• Members of the St. Louis REGULATORS Cycling Club prepare to ride their choice of 30,60 or 100 mile routes in Indianapolis in honor of Major Taylor, the first African-American world sports champion.

  • License plate on the tandem bicycle belonging to Wes and Ann Falker of St. Louis. The Falkers travel the country to participate in long distance bicycle rides.

  • St. Louisans Wes Falker and his wife Ann (on their tandem bike) joined more than 400 bicyclists from across the country over the Juneteenth weekend to honor Major Taylor at the Major Taylor International Cycling Alliance convention in Indianopolis.The Falkers rode a century (100 miles) on Saturday and 38 miles on Sunday. 

  • Contributing Editor Fred Sweets spent the Juneteenth weekend pedaling along with more than 400 members of various Major Taylor Cycling Clubs from across the country as they gathered to honor Major Taylor, the first African-American world sports champion.

  • Wes and Ann Falker wear matching bike jerseys to honor St. Louis.

  • From left, Christina Moss, Torron Willis, Calvin Stewart, Aaron Baloney, Stepahnie Hester, Regina Frazier,Joy Calloway, and Tamara Sunkett. All participated in the Major Taylor International Cycling Alliance Convention and rede to honor Major Taylor. 

  • The Gill sisters, Nancy(left) and Lisa rode 30 miles to honor Major Taylor at the Major Taylor international Cycling Alliance Convention in Indianapolis over the Juneteenth weekend. Nancy is a senior data analyst at OPTUM in Orlando, Lisa is a DNP NP at BJC in St. Louis. 

  • Members of the St. Louis REGULATORS Cycling Club before setting off on their choice of 30,60 or 100 mile rides in Indianapolis to honor Major Taylor are from left, Annie Parnell, Arsenia Burnett, Danita Moore, Cherita Lashley, Lisa Gill, Donna Dozier, and Kandy Taylor. 

  • Roz Hester and Andre Richburg sport matching kits after participating on a ride as part of the Major Taylor International Cycling convention in Indianapolis over the Juneteenth weekend. 

  • Participants attending the Major Taylor International Cycling Alliance convention took a spin out to the site where in 1896 Marshall “Major” Taylor set a one mile record on a bicycle before going on to become the first African-American champion in any sport. Front row from left are; Roz Hester of Grennville, South Carolina, Sunnie Jimenez and Orlando Jimenez of Iowa, Fred Sweets, Wes and Ann Falker of St. Louis, and Andre Richburg of Greenville, South Carolina. 

  • Arsenia Jones-Burkett prepares to photograph her fellow members of the St. Louis REGULATORS Cycling Club as Bill Gaston prepares to start the ride in honor of Major Taylor in Indianapolis.

  • Chris and Regina after participating in the metric century and 30 mile ride to honor Major Taylor in Indianapolis over the Juneteenth weekend. 

  • A historical marker along the Monon bike trail in Indianapolis near the spot where Marshall “Major” Taylor set a one-mile record in 1896.Marshall was born in Indianapolis and later became the first African-American champion in 1899. 

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