The St. Augustine’s University Cycling Team is on a mission to change the perception of cycling as a predominantly White sport. As the first historically Black college or university (HBCU) to establish a formal cycling team, the “Falcons” are forging new ground in athletics.

“I see my role as a trailblazer,” says Lavar Stubbs, an SAU cyclist originally from the Bahamas. “This team plays a strong role in the racial justice movement.”

Episode #2 of the Chasing History series “The Road Rarely Taken” highlights SAU following in the tire tracks of the first, and most recent, Black cyclists to win world cycling championships—Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor (1899) and Nelson “The Cheetah” Vails (1985), respectively.