John M Flores
John M Flores
Lars AmendaRE: https://mastodon.social/@lars_amenda/113550812376258523
Heute #otd vor 147 Jahren wurde #MajorTaylor geboren. #Fahrradgeschichte #Sportgeschichte
Tom FucoloroNew in the shop: Major Taylor’s Autobiography
Tomorrow (November 26) is Marshall “Major” Taylor’s birthday, and to celebrate we have a limited number of copies of his fascinating 1928 autobiography for sale in the Seattle Bike Blog Shop.
The book is a classic, providing detailed insight into both the culture of bicycle racing and intense racist discrimination around the turn of the 20th century. His story has inspired many bicycle organizations, including Cascade Bicycle Club’s Major Taylor Project and annual Major Taylor celebrations at Bike Works, who just held their 2025 Major Taylor celebration last week.
The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World was originally self-published in 1928 and was 460 pages long. It is in the public domain so you can read it for free via Archive.org, which also hosts versions for e-readers. The copy available on our shop is a condensed 215-page edition from Microcosm Publishing that includes a foreword by pro racer Ayesha McGowan and an Introduction by Adonia E. Lugo, Phd, author of Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance, which is also available on the Seattle Bike Blog shop.
#SEAbikes #Seattle
Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲Today is Major Taylor Day in Michigan.
https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/proclamations/2025/09/15/september-15-2025-major-taylor-day
A documentary, "The World's Fastest Man", based on the book of the same title showed on PBS a few years ago.
A movie is currently in production:
#MajorTaylor #MajorTaylorDay #Michigan #BikeTooter #Bicycling ##Bicycle #BikeHistory #BicycleHistory #History #d_history #Cycling #Cyclist
Court Cantrell does not comply
#otd heute vor 146 Jahre wurde Major Taylor geboren. Als Schwarzer Radrennfahrer erlebte er massiven Rassismus in den USA. 1899 gewann er die Weltmeisterschaft, als zweiter Schwarzer Sportler überhaupt in allen Disziplinen. Ab 1901 startete er bei zahlreichen Rennen in Europa, auch in Deutschland. Hier wurde er als globaler Sportstar gefeiert, als Schwarzer aber auch regelmäßig diskriminiert. Mit @nfg bereiten wir eine Studie über ihn vor.
#MajorTaylor #Fahrradgeschichte
Foto: WIkipedia (USA)
If you'd like to learn more about the #BlackTowns of #Oklahoma, here's a good starting point:
https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=AL009
#BlackTownBikeTour
#MTCCOK
#MajorTaylor
#MajorTaylorCyclingClub
#MajorTaylorCyclingClubOfOklahoma
#cycling
#history
#BlackHistory
So, Osborne Celestain, director of the #Tulsa chapter of the #MajorTaylor Cycling Club of #Oklahoma, is riding a 600-mile bike tour of the #BlackTowns of Oklahoma.
Spouse is a member of the #OKC chapter and a friend of Osborne. It's been fun and inspiring -- not to mention illuminating -- to keep aware of Osborne's progress and to learn a little more about this part of Oklahoma history.
