Decisions Decisions.

[mark st1]

We stop at Chelmsford, overnight. I wouldn't normally stop, but it's not my circus and they aren't my monkeys, unfortunately.

Hotel ? Campsite ? Downtown Beirut style council estate ?. If it's organised which clearly it is I wouldn't worry personally about having anything nicked. However your choice seems to be swap anything and everything to make the good bike look cheap or the cheap bike a wolf in sheeps clothing so to speak ? What would your preferred steed be of the 3 ?

 

[Crackle]

Take the Cervelo P5x.

 

[Sea of vapours]

We stop at Chelmsford, overnight.

Hmmmm..... that would be an impressively indirect choice of route. Cheltenham, perhaps?!

 

[Racing roadkill]

Hotel ? Campsite ? Downtown Beirut style council estate ?. If it's organised which clearly it is I wouldn't worry personally about having anything nicked. However your choice seems to be swap anything and everything to make the good bike look cheap or the cheap bike a wolf in sheeps clothing so to speak ? What would your preferred steed be of the 3 ?

Therin lies the problem. I haven't got the time available to swap and change the bits over from bike to bike, to make the perfect Frankenbike, for this event, so I'm personally leaning towards the 560, although the 520 is the one that would bother me least if it ended up in the parts bin, or got permaborrowed.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Hmmmm..... that would be an impressively indirect choice of route. Cheltenham, perhaps?!

Yes, autocorrect didn't like Cheltenham, but it did like Chelsea, which is odd.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I really don't think any of the options are suitable. You'll have to buy a new one.

 

[mark st1]

Neither do I.

Me neither I was treated extremely harshly and unfairly by one of its residents a few years ago. Peasants !

 

[mark st1]

Therin lies the problem. I haven't got the time available to swap and change the bits over from bike to bike, to make the perfect Frankenbike, for this event, so I'm personally leaning towards the 560, although the 520 is the one that would bother me least if it ended up in the parts bin, or got permaborrowed.

Things were a lot easier before 11 speed shenanigans ! Wouldn't be keen on riding those puncture proof tyres that distance myself. So I'd discount that I'd take whatever your going to feel most happy on I'm sure you'd rather none of them went missing so I wouldn't base my decision on that alone tbh.

 

[Milkfloat]

They are being locked in a van overnight - assuming that has a sticker on the back saying 'No tools left in this van overnight' then what could go wrong?

If you were really worried you could save them hotel costs and offer to sleep in the van. However, then the sticker would not be strictly telling the truth

 

[Racing roadkill]

I really don't think any of the options are suitable. You'll have to buy a new one.

That's an idea. I've got a valid excuse for an N+1 as well

 

[mjr]

They are being locked in a van overnight - assuming that has a sticker on the back saying 'No tools left in this van overnight' then what could go wrong?

Why aren't they staying in a bike-friendly hotel that lets you take them into the rooms? Even pro teams suffer bikes nicked from vans.

 

[fossyant]

They are being locked in a van overnight - assuming that has a sticker on the back saying 'No tools left in this van overnight' then what could go wrong?

If you were really worried you could save them hotel costs and offer to sleep in the van. However, then the sticker would not be strictly telling the truth

Then you need the sticker "The only tools in this van are the driver and his mate"

 

[mjr]

Here's the actual route. @Racing roadkill might like to shove it into the OP.

 

[Spiderweb]

Ride the 520 with puncture proof tyres, I'm sure they still work as tyres after 100+ miles.
You can then report back and let us know how they performed.

 

[Drago]

The choice is easy. Use your Grifter.