Dartmoor Classic | June 2016

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Date: 26th June 2016

Riders: Jam, Maverick, Ghost, Flex, Machine

Route: OMG THE HILLS, Dartmoor

Highlights: Hills. Dartmoor. Hills. Flex not quitting.

Jam’s Rating: Hills/10, oh I mean 9/10 (Please note that Flex’s rating may be considerably lower)

 

 

History was made

In Devon this day. The

Lads rode Dartmoor and

Left their sweat on the road. This was a ride for

Serious athletes. But Pelatom42 were never in doubt.

 

The hills loomed ominously. The fog rolled in over the heather and marshland. The tors rose menacingly in the distance. Newton Abbot made way for Pelatom42, for they were about to conquer the most awesome of Classics. A route to be feared and respected. Elevation to rival the mountains of Nepal. The start line – a race course – filled with nervous smiles and the scent of inevitable doom lingering in the air.

The hills tried to break the boys. Flex even came so far as to utter the dreaded words “I quit”… Except he didn’t, because only pussy cats quit, and Pelatom42 are not made up of pussys. No, they are made up of lions. Lions that lap up hills like the spilt milk of success.

The epic downhills were matched only by the strength of will of the victors. SiS was drunk, and chocolate orange bars of hell consumed. Dropped water bottles were an irrelevant inconvenience against the beauty of the barren landscape.

No one won this day on Dartmoor except for everyone. For this is a ride where nothing and everything exists all at once, and cycling reigns the land.

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