Newly re-crowned US National Cyclocross Champion Katie Compton won her eleventh title this month in Austin on a bike she helped develop over the course of her two-year relationship with Trek.
Continuing our annual tradition of looking at Compton's winning bike, we grabbed an exclusive look at her 2015 Trek Boone 9 disc brake bike, fresh off her victory in Austin, with a half lap of the Zilker Park course's mud still coating the tires and pedals (no recycled photos here, see her Trek Boone from 2014 Nationals and Trek Crockett from 2013 Nationals for past bike photos).
We also chatted with husband Mark Legg-Compton about Compton's setup including pedal choices and the chain drop issues she face earlier in the season. See more of our ever-growing 2015 National Championship bike profiles here.
Compton’s red, white, and blue bike had 10 stars on the fork leg, one for each National title. There’s room for a new one to reflect her record-setting 11th title. The Isospeed canti fork was one of our favorite components on the Trek Boone we reviewed.
The mud was thick on Monday at Zilker Park, and Compton pitted once a lap, in the second entrance into the pits, except on the first lap.
Because of long lap times, Legg-Compton actually had time to use the team’s personal power washers. “The [race’s] power washers were a bit of a challenge, they weren’t very strong, so we actually had to run back to our own one back at the trailer,” he said. “Because the laps were so long, you got 12 or 13 minute laps, so you had time.”
In the pits, the team focused on removing mud, clearing the pedals, lubing the chain and pedals, and wiping down the handlebar.
Katie Compton’s red, white, and blue bike has 10 stars on the fork leg, one for each National title. There’s room for the new one. © Cyclocross Magazine
