Please join us for MTM The 2nd Annual Juneteenth Freedom Ride Saturday June 18, 2022.
Please join us for MTM The 2nd Annual Juneteenth Freedom Ride Saturday June 18, 2022.
Major Taylor Memphis along with Memphis River Parks Partnership would like to invite you to our 2nd Juneteenth Freedom Ride in Memphis, TN. The date is Saturday, June 18, 2022 registration will open on February 1st, 2022. We will have multiple routes/distances of 23, 44 & 63 miles with supported SAG stops. "Early Bird" registration is $40 until February 28. Regular registration March 1-April 30 $45. Late Registration May 1-June 15, $50. Online registration closes June 15, 2022. Ride day registration $55. Hope to see you there!
Pre-Ride Social Friday June 17th:
Come out and join us for a relaxed early evening ride through downtown Memphis. This short route will take us by several historically significant sites. There will be photo opportunities at some of the sites.
Recovery Ride Sunday June 19th:
Do you want to get a few miles in before brunch and getting back on the road? Then join us for a Recovery ride on Sunday morning. The ride will roll out at 7:30 AM, and we’ll have you back in the parking lot before 9:00 AM
Prices and Dates:
Feb 1-28 $40 "Early Bird" Prices March 1-April 30 $45. May 1-June 15 $50 Online Registration closes on June 15th. Ride Day Registration $55 will begin at 5:30 a.m. For Pre-Registered Riders Only. If you registered before 11:59 p.m. Wednesday your early packet pickup will be available Friday June 17, 2022 from 3:00 PM until 7:00 PM. at the Trek Bicycle East Memphis Store located at 3548 Walker Ave, Memphis, TN 38111. Regular packet pick up will start at 5:30 am June 18, 2022 in the designated registration area.
Juneteenth Policies:
The Major Taylor Memphis (MTM) Juneteenth Freedom Ride has a “No Refund Policy”. If for any reason you cannot attend the event, you may request a transfer of your entry to another rider or you may request a deferral of your entry until next year. Transfer and Deferral requests are to be emailed to support@majortaylormemphis.com. Please submit the Name and Email address of the person to whom you would like to transfer your entry. There will be a $5 transfer fee. The deadline for any Transfers or Deferrals will be June 10, 2022. The MTM Juneteenth Freedom Ride will start rain or shine. Helmets with buckled chin straps are a requirement for all riders and must be worn at all times while on your bike. Headphones of any kind are not allowed.
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Marshall "Major" Taylor was an America track cyclist who began his amateur career while he was still a teenager in Indianapolis, Indiana. He became a professional racer in 1896, at the age of 18, and won the sprint event at the 1899 world track championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to become the first African American to achieve the level of world champion and the second black athlete to win a world championship in any sport. Taylor also set numerous world records in the sprint discipline in race distances ranging from the quarter-mile (0.4 km) to the two-mile (3.2 km). Taylor was an American sprint champion in 1899 and 1900, and completed races in the U.S., Europe and Australasia. He retired in 1910, at the age of 32, to his home in Worcester, Massachusetts.
In 1928, Taylor self-published his autobiography, The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World, but severe financial difficulties forced him into poverty. He spent the final two years of his life in Chicago, Illinois, where he died in 1932. Throughout his athletic career Taylor challenged the racial prejudice he encountered on and off the velodrome and became a pioneering role model for other athletes facing racial discrimination. Taylor was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1989. Other tributes include memorials and historic markers in Indianapolis, Worcester, and at his gravesite in Chicago. Several cycling clubs, trails, and events in the U.S. have been named in his honor, as well as the Major Taylor Velodrome in Indianapolis and Major Taylor Boulevard in Worcester.
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