The Major Taylor Cycling Club of Virginia administration would like to wish everyone the happiest of holidays this season.
November 16th, MTCCVA will take the opportunity to celebrate the birth of Marshall "Major" Taylor on November 16th allow our members to spend time with our families during the holiday season.
On November 26th 1878, Marshall "Major" Taylor was born in rural Indiana to a black couple who moved North from Kentucky around the time of the Civil War.
Many of the Major Taylor Clubs across the country take either the weekend before or the weekend after to celebrate the birth of Major Taylor and by holding the MTCCVA event on the 16th if you are available you will have the opportunity to join District Collective Cycling, Brother to Brother Sister to Sister United, National Capital Velo Club, Black People Ride Bikes, Annapolis Bicycle Club, Sea Gull Century Committee or Velo City Riders all Major Taylor Affiliates in celebratory rides should they also schedule one. Reach out to us at mtccva@majortaylorva.org if you are looking to attend a second riding during the month on their possible scheduled date.
What to expect:
9 - 9:55 am Coffee, Hot Chocolate & Donuts
10 am Wheels Down 15 Miles
Route: W&OD Trail, Sharrows & Bike Lanes RWGPS to follow
Route Map: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48895848
Pace: No Drop conversational pace.
Address: 204-C Mill Street NE, Vienna, VA 22180
(ample parking on both sides of the building)
Make sure that you meet and get to know MTCCVA's corporate sponsor's staff in Conte's at the MTCCVA tent off of the trail and in the shop there in Vienna.
MTCCVA 2nd Annual Holiday Dinner at Makers Union in Reston.
RSVP now by registering for this event for the proper number of seats to be reserved. Significant others are Welcomed.
Start the Historic riding off with 10 mile bike fit ride with MTLA stopping at several of the local historical monuments there in Montgomery, AL. This will be a leisurely paced ride feeling our way through adjustments in preparation of Saturday's Historical Ride from Selma.
9:30 Pre-Ride Instructions
10:00 Wheels Down
We look forward to see you on ride day! Our all-volunteer crew and sponsors are focused on providing a well-supported, fun and safe event. Below are important details for ride day. The ride will occur rain or shine. There is a no refund policy. However, if you have registered and will no longer be able to attend the event, yo may transfer your registration to another rider or you may ask us to mail you your rider packet and Swag Bag. In the case of a sever weather threat, the ride will be cancelled and may be rescheduled at a later date.
The Montgomery Bicycle Club invites you to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Historic Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March with a bicycle ride.
Come pedal the historic route on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Montgomery Travel Information is online at www.MgmBikeClub.org/MontgomeryTravelInfo.
The ride will have full SAG support along with snacks/refreshments at the following rest stops (mile 8, mile 22 and mile 42). Rider registration for cyclists includes breakfast, one-way bus transportation from Montgomery to Selma for the cyclist and your bicycle, SAG and Mechanic support along the route, plus a post-ride meal in Montgomery. If you have non-cycling guests that would like to join you, we have a non-cycling tourist bus package that also includes breakfast, round-trip transportation from Montgomery to Selma, historic stops for sightseeing along the way, lunch in Selma, plus bus transportation back to Montgomery.
Cyclists will follow the sam 51-mile route that the foot soldiers took during their tension-packed march across the Pettus Bridge to the steps of the Alabama State Capitol, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and a host of others, addressed a crowd of 25,000 people in support of voting rights.
In 1965 the Voting Right marchers walked an average of 12 miles per day and slept overnight in nearby farmer's fields. The weather was unusually cold with rain almost every day and temperatures near freezing. Registered cyclists will be riding the entire 51 miles in a single day, and he weather may be cold, windy, rainy, as it was in 1965.
Cyclists will begin their journey in Montgomery on the steps of the State Capital building for a group photo, followed by boarding of charter buses to take the cyclists and their bikes 51 miles to Selma. The NPS Selma Interpretative Center should be open for a quick visit before heading to the Edmund Pettus Bridge for pictures and the emotional group start.
The first rest stop will be eight miles outside of Selma near Camp Site One. Reaching Camp Site One was a victory in itself as the first attempts to march to Montgomery were turned back at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Our primary rest-stop (#2) will be at the National Park Service Lowndes County Interpretative Center, ride mile 22, between Selma and Montgomery. We invite you to take time and tour the Interpretive Center before you ride past Camp Site Three and Viola Luizzo Memorial.
Once riders enter the Montgomery City limits, they will ride past the City of of Saint Jude, which was the location of Camp Site 4. The final few miles of the ride into Montgomery will pass the Rosa Parks Museum before heading up Dexter Avenue and the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church and arriving at the Alabama State Capitol Finish.
8:00 AM Bus loads up for departure to Selma
Sit-down with your Family and work out your family vacation time for 2025. For Major Taylor Clubs across the country will be getting together June 5 - 8th of 2025 in Los Angeles to celebrate the life of Marshall "Major" Taylor.
This is an event you don't want to miss where MTLA our Mentor Club is hosting Major Taylor Clubs across the country.
MACC One Love Weekend
Tango Thursday - 30
Friday Fish Fry - 25
One Love - 44 / 62
Sunday Mash - 26
Monday Recovery - 20
Ora Lee Cancer Research Foundation
Tigerlily Foundation
2 Silos - Host / After Party (Lunch / musical guests)
MTCCVA Cancer Kit / T's for ride and walk for sale
Raffle for Bike give away (Bull Run Bicycles)
Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Black Business Directory
Sponsor Donations from the Two Organizations above?
80 Mile Route - Plains to Warrenton Red Truck Bakery
40 Mile Route - Warrenton Red Truck Bakery
3 Mile Walk
8 Mile Walk
MTCCVA supports MTCCNC and their Major Miles for Mammograms Ride
Major Taylor Cycling Club of Virginia