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You only need 2 locks normally, but since your bike is worth £5,000 I'd not even advise locking up outside for extended periods. Its might be worthwhile giving a think about having a less expensive ride for normal use, then having your Sunday bike for the important things (racing, showing to friends, etc).
A guy on here had his bike nicked and it had TWO Fahg Minis on it. How did this happen??..... because he had hidden it from the general public, and they had 8 hours to grind through both locks.......but even better, they took the bikes with the locks, and then they had days to get them off.
The moral of the story? Lock up more expensive bikes where theft will be extremely noticeable - like right outside a Police station. Or, if someone were to attempt cutting the locks, passersby would alert the fuzz.
The maximum you need is a lock for the frame and back wheel, another for the front wheel to frame, and lastly (only if in a good public place where somebody will surely alert the police in case of theft) an alarm disclock. Yes, secure via skewers, as that increases your chances of keeping everything.
I think your solutions are possibly overkill, for most bikes, but for a bike that costs the same as secondhand car, its ok. :-)