{"id":7251,"date":"2024-10-01T16:37:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/?p=7251"},"modified":"2024-10-17T16:42:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T14:42:14","slug":"juliet-elliott-gravel-can-be-anything-you-want-thats-what-i-like-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/2024\/10\/01\/juliet-elliott-gravel-can-be-anything-you-want-thats-what-i-like-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Juliet Elliott: \u2018Gravel can be anything you want, that\u2019s what I like about it\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Just in time for the upcoming UCI Gravel World Championships in Belgium, Matt Stephens invited into his virtual studio his fellow Brit and our regular collaborator and in-house expert Juliet Elliott, a versatile cyclist with a knack for joining cycling disciplines in their fun and amateurish beginnings and then watching them get \u201cprofessionalised\u201d. One such discipline is, obviously, gravel \u2013 the current talk of the cycling town. With Matt, Juliet discussed her growing infatuation with gravel, the prep, the gear, and important racing events.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But first, a bit about our videocast guest. Juliet Elliott is a British semi-professional cyclist, influencer, writer, YouTuber, and content creator known for addressing important issues in cycling, such as elitism, privilege, inequality, and bias against women riders. Formerly a professional snowboarder, Juliet has become a prominent voice for women in sports. Named one of Bike Biz\u2019s \u2018Most Influential Women In Cycling\u2019 and recognized as a \u2018Woman To Watch\u2019 by YouTube, she was also featured on Cycling UK&#8217;s 100 Women in Cycling 2019 list for her advocacy for women in sports. A dynamic creative, Juliet focuses on cycling, style, sports, health, fitness, outdoor living, and adventure travel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a multi-disciplinary rider who did road, track and mountain bike races, and has a particular love of racing international fixed gear criteriums, Juliet is just the right person to compare gravel to other areas of cycling. Someone somewhere aptly summarised gravel events with the term \u201cmullet racing\u201d, meaning business in the front (those pushing for the win), party in the back (more laid-back riders at the tail of the race) \u2013 and Juliet couldn\u2019t agree more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Juliet Elliott: \u2018Gravel can be anything you want, that\u2019s what I like about it\u2019\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5SwmFftDHyjfxDYbzU6E9Y?si=qY0DaeWpR4y56sxSIk9gcQ&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Matt, she shared how she sees gravel as \u201csomething for everyone\u201d where you can strive for the winner\u2019s podium or take it in a more exploratory way and there\u2019s a \u201cwonderful vibe\u201d throughout. The real spirit of camaraderie and shared experience is the cornerstone of gravel and you come across all kinds of gravel races, \u201cfrom the super serious to the super ridiculous or fun, or amateurish.\u201d As Juliet cheekily summed things up: \u201cYou can be suited and booted in your finest or just wear a pair of cut-offs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They further touched upon gravel\u2019s transformation from the \u201cunderdog\u201d of cycling disciplines to UCI-level racing and how the competitive side of it is higher than it&#8217;s ever been. Bigger and better-funded gravel teams, more media attention on races, and more high-profile pros joining in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen to this episode to also learn about the very first gravel events she attended, what kinds of different races there are (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audax_(cycling)\">Audax races<\/a>, the Gralloch, Grinduro, etc.), which of them Juliet would love to do (The Silk Road) or why she enjoys the logistics of bikepacking \u2013 what she calls the \u201cmental game\u201d of it. You will, of course, also get a primer on the basics of gravel, what gear you should never leave home without, what should you be able to fix while out on the road and how to achieve that, how to fuel for gravel including how croissants are the best petrol station food when on a multi-day trip (if you have no other options) because they squash down easily, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for the upcoming UCI Gravel World Championships in Belgium, Matt Stephens invited into his virtual studio his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":7267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-7251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-the-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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