I'm moving from Oakland to Philly in a few months, which is going to be a 3500 mile drive by way of Houston.
I recently acquired a Cervelo P5-3 frame that I have not built up yet, but I would like to work on it in the next couple months. I'm selling all my stuff that won't fit into my car and driving over, so I have very limited space.
Since I have two bike adapters for my car's roof rack, and 4 bikes (plus this frame). My two thoughts are:
1. Build up the P5-3 and put it on the roof during the move. Sell 3 bikes before I leave (note: this will "force" me to sell my road bike, "forcing" me to buy a fancy new one when I get to Philly).
2. Don't build up the P5-3 at all so that the frame fits inside my car consuming minimal space and packing effort, and only sell 2 bikes before I leave.
I'd have to do a lot of measuring and planning to make sure the frame and everything else I'm packing up will fit inside my car, but it should work as long as it doesn't have cables, derailleurs, wheels, etc, so if I'm not putting it on top of my car I'm not going to start building it up until I get to Philly.
Does anyone know how susceptible these aero bikes are to cross winds over that long of a trip? I've had my Caad10 on the top of my car for 5k+ miles with no problems, but it doesn't catch as much crosswind as the P5-3 (nor is it as expensive or fragile). Anecdotal evidence is fine, but I'd prefer if someone knew the actual relative risk (1 in a million of a problem, 1 in 100, 1 in 2, 4 in 5, etc).
Thanks!
I recently acquired a Cervelo P5-3 frame that I have not built up yet, but I would like to work on it in the next couple months. I'm selling all my stuff that won't fit into my car and driving over, so I have very limited space.
Since I have two bike adapters for my car's roof rack, and 4 bikes (plus this frame). My two thoughts are:
1. Build up the P5-3 and put it on the roof during the move. Sell 3 bikes before I leave (note: this will "force" me to sell my road bike, "forcing" me to buy a fancy new one when I get to Philly).
2. Don't build up the P5-3 at all so that the frame fits inside my car consuming minimal space and packing effort, and only sell 2 bikes before I leave.
I'd have to do a lot of measuring and planning to make sure the frame and everything else I'm packing up will fit inside my car, but it should work as long as it doesn't have cables, derailleurs, wheels, etc, so if I'm not putting it on top of my car I'm not going to start building it up until I get to Philly.
Does anyone know how susceptible these aero bikes are to cross winds over that long of a trip? I've had my Caad10 on the top of my car for 5k+ miles with no problems, but it doesn't catch as much crosswind as the P5-3 (nor is it as expensive or fragile). Anecdotal evidence is fine, but I'd prefer if someone knew the actual relative risk (1 in a million of a problem, 1 in 100, 1 in 2, 4 in 5, etc).
Thanks!