writes about the messy, brilliant world between professional racing and polished lifestyle imagery, and why that's exactly where the most interesting stories live.

Today we head to Suffolk, meeting Robin Hutchinson. Adventure cyclist, advocate for mindful riding, and someone who once raced round a Ugandan garden on a red and yellow stepthrough with his older brother. Robin has spent the last decade taking every opportunity the bike will give him, from drop rides in the Surrey Hills to riding from Ethiopia to South Africa.

I’d heard plenty of stories about the SSX Mystery Tour, how tough it is, how many climbs are waiting to test your legs, but also how incredibly beautiful the route can be. Some described it as a cycling adventure; others as a very long day of questioning your life choices halfway up a hill!

What do you do when the little voice telling you you're not good enough shows up in the one place you thought was safe? Contributor Mérida Miller has spent years battling those voices aka "The Itty Bitty Shitty Committee," and when it started crashing her rides, she got to work. A funny, field-tested list of ways to quiet the spiral. From rhino power poses to horse-lip resets to full-on growling on the bike.

Today we head to the Netherlands, meeting Nash Umarella. Third-generation Moluccan diaspora, financial background turned community catalyst, and founder of Social Ride Maluku. Nash lives in Hendrik Ido Ambon near Rotterdam with his wife Dana and two cats, Sammy Johnny Bravo and Selina Kyle.

Today we're in Tooting, south London, meeting Abraham Conteh. Bridge engineer, sneakerhead, and cyclist who found his flow state on a fixed gear and never really left. Abraham has been riding in various forms since BMX days in his parents' garden, and now leads rides with ChainGang Cyclists while quietly building a life where cycling is always somewhere in the budget.

Tremayne Williams is a father, husband and a black bike shop owner based in South London. He's here to talk limits, dreadlocks and helmets, cargo bike nursery runs, and why representation in cycling isn't just personal — it's necessary.

Jeremy Ford of Team Africa Rising returns with his mid-year update on the UCI Africa Tour rankings. With national championships across a dozen countries complete and races like the Tours of Algeria, Mauritius, Benin and Cameroon in the books, he breaks down who's moved, who's risen, and what to watch for as the season heads into its second half.

Today we're in Bristol, meeting Claire Sharpe — MTB guide, Trainer of MTB Guides, founder of AllTerre, and the person behind The Bristol Rally. Claire came to cycling during lockdown and hasn't looked back since.

In this episode of Cycling Culture Club Connections, Miles speaks with Alisha Zellner, Community Specialist at SRAM and the driving force behind its global community programme.

Jil Tomaschko has spent a decade working in marketing, partnerships and events across cycling and motorsport. She co-runs a women's cycling group in Cologne built for riders who want to push hard without the ego that often comes with it. She met Miles at Traka in 2026 and the rest, as they say, followed naturally. In her contributor intro, Jil writes honestly about the barriers she faced coming into cycling, why representation is more than a nice-to-have, and what it means to

Today we're in Brooklyn, meeting David Beach, the newest member of Cycling Culture Club. David is a multisport athlete riding for KRT QRT, Kings & Queens Rule Together, a global community of passionate, active cyclists of all ages, genders and skill levels.

Contributor Hamadel Ndiaye is often the only Black person at the cycling events he enters. It does not stop him enjoying them. But it does make him wonder who never turns up because they assumed the sport was not for them. In this piece, he writes about representation in its simplest form: not a grand gesture, just visibility. Being present, sharing it, and leaving the door a little easier for someone else to find.

Marjorie Richards is a British-Sierra Leonean creative strategist based in Amsterdam. She came to cycling three and a half years ago and quickly noticed something missing: a community that centred riders of colour. So she built one. Chroma Cycling Club was born from that absence, and from a belief that if the space does not exist, you create it yourself. In her contributor intro, Marjorie talks cycling, identity, and what it means to finally feel at home on the road.