I guess there could be lots of great moments in the sport of cycling, involving not just Major Taylor, but Bartali, Coppi, Merckx, Anquetil, Bobet, Beryl Burton and many more. Taylor certainly overcame some great obstacles, but so did Greg LeMond returning from a near-fatal accident, and Armstrong from an even more nearly fatal illness. I think it is a sense of history that makes a sport great, and holds fans with debates about who was the best. We can endlessly advocate the virtues of Taylor vs Coppi vs Merckx just as baseball fans can debate whether Cobb or Honus Wagner, or Ruth or Dimaggio or Ted Williams or Willie Mays was the greatest.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
tami j strege wrote:
> It seems to me Major Taylor winning the world championships was one of the pinnacles of the lightweight
> era.