{"id":34042,"date":"2022-03-14T19:00:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=667732"},"modified":"2022-03-14T19:19:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T18:19:12","slug":"tech-qa-campagnolo-vs-shimano-vs-sram-and-more-questions-answered","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/tech-qa-campagnolo-vs-shimano-vs-sram-and-more-questions-answered\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Q&amp;A | Campagnolo vs Shimano vs SRAM and more questions answered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Tom Marvin\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 14 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><iframe title=\"&quot;Tech\" 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