An Associated Club of Major Taylor Association

"IRON sharpens IRON"  Built 2022, ready to serve all cyclists with a passion to enhance the BLACK cycling experience and community.  Regardless of ability, if you have the will, we will "teach".  We "fellowship" and we "cut up" on and off the bike.  

Who Was Major Taylor?

"Life is too short for a man to hold bitterness in his heart."
Marshall W. "Major" Taylor

• American bicycle racer Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor (1878-1932) was the word’s first black sports superstar. He was world cycling champion in 1899, American sprint champion in 1900, and set numerous track cycling records. Nicknamed “Major” in his youth in Indianapolis and later known as “the Worcester Whirlwind” after his adopted hometown in Massachusetts, he was the second African-American world champion in any sport (after Canadian-born bantamweight boxer George Dixon of Boston won his title in 1891). In the Jim Crow era of strict racial segregation, Taylor had to fight prejudice just to get on the starting line. He faced closed doors and open hostility with remarkable dignity. In his retirement he wrote his autobiography, “The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World.”
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• Please join us every Thursday.  Come get a taste of who we are and what we do.   This is a NO DROP ride.  Distance is 17 miles and has 677 feet of elevation.   

•   Group1 will roll at 18-20+mph.  This route offers riders with high-performance goals.

• Group 2 will roll at 15-18mph.  Group 2 will be able to challenge themselves, weekly or just enjoy a brisk friendly ride.

• Group 3 is the developmental group and will not have to worry about being dropped.  Someone will sweep this group and assist any rider on the route.  No shame in starting at this level, we all have.  You'll be surprise at how quickly you will progress.