{"id":36550,"date":"2022-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=36550"},"modified":"2022-05-17T10:39:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T08:39:46","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/2022\/05\/13\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"947\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/TOW0BZ2G91367H8H3ZE9FG197POY-1024x947.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-36701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/TOW0BZ2G91367H8H3ZE9FG197POY-1024x947.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/TOW0BZ2G91367H8H3ZE9FG197POY-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/TOW0BZ2G91367H8H3ZE9FG197POY-768x710.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/TOW0BZ2G91367H8H3ZE9FG197POY-1536x1421.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/TOW0BZ2G91367H8H3ZE9FG197POY.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">If you\u2019re reading this beginner\u2019s special, then there\u2019s a chance that you\u2019re new to cycling. 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