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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
Eleven, count them — eleven. Compton is now an eleven-time elite cyclocross national champion. Her bike of choice for her title-winning ride in Austin, Texas, was a Trek Boone 9 Disc. A departure from the cantilever bike she has raced during the rest of this season. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
Compton has ridden Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 all season, but in Austin, she paired her Dura-Ace drivetrain with the Shimano R785 hydraulic braking system. Compton's mechanic and husband, Mark Legg-Compton told us, "The disc [brake] bikes had better mud clearance. The braking wasn't the reason for the switch. After her pre-ride on the canti bike she opted for the disc [bike]. Trek allows the riders to decide what they want to race, and fortunately for us we have both disc and canti options. Overall Katie prefers the canti bikes, as they're lighter, accelerate better and they handle better." Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
After starting her season in Las Vegas, Nevada at Clif Bar's CrossVegas, Compton has swtiched from Bontrager's XXX integrated bar/stem, to the Race X Lite IsoZone VR-CF handlebars and XXX Lite Stem to help alleviate some carpal tunnel pain she experiences. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
Compton runs her Bontrager Affinity Pro saddle pretty far forward on its rails. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
In Austin, Compton rode FMB SuperMud Pro tubulars at 16psi, though Super Prestige Pro tubulars are pictured here. The FMB Pro cotton casing is coated in an extra layer of latex to keep the tires from folding under hard cornering at low pressures. Tipping the scales at about 140 pounds, Compton is able to take her tubulars quite low, but 16psi is extreme. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
Compton and other Shimano-sponsored riders have been on these prototype SPD pedals for a while now. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
It appears that all non-essential parts of the pedal body have been shaved down to increase mud clearance. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
Compton, who is extremely particular about her Q-factor, uses a special mixture of pedal spacers on each crank arm, which makes us wonder if the 'Prototype' badge on the pedals is in reference to the pedal itself, or a special spindle length for Compton. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
Compton runs a 46-39 chainring combination, a change she made when she switched from SRAM to Shimano drivetrains this season. She was previously on a 44-34 chainring combination from Wickwerks, a combination that Wickwerks now offers for 4-bolt Shimano cranks, such as Compton's.
Compton rides 175mm crank arms, which sound long for a person her size, but it's the crank length she ran when she piloted a tandem in the Paralympics, so she is most comfortable with that length. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
Compton runs an 11-28 cassette, which gives her a wide range of gears, but not as many low-end gears as she's ridden in the past. Legg-Compton uses Pro Gold Xtreme chain lube on her chain. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
Compton spent her entire race on the disc bike. Legg-Compton explained, "Once she started on discs, it's easier to stay on them, rather than change her riding style and braking points [on the course]."
Compton's wheels have been in the prototype stage for some time, using an Aeolus 3 tubular rim, and hubs from the Affinity Pro TLR Disc wheelset. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
The two-tone red, white, and blue Boone is much more red on its non-drive side. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
Legg-Compton uses a bit of heat shrink to keep the Di2 cables tidy. Thankfully, Trek put the electronic wire port right next to the brake line port to keep things clean, a simple touch that many frame manufacturers haven't figured out. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
A bit of epoxy keeps the front derailleur wire from moving about. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
In case someone might wonder who this red, white, and blue rig belongs to, it's printed right there on the top tube. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Katie Compton's red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 Disc
Compton and her Trek teammates have been riding in the new XXX MTB shoes all season. They have also become a favorite of tech reporter, Logan VonBokel, who raced in them the second half of this ’cross season. They are expected to be available this spring. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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