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His story was clearly meant to be funny, not to cause harm, but the fact that he didn't know people would react like this astonishes me. I'm a black rider and I feel bad for the guy because I know drama hes going through over this is massive in comparison to the fact that he tried to be funny and made a douche baggy post on IG.

@DylanH93: This is the truth. I'm a black mountain biker, and I can promise you I don't give a flying fuck what color my skin is while I'm out riding, and nobody who I'm riding with does either. Am I saying there no racist mountain bikers? I don't know and I don't care. What I can say for sure is the vast majority aren't at all racist, It's like Wesley wants other bikers to specifically care about him because he is black. Judging by the video of this guy wobbling down a green trail, I wouldn't care to ride with him because he is a joey, not because he's black. Get good and other good riders will gravitate to you, same as anything. I grew up in Indianapolis I didn't even know what a mountain bike was so I ended up riding BMX, I came into MTB from BMX in my late 20s and I have found mountain bikers to be extremely welcoming and friendly. Why do I need to see another black person who "looks like me" to go for a bike ride? We are all out in the woods doing the same thing. The whole premise of this article just looks weak and emotional to me, the political sins of the past are NOT the responsibility of mountain bikers to fix. I can get behind getting inner city kids out in the woods doing something positive, but it should be left at that. The mountain bike community is far from racist. And if somebody doesn't want your help go shred, what does that have to do with you?