We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Quintin Veasley a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Quintin thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. If you had a defining moment that you feel really changed the trajectory of your career, we’d love to hear the story and details.

When I started Streets Calling Bike Club DC back in 2020 I had no idea the immediate impact that I made in the DMV community. I literally put a flyer in a group chat that I am apart of and 15 people came. The next week it doubled and the week after it tripled. It was amazing to see the impact. I truly did not have a vision for the bike club at first and I had to create one. So we started to support Black-Owned businesses that were struggling through the pandemic. We have supported over 25 businesses in the DMV community.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

My name is Quintin Veasley and in an effort to increase physical and mental wellness during the height of the pandemic, I founded Streets Calling Bike Club in the spring of 2020. What started out as a push to keep people (myself included) active and in good spirits, turned into a booming network of cyclists, businesses and brands – all passionate about wellness and community development. My organization is a black owned cycling club that inspires the community to push themselves mentally and physically, despite the challenges of everyday life. In just two years, we have supported individuals in conquering a variety of life challenges, including fitness/weight loss journeys, mastering cycling skill sets, injury recovery and so much more. My vision is to empower individuals in developing communities to use cycling as a vehicle or personal transformation and spiritual development. We have expanded our organization in the last couple years as we added Streets Calling Cares which has donated over 11K to local schools and community organizations in underserved wards in D.C . Also, we have created Streets Calling Junior which will start in the Spring. This program will introduce high school students to cycling and provide a professional development opportunities for the students. We hope to expand to other schools in the near future. All of these programs are funded by the people of the group, but we are looking for outside help!

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

Running a Bike Club is not an easy task. We have over 850 people in our group chat, 6K IG followers and 600 Facebook members. This is not an easy task as someone that has to be run the group. I think most people don’t see the hard work that goes into managing multiple tasks and trying to grow an African American bike club. i just remain focus because I focus on the end goal and that is to provide biking to all levels and people.

Can you talk to us about how your funded your firm or practice?

At first I was funding from my own pay checks which is not feasible after a while. I would book the DJs and put deposits on event spaces etc. In 2022, I was worried but I tested out the membership tier system which I feel is still affordable. We offer $40.00 (Gold Package) and $60.00 (VIP Package). This has helped fund the group as we go into season 4. Our membership has been growing and the member benefits have grown as of late. We had the opportunity to visit the White House and host private events at Black owned establishments.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.streetscallingbcdc.com
• Instagram: StreetsCalling.DC
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/StreetsCallingBCDC

Image Credits
Erica Blake