Atomic News & Events

May 9, 10:44 AM

Atomic members melt in recent downpour

Vancouver – unseasonably hard rains over the weekend unleashed furry on a group of uber hard-core Atomic Racing Club members out training this Saturday. Following close on the wettest Vancouver April in recent memory was what must have been the wettest Saturday in recent Vancouver memory.

The riders, including current and past presidents, did what they do best and put aside their fears and pain and rode on through the hurricane conditions. The rain proved too much for the group, however, and they melted.

“We were riding along at our usual 55 – 60 kph pace”, explained president Andrew Wilson, “when I noticed what I thought were bits of meat or fruit pulp coming from the front of the train. When the guy out on the front swung off to let someone else pull I could see he was actually melting – or dissolving I guess – from the water”.

Wilson stopped the training ride immediately and encouraged the group to slow to 50 kph and wait for the rain to subside. “Sure, that’s awful slow for most of us, but hey, it’s better than having some of the membership wash down the drains”, he said later when reached by phone at the Atomic executive offices.

Once the rain stopped the riders were able to re-form and complete their training ride.