Mud, sand and roots tested🙈 the riders and their kit, but in cyclo-cross terms, the weekend remained comparatively filth-free.
At a competitive𝔍 setting like a National Championships, riders and their equipment were always going to be pus🃏hed to the limit, and for a particularly unfortunate individual, that very limit was exceeded with wheel- and race-buckling consequences.
One of the major themes of the weekend was custo൲m paint, with many riders taking the spray gun t𝔉o their pride-and-joy. Katie Compton's fifteen-year winning streak might've finally come to an end, but she'll always have the stars on board to remind her of her outstanding career, along with Pixie the rottweiler to keep her company.
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On the bike, Josh has been riding and racing for over 15 years. He started out racing cross country in his teens back when 26-inch wheels and triple chainsets wer🌠e still mainstream, but he found favour in road racing in his early 20s, racing at a local and national level for Somerset-based Team Tor 2000. These days he rides indoors for convenience and fitness, and outdoors for fun on road, gravel, 'cross and cross-country bikes, the latter usually with his two dogs in tow.
