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Offenburg Katie Compton will be starting in Offenburg as she begins her start to the MTB season. Unfortunately Katie and Sabine Spitz who is also making a late start to the season will be starting on the last row.

303's Sorry I've been a little sensitive to the information out there regarding Katie's sponsorship. There's been some misinformation out there both unintended and intended. I tested the 303's earlier this summer after a successful test of the Zipp Vuma quad crankset. The 303's are outstanding...

Wheel sponsor changes Katie's title sponsor pulled out due to a financial decision, they also dropped their motocross team sponsorship, Katie was part of the fall out. Katie's change to a new wheel sponsor was not due a decision by her former wheel sponsor or loss of title sponsor. It's no...

Shimano has problems Shimano 7900 has some very big problems with their shift internals. The Cervelo test team removed it during the Tour of California and replaced it with 7801. Katie Compton has had three sets of levers stop working in the 2 months she was using it during the recent...

29er wheels in Europe Most of the reason for why 29ers are not raced in World Cups are very few Euro manufacturers producing a 29er so naturally you won't see a 29er raced by Euros. Very few US manufacturers are producing a lightweight production 29er to race on. The other problem is spare...