In this episode Bart speaks with Casper Wong about his journey to create the United Nation of Cyclists, a race team whose mission it is to promote diversity and inclusion. Casper, whose day job is COO and Co-Founder of Financeit, came to cycling late in life but quickly caught a passion for the sport. In his interview with Bart, he shared his personal experience of loving the sport but feeling like its homogeneity made it hard to feel included and at home. He connected with others who felt the same, and the result was their organic creation of a race team that today is taking an active role in promoting equity in the sport while giving back. Casper's experience and UNC's rapid growth highlights the underlying demand for change in cycling and shows that this sport does not need a one size fits all approach.
00:00 Teaser
00:13 Standard show intro
00:50 Welcoming Caspar
01:08 How they met
01:35 What does Caspar do when he's not riding a bike?
01:55 Getting into cycling
03:46 Cross fit
05:05 Got into cycling and saw little diversity
06:47 Representation matters
07:08 What was the impact of joining a cycling culture that had poor diversity
08:16 Legion
09:29 Did you ever think about quitting cycling?
10:43 When did it start to feel better in cycling?
11:32 Forming the UNC brand identity
12:36 What successes and challenges did you have forming UNC?
13:51 Club? or Team?
14:24 Inclusive competitive team?
15:45 Partnership with GLE
17:00 Selected by Destination Canada
18:02 How does Caspar define "inclusion"?
18:36 The UNC way
21:58 Diversity of rep vs results?
25:44 Kudos and thanks to Caspar
26:04 Other clubs in Toronto doing great things too
26:56 Thank you
27:21 Show Outro
