Do you ever travel with your bicycle, if so how is it transported; bike rack, inside car etc? Yes, but I would rather ride my bike to an event.

If when travelling with your bicycle do you ever leave it unattended e.g. out side shops, public houses or fast food places etc? Yes, locked with Qudra-chain and cable.

Do you ever lock your bike to your car when it is in transit? Yes, cable lock. Locked to the door post, not to the rack .

Would you like to see an integrated locking mechanism included with bike racks? Many of them do, most are at best cheesy at best.

Do you attend race meetings and if so do you ever leave your bike unattended? N/A

How do you secure your bike at such events whether leaving it unattended during the day or overnight? Qudra-chain and cable lock.

Where is your bike normally kept; house, garage etc? Bike storage building.

Is it also locked inside of this location. Yes.

Do you use a form of floor or wall anchorage device? No, all bikes are cabled together. Try getting 15 or so bikes out the door at one time.

Would you like a simple secure system for locking your bike inside this location. Would it work with non standard frames? FS mountain bikes, recumbents, tandems?

Does your car have a tow bar? No.

If not would you consider fitting one for the sole purpose of a bike carrier? No, useless for tandems. Too long to carry across the rear of a car.

Do you have or use a bicycle maintenance stand to repair your bike? Yes.

Would you find a bicycle maintenance stand useful at race events or even recreational. meetings? Like the reciever tube mounted repair stand offered by Park tool a few years back? It would also carry a bike and could be locked.

If your bike was securely fastened to your car would you feel more confident about popping into the shops on your way home from a ride? It is, but I still do not leave my bikes on the roof if there going to be out of sight. Why tempt fate?

Would you like to see a device that anchored securely to a similar bracket both inside your house or garage and also onto the back of your car that could be swapped between the two easily? Like the locking pin on a reciver tube hitch?

Would you also like to see this product double up as a useful work stand for maintenance of your bike both at home and away? Almost any hitch rack can be used to make repairs.

What are the main features that influenced the purchase of your last bike carrier? It fit my car. New car model.

How many bikes do you normally have on your car at any one time? One tandem, most on top 12 boxed bikes.

Would you like to see a carrier that differed from the standard tubular steel construction? No. Steel is easy to repair should it be damaged.

Would you be willing to pay slightly extra for such a carrier? No.