WELCOME TO INNER CITY CYCLING CONNECTION, INCORPORATED

www.innercitycycling.org

Also known as IC3, which represents City, Cycling, and Connection

IC3 is a non-profit organization developed to expose and promote the sport of cycling in the inner cities of the United States of America and to under-represented people in the sport worldwide. We are located in Los Angeles, California in the United States of America.

**All donations are tax deductible under the IRS 501(C3) tax code**

INNER CITY CYCLING CONNECTION, INC. IS PRESENTLY DEVELOPING ITS 2027 CYCLING CALENDAR. WE ARE SEEKING SPONSORS FOR THAT CALENDAR. PLEASE CALL US TODAY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SECURING AN ADVERTISEMENT SPOT!! (323)839-5012 OR (310)948-5524.

VISIT OUR CALENDAR PAGE LINK TO SEE OUR 2026 SAMPLE CALENDAR!!

https://www.innercitycycling.org/calendar.html

TADEJ IS BACK!!

Tadej is the current UCI world number one cyclist!!

THE WORLD 2026 CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MONTREAL, CANADA IS NOW OVER!!

JAYLEN BRICENO ITT BIKE FIT CHECK AT THE WORLD CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIP IN MONTREAL, CANADA 9/21/26

Jaylen Briceno At The Montreal, Canada World Cycling Championship Races 2026

Jaylen Briceno ITT Take Off At The Montreal, Canada World Cycling Championship Races 2026

Corey WIlliams ITT Take Off At The Montreal, Canada World Cycling Championship Races 2026

Jaylen Briceno averaged 26mph, Derrick Chavarria averaged 27mph, and Cory Williams averaged 28mph in the World Championships Cycling ITT races in Montreal, Canada. JOB WELL DONE!!

SOUL CITY CYCLING MISSISSIPPI

The two teams led by Derrick Chavarria and Jaylen Briceno came in 3rd place in their respective categories in Stage 2 at the Panama Cycling Championships!! This is a great result for our teams!! It is showing all of our work is paying off and that our teams are more than capable of competing with everyone at the international level. CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH TEAMS AGAIN!! JOB WELL DONE!! WE ARE ALL VERY PROUD!!

EVENT DATE: 8/30/26

 

VIDEO - STAGE TWO SPEED RACE IN PANAMA, CENTRAL AMERICA - 8/30/26

Clásica de Azuero

PHOTOS - STAGE TWO SPEED RACE IN PANAMA, CENTRAL AMERICA - 8/30/26

These Panama courses are tougher due to the altitude, humidity, heat and stiff competition. The ambient conditions will greatly assist our representatives hopefully headed to Montreal.

VIDEO
Clásica de Azuero UCI 2.2 - Etapa 1 - Fepaci

In Panama, Central America

Event Date: 8/29/26

VIDEO OF 8/30/26 RACE IN COROZAL, BELIZE

The event was for two days. The video below is of the Sunday event only!!

INTERVIEWS OF THE CYCLISTS ARE BELOW

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MR. ANDREW ORDONEZ AND MR. DWAYNE WADE FOR CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEWS!!

MR. ANDREW ORDONEZ INTERVIEWS ARE BELOW

Video Recorded On 8/21/26

MR. DWAYNE WADE INTERVIEWS ARE BELOW

Video Recorded On 8/22/26 And 8/23/26

RACE FOOTAGE COMING SOON!!

OUR CYCLING CREW WORKING OUT IN PANAMA

AUGUST 25, 2026

SEE THE POWER AND SPEED OF DERRICK CHAVARRIA

JUSTICE LEAGUE CYCLING PROMO VIDEO

THIS GROUP IS BASE IN TEXAS

MORE OF JUSTICE LEAGUE CYCLING

JUSTIN WILLIAMS WINS AGAIN!!

A NEW FORM OF CYCLING COMPETITION IS HERE!!

A SPECIAL EASTER MONDAY 2026 RACE THANK YOU MESSAGE FROM MR. DON HARRIS - PRESIDENT OF INNER CITY CYCLING CONNECTION, INC.

 

EASTER MONDAY 2026 RACE FULL COVERAGE IS BELOW!!

 

EASTER MONDAY 2026 POST RACE CEREMONY IS BELOW!!

Tajed Pogacar WINS Milano-Sanremo 2026

BINIAM GIRMAY

LEADING THE WAY ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT AND AROUND THE WORLD AS AN ELITE CYCLING CHAMPION

PLEASE ENJOY THE VIDEO ABOVE

Volta Comunitat Valenciana 2026 - Stage 1 Last 5 Kilometers - Will Red Bull trap the sprinters?

50 TIMES AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD CUP

Mathieu Van Der Poel

DERRICK CHAVARRIA IS BELIZE 2025 ATHLETE OF THE YEAR!!

NEXT UPCOMING INNER CITY CYCLING CONNECTION, INC. CYCLING EVENT

(Please visit our events page for more cycling events)

MISSION STATEMENT

Promoting Bicycles, Cycling, Bike Safety, Health, Fitness, And A Green Environment In Our Inner Cities!!

OVERVIEW

The Inner City Cycling Connection, Inc. (IC3) organization grew out of a request by the community leaders organizing the Martin Luther King Jr. parade and celebration in Los Angeles, California, USA. For the benefit of the community, IC3 created an exciting bicycle race that took place before each parade. IC3 is a non-profit organization under IRS 501(c)3.

IC3 believes every child deserves a chance to strive for a positive future filled with endless opportunities regardless of their circumstances. Many inner city youths are not being given that chance. They are focusing their energies on drugs, gangs, and other caustic behavior early in life.

 

 

 

ANOTHER UPCOMING INNER CITY CYCLING CONNECTION, INC. CYCLING EVENT

EASTER MONDAY RACE 2027 IN BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA

Inner City Cycling Connection, Inc. (IC3) Goals and Objectives:

1) Promote the healthy and natural sport of cycling in the inner city starting with schools (children age 10 and up).

2) Be a conduit for inner city youths to focus on education, self discipline, and spiritual awareness.

3) Develop inner city schools bicycle racing teams by 2020.

4) Enlist help from public, business, and community organizations (police/fire/school district, etc).

5) Reintroduce safe, healthy, bicycling to the community.

6) Incorporate cycling in inner city schools through intra-mural participation and after school programs.

7) Increase the number of children participating in cycling athletic programs.

8) Give up and coming minority cyclists a portal in which to help brand themselves.

9) Promote the inclusion of women cyclists in the sport.

10) Assist in the establishment of a women division inside Cycling Federations globally.

11) Increase the number of Latins participating in the sport of cycling at an international level.

By accomplishing these goals and objectives, Inner City Cycling Connection, Inc. (IC3) offers a healthy alternative sport activity that encourages physical fitness and safety. In addition, it teaches the youths of today integrity, moral commitment, and a sense of value to the overall community.

PLEASE NOTE: THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC SLOWED DOWN MANY OF THE INITIATIVES OF IC3. WE ARE FINALLY NOW GETTING EVERYTHING BACK ON TRACK.

ABOUT US

The Inner City Cycling Connection, Inc. (IC3) organization grew out of a request by the community leaders organizing the Martin Luther King, Jr. parade and celebration. Inner City Cycling Connection, Inc. has been active in Los Angeles for over 20 years thanks to Don Harris. Don loved the sport so much that he joined a cycling club and competed in many races. He wanted to share his love of cycling with others so he formed the Inner City Cycling Connection, Inc., a non-profit organization, which focuses on developing cycling in our inner city schools and educating our youths in the inner city on maintaining healthy lifestyles.

Don, a devoted Christian and a Vietnam combat veteran, has been a member of Wilshire United Methodist Church since 1979. He is presently the president of the Wilshire United Methodist Men’s Fellowship congregation. The social agenda for this group includes developing programs that address aggression and domestic violence, teen pregnancy, juvenile mentorship, STD’s, HIV/AIDS, other serious health and wellness issues, physical fitness, high unemployment, and life stress related issues.

Don Harris has been very interested in the life and works of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. From this passion, in 2001, Don formed the Martin Luther King, Jr. Classic Bike Races which was held on Martin Luther King Jr. holiday before the parade in Los Angeles, California. Highlights from the classic were captured by local TV stations in L.A. Each year, the classic was presented as the centerpiece to a Cycling Bike Festival held in the South Los Angeles community of Leimert Park. The all day affair includes various class category competitions - males, females, and pros; a street festival with emphasis on the bicycle industry and its advocates; and a community recreational cycling challenge. Visit the upcoming events portion of this website for the exact time and date of the next Martin Luther King, Jr. Classic Bike Races and Cycling Bike Festival.

Don has many goals. He has long been a strong advocate of promoting cycling in our inner city communities and schools. He plans on fulfilling this objective by providing our inner city schools with financial grants and equipment to promote cycling.

Secondly, with help from the business community leaders, Don intends to open a cycling club where youths can be trained for events such as the Watts summer programs, the Amgen Tour of California, the Olympics, the Tour de France, and other cycling events. Don is presently employed and is in management at the Los Angeles Water Reclamation Department. He has been there for the past nine years.

Below is a video introduction to Inner City Cycling Connection, Inc. by its founder Mr. Don Harris

. Video created on January 17, 2020

PROMOTING BICYCLE SAFETY TO CHILDREN

Keeping children cycling safely in the streets is very important!!

 

The America's Classic is a professional bicycle race from Los Angeles, California to the end of Argentina and Chile in South America. The idea is still on the drawing board. Please let us know your thoughts.

PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!!

The North, Central, and South America Bicycle Race Classic is the concept of Don Harris, Founder and President of Inner City Cycling Connection, Inc. This race is design to help foster and strengthen the relationships among the nations in this hemisphere so that good will toward neighbors can prevail, and to ease regional local tensions. Additionally, the event will be a cultural exchange among nations and will help in increasing the understanding of each country's culture. The diplomatic core from each nation will be involve heavily from planning to implementation. Thirdly, this event will shed a positive light on the city and county of Los Angeles, which will result in a tourism boost.

 

Rev. Clarence Eziokwu Washington, a Vietnam Veteran and a retired engineer, has worked both national as well as internationally. Internationally, he worked as the West Coast Senior Engineer for Tele Media International headquartered in Rome Italy. He then shifted to a Business Solution Engineer for the Society of International telecommunications and Aeronautics in Geneva, Switzerland.  

Reverend Washington was principal and part business owner of CS3 Computing Services Support & Solutions, and was a Senior Engineer for EMLAC Communications. He is Co-founder and Vice President of the WE CAN Foundation, a supplemental educational service provider. The Foundation was established in 1995 for the sole purpose of educating minorities in the inner-city computer technology and information technology.  

Today the foundation is engaged in the effort to increase the academic performance of the students in 106 school districts in the State of California. The organization sponsors various program to engage and encourage the children in the community to participate in critical thinking. The We CAN Foundation hosted many events in the historical Black Town of Allensworth to raise scholarship funds for High School students. Their current project is producing the first Global Cultural Family Fair, introducing the Performing Arts and Folkloric Dance to the Central Valley and Allensworth Historical Park.  

He has had membership in various organizations including the Black Business Association (BBA), the Asian Business Association (ABA), the Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber (GLAAC), the Latin Business Association (L.B.A), and the California Business Council. He is a current member of Recycling Black Dollars. He has served on the committee for Building Bridges Black and Brown in conjunction with and Loyola Marymount University. He is a community activist and a member of the South Central Organizing Committee.

Other experience’s included a member of the Inner City Computer Society and a member of Maxine Waters Advisory Committee for Telecommunications. Mr. Washington is an ordained minister, a Spiritual Akan High Priest, a member of the Inter Religious Council, a President for the Allensworth Community Volunteer Association, and a Mediator & Dispute Resolutions for the District Attorney Office dealing with race relations. He is the executive producer and director for a local cable show lecturing on Blacks & Economics and on Black Culture.

 

 

COMMUNITY LEADERS

 

The 2026 Inner-City Cycling Extravaganza proudly recognizes Dr. Michael Batie—Professor, cyclist, and visionary leader—for his groundbreaking journey “Cycling for Math Across America.” Dr. Batie pedaled from Los Angeles to Galveston, Texas, not just for the love of cycling, but to spotlight a critical issue: math literacy in underserved communities. His ride in 2001 was more than a physical feat—it was a call to arms, a rallying cry for engineers, scientists, educators, and professionals across disciplines to join the fight against the math achievement gap that continues to hold back too many of our youth. We are honored to welcome Dr. Batie as a collaborative partner in the production of our 2026 Inner-City Cycling Extravaganza. Together, we will combine the power of cycling, education, and community engagement to inspire new generations and address the pressing need for STEM empowerment in our inner cities.