By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated May 8, 2024
May is National Bike Month, and the conversation around Black history and cycling would not be complete without discussing Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor. He was an undisputed GOAT–Schwinn Bikes hails him as “the greatest sprinter of all time. He won numerous competitions and world titles, set multiple world records, and was one of the very first Black celebrity athletes.”
Between 1898 and 1899, Taylor “established
