Empowering Youth in Gallup and the Navajo Nation Through Bikes and Coffee
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
Singletracks.com
4.7 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Scott Nydam is a longtime bike racer who has been inspired to start a NICA program for youth in Gallup, New Mexico. The city borders the Navajo reservation, and Nydam hopes to create numerous opportunities for native kids, both in Gallup and on the reservation.
Vincent Salabye is the Diné comp NICA team head coach and board president of Silver Stallion bicycle and coffee works. He’s also a father of two kids and lives on the Navajo reservation.
The nonprofit Scott and Vincent support recently received a grant from the Outride Fund.
In this episode we talk about the challenges facing folks living on the reservation and how mountain biking fits in with efforts to serve the community.
For more information visit bicyclecoffee.org and the Diné NICA team’s fundraising page here.
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| 0:41.4 | Hey, everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. My name is Jeff, and today my guests are Scott Knightham and Vincent Salaby. |
| 0:51.6 | So Scott is a longtime bike racer who has been inspired to start a Nica program for |
| 0:56.3 | youth in Gallup, New Mexico. The city borders the Navajo Reservation, and Nidam hopes to create |
| 1:04.3 | numerous opportunities for native kids, both in Gallup and on the reservation through |
| 1:09.0 | cycling programs. Vincent is a father of two who |
| 1:12.8 | lives on the reservation. He's the Denei Comp team head coach and board president of the Silver |
| 1:20.5 | Stallion Bicycle and Coffee Works. Thanks for joining us, guys. Yeah, hey, thanks, Jeff. Thanks, |
| 1:26.1 | thanks, Jeff. All right, so, Vincent, |
| 1:28.2 | what first drew you into cycling? Well, as a kid, when I was younger, I used to ride bikes |
| 1:33.8 | like all the time, and up until they break. And then from there, it's like, okay, what do I do with |
| 1:38.3 | it? But other than that, I think there was a really delayed time until I met the bicycle once more. And let's just say this, |
| 1:47.6 | the bike industry has changed since then. And when I came across, I get some YouTube videos |
| 1:53.0 | and I got inspired through that. And then I was like, okay, working into health field |
| 1:59.0 | decided to implement bike programs. |
| 2:02.1 | And the first thing I had to do was research bicycles and get some bicycles purchased. |
| 2:07.4 | And of course, what do you do? |
| 2:08.4 | When you have bikes sitting there, you jump on it and ride it. |
| 2:11.2 | And that's what I started doing. |
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