A decent (for Steve) swim saw him move well up the field on the bike leg until, with 4K to go, that familiar and heart-sinking 'pheeeeew, hissssss, hissss, hiss' sound - and the sudden ability to feel every single tiny road irregularity - saw Steve despondently sitting up and changing down gears.
Rather than just climb off and walk back to the event headquarters though, the Go-full-of-adrenalyn-Veggie made a judgement to ride wobblingly in, nursing the bike over every tiny lump and bump whilst trying to hit the remaining corners in comedic-completely-upright-fashion in an effort to keep the tyre on the rim. With more than a little luck he made it back to Transition 2 intact and though he'd lost places and a huge chunk of time hammered out angrily onto the run.
An age group win and a 4th place overall were the rewards for completely wrecking a £100+ racing tub.
