![]() The biggest updates this year to the frame of the carbon Boone is in the form of the thru-axle 142x12mm rear, a flat mount rear brake caliper and adoption of Trek’s IsoSpeed Decoupler. My bike is a well used Specialized Tarmac SL4 when out on my local roads back in West Yorkshire as well as in northern Hampshire with the hills and mountains being my preferred terrain. Compton’s CrossVegas-winning ride resisted the trends of hydraulic disc brakes and thru axles out back, but those days, at least for her A bike, are gone. When not writing stories for the site, I don't really switch off my cycling side as I watch every race that is televised as well as being a rider myself and a regular user of the game Pro Cycling Manager. Eurosport gave me the opportunity to work at the world championships in Harrogate back in the awful weather.Īfter various bar jobs, I managed to get my way into Cycling Weekly in late February of 2020 where I mostly write about racing and everything around that as it's what I specialise in but don't be surprised to see my name on other news stories. This got me a chance to go to the London Six Days, Tour de Yorkshire and the Tour of Britain to name a few before eventually joining Eurosport's online team while I was at uni, where I studied journalism. It took me a few more years to get into the journalism side of things, but I had a good idea I wanted to get into cycling journalism by the end of year nine at school and started doing voluntary work soon after. ![]() In fact, it was Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck's battle in the fog up the Tourmalet on stage 17 of the Tour de France. I started watching cycling back in 2010, before all the hype around London 2012 and Bradley Wiggins at the Tour de France. Proud Yorkshireman from the UK's answer to Flanders, Calderdale, go check out the cobbled climbs! Hi, I'm one of Cycling Weekly's content writers for the web team responsible for writing stories on racing, tech, updating evergreen pages as well as the weekly email newsletter. It hasn't been as much of a problem in cyclocross as of yet, but this crash does fuel the debate around disc brakes do pose a risk to riders. I don't think it has ever happened in the cross before, such a heavy fall."ĭisc breaks have caused some controversy in road cycling with various occasions including a crash where Owain Doull (Ineos Grenadiers) had his shoe cut open by a disc brake back in 2017. ![]() Tags: crash injury katie compton road racing. Her partner Mark Legg reported from the event on Twitter on Saturday. My back was blocked because of that and it was over after the first round. Racing in the Littleton Criterium on Saturday, Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek) was involved in a crash that forced her to go to the hospital. "They hooked together and I went on top of, too. Other riders who came down in the crash were Loes Sels and Katie Compton, Sels told Wielerflits: "I heard Shirin calling and had to look away, because it didn't look good. The sad thing is that she also saw the gaping wound herself. "It is an open wound and there is also a fracture," he said. ![]()
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