In recognition of Black History Month, Sirius Cycles will be featuring cyclists of color for the month of February.

Born: October 13, 1960
Height: 5ft. 9in. (1.75m)
Hometown: Harlem, New York

Nelson Beasley Vails is a retired road and track cyclist from the United States, a professional rider from 1988 to 1995. He represented the USA at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won the silver medal in the 1000m Match Sprint, behind countryman Mark Gorski.
Vails was also seen as a New York bicycle messenger in the movie Quicksilver. He didn’t just play a bicycle messenger in Quicksilver, he worked as one in New York City where he earned the nickname “The Cheetah.”
The documentary based on his life entitled ‘Cheetah: The Nelson Vails Story’ debut on Feb. 15th, 2014. You now can view on YouTube or watch it now just below here.

And a very big THANK YOU to all of you that supported Sirius Cycles when we brought Nelson Vails out for the Santa Fe premiere of the ‘Cheetah: The Nelson Vails Story’.

 

• 2009 Inductee to the US Bicycle Hall of Fame

• 1984 Olympics: Track – Sprint Silver, 1984

• First African-American to win an Olympic Cycling Medal

• 1985 World Championships: Tandem Sprint, Silver

• 1984, 1985, 1986 National Tandem Sprint Champion

• 1984 National Sprint Champion

• 1983 Pan American Games: Gold Medal

          

If any of you have information on professional female cyclists of color, please Contact Us with any information to Sirius Cycles and we will get them out for the others.