Katie Compt0n is now back in Europe getting ready for the second half of her 2018/19 European campaign. According to Compton’s pit crew member Josh McKinney, parts of the stickers got blasted off thanks to the high pressure in the pit pressure washers. Those sticks on the crankarm covered in mud are for WickWerks and KMC. Although she’s experimented with 172.5mm cranks, finds her power much better with the longer cranks. While the much-taller Wout van Aert and fellow National Champion Stephen Hyde use short 170mm cranksets, Compton keeps the same length cranks she used as a Paralympic tandem captain. Yee / Cyclocross MagazineĬompton also famously uses 175mm crankarms. Katie Compton’s 2018 Cyclocross National Championship-winning Trek Boone. WickWerks 42/34t chain rings gave Compton smaller jumps between gears than a 2x system, according to Legg. Her Boone victories kept coming, with a stars-and-stripes-themed ride in Austin, a baby blue, FMB-equipped model in Asheville, and then a white Clement-dressed Front Isospeed-dampened Boone in Hartford.įast forward two years to Louisville, and while the frameset remains the same, Compton and Legg have made a number of notable changes. Since joining forces with the Wisconsin-based Trek Compton has taken victories on a 2013 National Championship-winning Trek aluminum prototype, an aluminum Trek Crockett and a Boone she debuted on January 1 and won on in Boulder. Compton has thrown a leg over many different bikes, including winning on frames from Redline, Primus Mootry, Stevens and Giant before aligning with Trek. When you’ve won 15 Elite Women’s Cyclocross National Championships, chances are you’ve ridden a lot of different brands of bikes. Yee / Cyclocross Magazineįirst, a little history. Gold alloy bolts added some bling to Compton’s bike.
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