Originally Posted by Bah Humbug

I would do the 208. The unfortunate thing is I have Raynaud's, and while that's a fairly minor condition for a lot of things it means I can't ride in the cold very well (not without BarMitts and warmers stuffed in them). And "cold" for this purpose is <60* if it's sunny, more like 65* if it's humid. Average morning temperature in Marfa in late Oct/ early Nov is 50*.

As for which bike... probably both. The tri bike is not a lot of fun or climbing or descending, but it's of course free speed on the flats and straights, which there are several large sections of. However, crucially, it's even worse for the fingers, and there's no way to put BarMitts on it.