Friday, April 13, 2007

Major Taylor - One of the Great Racers!


Mayor Taylor Biography


Stencil art by Janet Attard

4 comments:

Darren said...

I think he was a Major not a Mayor.

Darren said...

He has a nice velodrome named after him.

http://www.indygov.org/eGov/City/DPR/Parks/SportsComplexes/Major+Taylor+Velodrome.htm

Tino said...

haha. You're right. Major! I was thinking about doing a post about Mayor Miller vs. Major Taylor
earlier ... maybe that's what I was thinking.

fixed

Anonymous said...

Mayor Miller vs. Major Taylor?
Who can backpedal fastest? It is not a contest. Miller gets that title.
On a brighter note, Miller is unlikely to have a necessary bicycle bit named in honour of his inventiveness:
http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_st-z.html#stem