After a magazine profile on Katie's bikes from the Milton Keynes World Cup, I started to see other teams using the heat shrink cables. "I later developed it into full-length heat shrink cables when we were riding for Trek Factory Racing. It looked ugly, so I cut 2cm strips of heat string tubing and slid them over the cables.
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"Back in the Rabobank days when we had Di2 shifters, I didn't like the messiness of the Di2 electric cables on the hydro brake hoses held on by zip ties. "The custom heat shrink tubing is made in Canada," Legg explained to Cyclingnews. More recently, Compton has had custom heat shrink tubing made with her moniker 'Katie Fn Compton' emblazoned on it. Next, he uses heat-shrink tubing to wrap the cables - a practice he pioneered years ago and which has been adopted by numerous other teams. First, Legg puts the Di2 junction in the bar ends (using a Shimano Di2 EW-RS910 junction box). Moving up to the cockpit, several clever choices help keep the build super clean - which is important not only for aesthetics but for literally being clean, with fewer places for mud, sand and grass to get gunked up in. Compton replaces the Dura-Ace rear derailleur for a clutched Shimano Ultegra RX-805 Di2 rear derailleur, which reduces the chain slap when racing on bumpy ground, while low-friction ceramic Enduro XD-15 bearings in the pulley wheels and bottom bracket reduce resistance so more power can go towards momentum in the race.
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