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WhatMAJORAre u?

The Major Taylor Club of Austin TX focuses on inspiring a love of cycling in minority communities, as a healthy alternative mode of transportation, a competitive sport, a way of staying fit and as a way of building community through subculture. 

commuter Cyclist

I am a major who uses a  bicycle to travel from home to a place of work, study, errands, and for play as their main mode of transportation.  There is also the benefit of cycling to main destination and physical exercise.

RecreationCyclist

I am a major who enjoys riding for fun,  for pleasure, for the sheer joy of feeling the wind on your face and the secure embrace of two wheels hugging the ground.

FamilyCycling

i am a major who cycles with their family to promote  physical activity and health and wellness to my family and also to spend family quality time.  I cycle in my neighborhood, parks, and to my child school.  I am encouraging my child to have more than one means of transportation and a healthy lifestyle.

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Join us for the Second Annual Growing the Movement Summit

Welcome to Major Taylor Austin

The Major Taylor Club of Austin was established in 2011 to honor and prolong the legacy of Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor, who in 1899 became the first African American champion in cycling history and arguably one of the cycling world’s greatest sportsmen. Faced with a racist majority in the sport that pulled every legal and illegal shady tactic they could, Major Taylor still managed to maintain his humility, keep all bitterness at bay and become a world champion.

It is Major Taylor's true spirit of a champion that The Major Taylor Club of Austin wishes to promote in every cyclist. It is with this spirit in mind that we focus on inspiring a love of cycling in minority communities, as a healthy alternative mode of transportation, a competitive sport, a way of staying fit and as a way of building community through subculture. Major Taylor believed that we could all be champions of the cause and with that principal in mind The Major Taylor Club of Austin  is open to people of all races, ages and skill levels. So come join us and be a champion of the cycling cause.