{"id":1027,"date":"2015-11-25T10:53:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T15:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/velologic.com\/publishing\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2015-11-25T11:03:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T16:03:33","slug":"top-ten-facts-you-didnt-know-about-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velologic.com\/publishing\/2015\/11\/top-ten-facts-you-didnt-know-about-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Facts You Didn&#8217;t Know About Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fascinating facts from the world of cycling from GCN. When did the first idea for the bicycle arise (it&#8217;s a lot earlier than the 19th century). Why was the first self-propelled bicycle like a train? 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