Competitive cycling typically isn’t an easy sport to pick up. Nelson Vails, the first Black person to win Olympics medal in cycling, says we need grassroots programs to make the sport more accessible and diverse. There is one New York youth outreach program doing just that. Correspondent Alexis Clark takes us to Queens to meet the people behind an organization that’s breaking down the racial and financial barriers by providing bikes, training and gear to kids for free.
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