Comments on: Before Cars, Before Lance, there was Major http://cyclingexperiences.com/2008/12/27/before-cars-before-lance-there-was-major/ Join me in the wonderful worlds of cycling, technology, etc. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:16:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The George Street Bike Challenge « Cycling Experiences… http://cyclingexperiences.com/2008/12/27/before-cars-before-lance-there-was-major/#comment-698 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:34:03 +0000 http://northcarolinacyclist.wordpress.com/?p=3415#comment-698 [...] Uphill time trial, Sunday, July 26, 2009. See how fast you can pedal up this two-block quad-buster in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts, that was a training ground for 1899 world champion, Major Taylor. You probably recall my late December ‘08 post on him. [...]

]]> By: Did you know? « Cycling Experiences… http://cyclingexperiences.com/2008/12/27/before-cars-before-lance-there-was-major/#comment-297 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:02:15 +0000 http://northcarolinacyclist.wordpress.com/?p=3415#comment-297 [...] published information on Major Taylor earlier. I trust this post is informative and that you will look for these riders in  Le Tour de France, [...]

]]> By: American History « Cycling Experiences… http://cyclingexperiences.com/2008/12/27/before-cars-before-lance-there-was-major/#comment-259 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:07:06 +0000 http://northcarolinacyclist.wordpress.com/?p=3415#comment-259 [...] Before Cars, Before Lance, there was Major Taylor [...]

]]> By: jalexartis http://cyclingexperiences.com/2008/12/27/before-cars-before-lance-there-was-major/#comment-258 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:16:34 +0000 http://northcarolinacyclist.wordpress.com/?p=3415#comment-258 Yea, history is full of examples of struggle. Let us learn from the experiences of the past. –jim

]]> By: Mikael http://cyclingexperiences.com/2008/12/27/before-cars-before-lance-there-was-major/#comment-257 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:32:12 +0000 http://northcarolinacyclist.wordpress.com/?p=3415#comment-257 Seems the women also had a rough time of it although not for quite as long.
(page 72 and onwards)

http://books.google.dk/books?id=2D3GrbB131cC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=lady+cyclists+christchurch&source=bl&ots=2ZRUGP_lLQ&sig=PMfohn_xuwhefXQpUW7vazXT3gc&hl=da&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA73,M1

Atalanta club had to have their brothers ride escort as people threw stones at them at first.

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