In this episode of Cycling Culture Club Connections, Miles sits down with Wango, a Nairobi based multidisciplinary creative working across photography, design, and storytelling with Team Amani.

Wango shares his journey into cycling through creativity, documenting riders across East Africa and capturing moments that reflect a bigger cultural shift within the sport. From the World Championships in Rwanda to life at altitude in Iten, this conversation explores what it means to tell stories from within your own community.

They talk about representation, creative process, and why showing up matters more than anything else.

• Storytelling and documenting cycling in East Africa
• Team Amani and building pathways to the global stage
• The impact of the World Championships in Rwanda
• Representation in cycling media and creative spaces
• Creative process across photography, design, and art
• Community work and cultural storytelling in Nairobi
• Why showing up is everything

In this episode of Cycling Culture Club Connections, Miles sits down with Llori Sharpe, former national champion of Jamaica and one of the Caribbean’s most inspiring voices in cycling.

Llori shares her journey into the sport, from a childhood rooted in swimming and running to discovering cycling through triathlon. What started as an unexpected transition quickly grew into a competitive career that has seen her represent Jamaica on the international stage.

The conversation explores the realities of racing from a country where cycling infrastructure and pathways are limited, the challenges that come with visas and international competition, and the pride that comes with representing Jamaica in the global peloton.

Beyond racing, Llori reflects on the role of community in sport and why visibility matters for riders coming from underrepresented cycling nations.

This is a conversation about resilience, opportunity, and the responsibility that comes with riding for something bigger than yourself.

Episode Summary:

In this episode of Cycling Culture Club Connections, we flip the script and Miles hands over hosting duties to Head Cheerleader, Merida Miller. She sits down with Miles, the founder and diversity advocate behind Cycling Culture Club to explore cycling as a space for connection, community and change.

Miles shares how his relationship with the bike has evolved beyond performance and productivity, becoming a place to slow down, think, and reconnect with himself, his heritage and his own diversity. Together, they talk about community, letting go of expectation, and why cycling does not need to be loud or competitive to be meaningful. Do you want to know why Cycling Culture Club exists? This is the podcast for you.

Key Topics:

Building Cycling Culture Club around people and stories

Cycling as a reflective practice

Letting go of performance driven narratives

Community, creativity, and connection

Finding value in quieter rides

Diversifying cycling and why that matters