
Meg Elliot
Meg is a news writer for Cycling Weekly. In her time around cycling, Meg is a podcast producer and lover of anything that gets her outside, and moving.
From the Welsh-English borderlands, Meg's first taste of cycling was downhill - she's now learning to love the up, and swapping her full-sus for gravel (for the most part!).
Latest articles by Meg Elliot
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'It's been pretty flipping tough' - meet the man who spent 24 hours cycling 420 miles around a park for charityHenry Furniss is on a mission not only to raise money, but to educate about Alzheimer's disease
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'We bring the bike shop to you' – meet the company who will fix your bike on your commuteAn overdependence on convenience, or the city's best cycling enterprise, Tyred is promising to transform your commute
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I went on my first group ride, and it's changed how I feel about cyclingA solo cyclist through and through, I challenged myself to a lunchtime ride with the Cycling Weekly crew, and now I'm converted
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‘We believe that British racing can be exciting again’ - meet the 21-year old trying to revive the grassroots cycling sceneFresh out of university, Elliott Colyer is aiming to help build the British racing scene - from the ground up
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'We're going to be seen from outer space' - As Rapha and EF Pro Cycling part ways, we look back at their most iconic collaborationsFrom duck helmets to kaleidoscope kits, we look back at some of the times the iconic pink jerseys were, by race decree, switched-out on the start-line of the Giro d’Italia
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Are bike paths doomed? A brief (recent) history of active travel cuts, amid Donald Trump's war on bicyclesIn the USA, federal funding for active travel has been slashed, while in the UK, councils simply haven't used the money available
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'We're not the enemy, and drivers aren't the enemy either' - meet the cyclist trying to create calm on the roads and end the culture warsHama Ndiaye went viral for his calm response to an aggressive driver, and he's encouraging us all to be kinder on the roads, too
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How do we create a 'culture of courteousness' within cycling?As the City of London police proposes higher fines for dangerous cyclists, we ask what could be done to create a safer, and more equitable cycling culture in the capital
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'My town really exists' – the political power of the Tour de FranceA new paper suggests that the Tour de France could reduce support for the far-right
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Israel-Premier Tech uninvited from Italian race the Giro dell'Emilia over 'safety concerns' from pro-Palestine protestsWe had to make this decision for reasons of public safety," race organiser Adriano Amici said
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World Anti-Doping Agency to ban carbon monoxide inhalation for performance enhancementThe use of the carbon monoxide rebreather tool used for 'diagnostic purposes' will remain legal
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'Blood, sweat and tears literally kept the chains moving' – Meet the group of friends who just cycled 106 miles on a six-person tandem bikeThe Hoddesdon Round Table group are raising money for The Brain Tumour Charity through their odd cycling adventure
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'A hard one to swallow' – British time trial hope Erin Boothman 'gutted' after unclipping from pedal and narrowly missing out on World Championships medal18 year-old says a 'turn of bad luck' hampered her shot at the podium
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Cycling might help prevent the onset of dementia, new study findsThe brains of nearly half a million people were studied by researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China and the University of Sydney
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'Who'd have thought that a middle aged guy with a pink hat banging on about the history of London would do so well' - meet Johno Verity, London's cycling historianFrom Victorian "Bodysnatchers" to London's oldest coffee shop, Verity is changing the way we see the city, on two wheels
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'This is the one thing in the U23 category that I care about' - Sweden's Jakob Söderqvist makes history as world champion in under-23 men's time trial at World ChampionshipsThe Swede finished over a minute ahead of Nate Pringle and Frenchman Maxime Decomble
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'A nice circle, closing' - cross-country mountain biking's greatest Nino Schurter bids farewellThe former Olympic champion ended his career on home soil in Switzerland
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‘It's 40,000 millimetres long, or thereabouts’ - how to race Ned Boulting up the ‘Mûr de Ned’ this OctoberNed Boulting’s London Hill Climb, and the mysterious sign that inspired it
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'It’s going to be spectacular' - America's biggest bike race to return after a ten-year hiatusThe Philadelphia Cycling Classic will set off on 30 August 2026
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How to watch the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships: Everything you need to live stream the Cross Country Olympic racesWith the Cross-Country action coming up this week, here's all the information on broadcasters and live streams so you can watch MTB Worlds online and on TV.
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‘In a short time trial like this you can’t make any mistakes’ - Filippo Ganna takes victory in nail-biting Vuelta a España stage 18 TT as Jonas Vingegaard clings onto the overallThe Ineos Grenadiers rider wins by less than a second in his team's third win of the race
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I went to Les Gets to watch a downhill mountain bike race – here's what road racing can learn from cycling's coolest disciplineOne's rough-around-the-edges, the other is refined and data-driven, but the two disciplines may have more in common than we think
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'I don't have any air in the tyres and I can't change gears' – meet the man cycling the length of the UK on a homemade wooden bikeKidus Tesera, the self-dubbed 'King Raphael', is riding "a protest on wheels"
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‘He’s a celebrity, I suppose!’ – Geraint Thomas in the words of his fans, as he retired in CardiffWe talked to the crowds of supporters lining the streets of Cardiff and Newport for Thomas's last ever race
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