Texas cyclists will stop in Florence during a 4,200-mile trek.

The bikers are coming! The bikers are coming! The Coastal Route bikers of the Texas 4000 will pedal north 72 miles from Bandon to Florence on July 13 and stay overnight at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church before cycling on to Lincoln City the next day.

This is the fourth year that the church has housed the cyclists. The 4,500 mile trip starts in Austin, Texas in June and ends 70 days later in Anchorage, Alaska, making this the longest annual charity bike ride in the world.

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