{"id":29028,"date":"2015-02-22T23:01:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T05:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=29028"},"modified":"2015-02-22T23:01:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T05:01:08","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-february-22nd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/22\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-february-22nd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest February 22nd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pace Bend Road Race 2015<\/a><\/h2>\n

U23 Development Team<\/h3>\n

A few pics from today’s Pace Bend RR! #gofast #eyeofthetiger #u23developmentteam
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Jalape\u00c3\u00b1o 100 bicyclists go the distance<\/a><\/h2>\n

By TRAVIS M. WHITEHEAD Staff Writer\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.valleymorningstar.com<\/h3>\n

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\nHARLINGEN \u00e2\u20ac\u201d A strong wind confronted the riders in the 25th annual Jalape\u00c3\u00b1o 100 bicycle ride Saturday, but they stayed the course.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Going against the wind was tough,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Marcello Furlan, 75. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Coming back was a pleasure.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nFurlan was one of 701 bicyclists who came out early Saturday for the event.
\nThere were five courses of varying distances: 12 miles, 25 miles, 50 miles, 62.5 miles and 100 miles. They all began at the Oil Mill Pavilion at 906 Fair Park Blvd. The …<\/p>\n

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Man bicycling across US stops in El Paso<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Luis Carlos Lopez \/ El Paso Times<\/h3>\n

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\nA California man bicycling from Los Angeles to New York to raise awareness for a form of cancer stopped in El Paso on Saturday.
\nAndy Sninsky, 66, suffers from multiple myeloma, an incurable bone marrow cancer. He said he was riding approximately 1,500 miles from coast-to-coast and stopping along the way to raise awareness about the disease. Sninsky, who was diagnosed four years ago, said he will be …<\/p>\n

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Selma to Montgomery: On bikes, riders experience history<\/a><\/h2>\n

Kym Klass, Montgomery Advertiser<\/h3>\n

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\nEditor’s Note: Montgomery Advertiser reporter KymKlass was one of 350 cyclists who took part in Saturday’s Selma to Montgomery Voters Rights March bike ride, starting at Riverside Park in Selma, and finishing 54 miles later at the State Capitol Building.
\nSELMA \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The journey started here, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and took cyclists on long, rolling hills in Dallas and Lowndes counties.
\nThe 54-mile route from the bridge to the State Capitol Building took 350 cyclists through history \u00e2\u20ac\u201d on a route and through a time that was met with violence, anger, but also with perseverance and an unparalleled strength. …<\/p>\n

… Cyclists arrived from throughout the country, including Kansas, Detroit, Texas, Los Angeles, Atlanta \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and also Birmingham, Mobile, Dothan and the River Region. Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange said in Montgomery before riders were transported to Selma Saturday morning, it is gratifying to know that riders not only want to …<\/p>\n