Kurt ain't no ordinary bus shelter man. He doesn't do them in a hurry. As he said himself "I don't do sleep dep".
Whereas Steve's middle name is 'sleep dep'. Kurt is more of a time trialist, and, on average, a faster cyclist than Steve.
But he don't do sleep dep, and so will always be looking to crack out is miles in good time...and by implication, good conditions too, because the two go together. Conditions are extremely important to both of them, but I get the feeling they're more important to Kurt, mainly because, he's not looking to do the bus shelter thing, at least not in a hurry! The question is, how far can Steve go into sleep dep? It's going to be a huge ask, looking at his schedule beggars belief. Staying with hosts is going to seem more more like a quick F1 pit stop with the passing of each and every week.