In many cases they've spent less time off the bike to get to the sleep stop sooner.
Try saying that to someone arriving at Kings @5am. Make sure you offer them the first punch.
(It won't hurt - they'll be knackered
)
Do you really think riders will have an extra cup of tea so that they can kick someone out of bed?!?
You can't have it both ways.
"If sleeping for 4 hours is civilised, sleeping for 5 or 6 hours is more so."
So of course having a proper bed is helpful on a 600
I can't condone deliberately robbing your fellow rider of sleep - it's a safety issue as much as anything else. "
Plenty of PBPers do just fine ..." is rarely a rational argument.