there's a major taylor velodrome in indiana.


MT was more badass than any other american athlete ever.


everybody should read his autobiography, the fastest bicycle rider in the world, if they can find a copy. it's out of print and quite rare, but anyone with access to a university library/interlibrary loan should be able to track one down.

failing that, read andrew ritchie's biography Major Taylor: The Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer.

what taylor went through makes jackie robinson's life story look like tiger woods's (well, not quite... but you get the picture).


btw, he was more popularly known as the "dusky whirlwind" in his time...