{"id":32525,"date":"2016-03-15T23:55:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T04:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=32525"},"modified":"2016-03-15T23:55:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T04:55:38","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-march-15th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/03\/15\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-march-15th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest March 15th 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to lose 90 pounds and turn pro – one man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Ben Delaney www.bikeradar.com<\/h3>\n

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\nThree simple tips from Elevate Cycling’s Mitchell Sides
\nIn his senior year of high school in small-town Texas, Mitchell Sides weighed 250 pounds (113kg). Today he is racing as a professional on Elevate Cycling, weighing just over 160 pounds. His main advice for losing weight by riding bikes? Consistency.
\nWith a physiology degree from the University of Texas, Sides is also coaching for Source Endurance, helping other riders improve on the bike.
\nFor Sides, losing weight wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the motivator to get on the bike in the first place. He got into cycling after watching his older brother ride in 2011, and decided it looked like fun.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I never really noticed that I was big until after the fact,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Sides said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I never noticed I was …<\/p>\n

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