A must see cycling movie

[Crankin]

There are several six day races in Europe today. They start in December or January and run until the end of February. Most are in Germany or Switzerland.
My "German (pro cyclist) son" 's girlfriend is a PT for Team Mobile (or whatever it is called now). They were here at Thanksgiving and she told me about the grueling schedule she had driving around Europe, following the team to these races. These races are really popular there.

Major Taylor competed in these during the early 1900s.

[SadieKate]

I was surprised to see your note about Major Taylor as he wasn't mentioned in the movie. If the attached bio is accurate, he only competed in one and came in 8th. Of course, this lack of success may have had nothing to do with his actual abilities and more to do with the racist issues of the time and, if the movie had discussed him, they may have had to devote a lot of time to discussing those issues and not cover other areas.

http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/more.htm