I speak to a former elite racer about my love of cycling and the grassroots groups breaking cultural barriers to entry
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Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week I spoke to the world championship-winning cyclist Marlon Lee Moncrieffe about his new book, New Black Cyclones: Racism, Representation and Revolutions of Power in Cycling. In the book, Marlon explains why the sport has been historically inaccessible to many Black people, suggests practical solutions, and draws on exciting new models of cycling emerging all over the world. But first, the weekly roundup.
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