For information about the Columbus, Ohio Major Taylor
Cycling Club, call George Harper, MTCC President at  
614-679-6860 or log onto
www.majortaylorcycling.org
Marshall "Major" Taylor was a world cycling champion in 1900. Setting record
breaking world speed records, he was the first African-American to become the
premier sports figure in a major American popular sport.   His story is told in his
1928 autobiography,
"The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World" (Ayer's Books, New
Hampshire)
, and in a 1988 biography, "Major Taylor, the Extraordinary Career of
a Champion Bicycle Racer", by Andrew Ritchie (Bicycle Books, San Francisco).

For more about Major Taylor, visit The Major Taylor Society or The Major Taylor
Association, websites "dedicated to Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, the turn of
the century American and World bicycle racing champion."
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Major Taylor Commemorative Ride
Saturday, September 4, 2010       

7:00 am       Registration Opens

8:00 am       Riders depart on 62 mile route

10:00am      Riders depart on 30 mile route

This is a 30 & 62 mile bike ride in the name
of Major Taylor, hosted by the Major Taylor
Cycling Club.  This tour will start and finish
in the Historic Long Street District and will
include the surrounding bike trails. There
is a $25 registration fee.  

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