Club Activities

The Major Taylor Bicycling Club of Minnesota and its members have participated in many local, state and national bicycling events since its inception:

• Recreational rides around the Twin Cities metro area

• Twin Cities-Wisconsin-Chicago AIDS Ride - 500-mile fundraising bike ride from Minneapolis to Chicago to benefit AIDS services in the Twin Cities, Wisconsin and Chicago

• California AIDS Ride - 575-mile fundraising bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles to benefit AIDS services in San Francisco and Los Angeles

• Alaska AIDS Vaccine Ride - 575-mile fundraising bike ride from Fairbanks to Anchorage to fund research for an AIDS vaccine

• Washington, DC AIDS Ride - 330-mile fundraising bike ride from Norfolk, VA to Washington, DC to benefit AIDS services in Washington, DC

• Minnesota State Bicycle Conference, St. Cloud, MN - our members presented a seminar entitled "Cycling: Not Just for White Guys Anymore"

• Midtown Greenway Grand Opening Celebration, Minneapolis - members have participated in ribbon-cutting ceremonies for each new segment of the bike highway that runs throughout Minneapolis into Hopkins

• Minnesota State Fair Bike Presentation, St. Paul - our members along with other Twin Cities bike clubs made presentations ranging from bike comfort to bike safety at the Minnesota State Fair

• Minnesota Ironman Ride - annual bike ride that kicks off the cycling season with 30/62/100-mile routes throughout the Lakeville area

• Ride with Jim (U.S. Congressman Jim Oberstar) on the Paul Bunyan Trail, Duluth, MN - 25-mile annual bike ride hosted by U.S. Congressman Jim Oberstar of who is an avid cyclist and serves as the Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in Congress

• Defeat of Jesse James Days Bike Tour, Northfield, MN - annual bike ride with 10/30/60/100-mile routes that raises funds for local trails

• Minneapolis Juneteenth Parade - participation in the annual parade and festival that celebrates the African-American holiday

• St. Paul Rondo Days Ride and Parade - 25-mile ride from Minneapolis to St. Paul and participation in the annual parade that celebrates St. Paul's African-American Rondo neighborhood after it was destroyed in the 1960s by the I-94 highway construction

• Great River Energy Bicycling Festival, St. Paul - members have presented the Major Taylor Award to winners of stage races during this five-day celebration of cycling in Minnesota

• Northwest Minneapolis Showboat Days Parade - annual summertime celebration

• Gitchi-Gami State Trail Grand Opening, Lake Superior, MN - 86-mile trail between Two Harbors and Grand Marais

• Minnesota Red Ribbon Ride - 300-mile fundraising bike ride through southern Minnesota to benefit HIV/AIDS services in the state including the African-American AIDS Task Force

• St. Paul Bike Classic - annual bike ride with 15/30-mile routes throughout St. Paul

• Minneapolis/St. Paul Tour de Cure - annual fundraising bike ride with 6/30/45-mile routes to benefit the American Diabetes Association

• Minneapolis Bicycling, Travel and Fitness Expo - annual expo held in downtown Minneapolis

• Seagull Century, Salisbury, MD - annual bike ride with 62/100-mile routes that attract African-American cyclists from all over the country

And we are proud that the Major Taylor Bicycling Club of Minnesota was named a 2006 receipient of a "Communities on the Move" grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield as part of their Prevention Minnesota long-term health initiative to encourage African-Americans adults in the Twin Cities to become more physically active.

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