The bike gave me perspective, and it allowed me to escape a mindset and destiny fed to me since I was a kid. They all gave him something to aspire for. With success, more brands came on board. After realizing the great choice he had taken racing solo, he tried to persuade his brother Cory to follow his path, but refused the idea at first, being loyal to the Continental team he was racing in. Williams won both the Amateur Road and Crit championships last July in Maryland, but the most impressive thing about that feat? Being conscious of Legion’s potential, sooner or later more people will come on board to help expand the team’s structure, including a General Manager to oversee everything. The 30-year-old has ridden for teams before though, racing with three different American continental outfits –  Cylance in 2017, Astellas, and before that Trek-Livestrong (now Hagens Berman-Axon) as an under-23. “The transition from that [growing up in Los Angeles] to the US national team and being the only person of colour there was crazy. “I have a conversation with each guy and I ask them where they want to shine and what opportunities they want at the beginning of the year. He is in charge of team management, sponsorship, finance and some of the logistics, a department in which Tyler Williams also helps. >>> ‘Everything we do we try to move the sport forward’: Rapha launches £1million foundation to support grassroots cycling. It can take you places you never thought you'd you'd go. Legion of Los Angeles was founded by the US National Champion Justin Williams, with the goal of injecting life into American cycling. All these things that I thought were really cool, from fashion to rap music, hip hop, when I figured I could infuse that into cycling, the thing that I love, then it changed my whole life.”, This is clearly central to Williams’ philosophy about how he is going to try and open the doors for others, that he had to force open for himself. We listen to rap. Being involved in a sport that is primarily white it was hard not to feel alone, and it ultimately cracked me.”. The world of cycling is predominantly white. Justin Williams (born 1989-05-26) is a road racing cyclist from United States and was active between 2008 and 2017. With the addition of his non-stop grinding based on figuring out content and showing fans aspects of racing and life that people were interested in, his social media followed the same upward trend as his success on the road, and he has since then become one of the most popular cyclists. Pay attention to all of the the wonderful things cycling has to offer. “When someone comes along and doesn’t have to play by the rules,” he replies. Unlike his older brother, who prefers to play car-driving simulation games instead of jumping on Zwift, Cory Williams is constantly thinking of racing, willing to show how in shape he is. “Everyone in this sport is longing for change. I had the most fulfilling year of my career this year. Dealing with individual ambitions may seem a difficult task in a team flooded by stars (including several state and national champions), but with good management and continuous talking everyone has a clear idea of when they will be the leaders and when they will have to work for others. For instance, of London’s 750,000 daily cyclists only seven per cent are from ethnic minorities. Williams grew up in South Central Los Angeles, and was three years old when the 1992 Los Angeles riots took place after a jury acquitted four police officers for using of excessive force in the arrest and beating of Rodney King. PYSO, ep. “[That was] the next step in what we wanted to accomplish as a family, we grew that into a professional cycling team at the highest level of domestic racing – the Legion of Los Angeles. Each of the riders from our lead out knows that they might get the call and it’s my job to be honest halfway through the race and say that I’m not able to sprint so we can switch positions”.