I want one of those portable holes you see the Roadrunner carry. I could just push my gear thru and not have to carry it to work. Then I could ride like the wind. :lol:

Don't want to discourage you in your efforts, but there isn't anything I can think of to improve carrying things to work that doesn't already exist. You are trying to fill a very small niche in an already very small niche.

Interview Questions
1. Do you own a Traditional Briefcase? If yes, do you carry it when you commute to work? Yes. I've never carried it to work.

2. What means of document transportation do you use? USB memory stick. To carry actual paper documents (vary rarely) I use an expanding legal file folder or a zippered leather notebook.

3. Are there any faults with today’s methods of bringing items from home to work? I think traditional methods have room for improvement.

4. When commuting by bicycle do you carry items on your person? I carry all the normal items - phone, wallet etc - wearing regular shorts or pants with pockets.

5. Does your job offer a locker or changing area? Yes.

6. How do you feel after riding your bicycle to work/home morning/afternoon?
7. What do you think would improve with your current methods of carrying gear pro’s and con’s? I'm currently using a backback, but often use a tailbox. Possible improvements would be quick releases and recessed clips for optional panniers.

8. What is the atmosphere inside the boardroom? I do geek work, not boardroom policy meetings.

9. Do you bring your current means of document transportation (backpack, panniers, suitcase) into the boardroom or workplace? No.

10. What is the preferred means of carrying documents/work into the boardroom where you work? I carry a 3" notepad into meetings.

11. What are business people wearing to work when they commute? We wear normal work clothes at work. For the commute I may wear shorts and jersey or weather permitting work clothes.

12. How these methods affect commuting by bicycle?
13. Do you notice any trends within the cycling commuters? In the suburban area north of Atlanta commuting by bicycle is an oddity but at least no longer unique. From the several commuters I see these days my impression is that they are mostly new, tend to overdress for conditions and avoid potentially problematic weather. There is no trend on how they carry stuff.

Interview Questions
1. Do you own a Traditional Briefcase? If yes, do you carry it when you commute to work?
No, N/A
2. What means of document transportation do you use?
None. I carry a backpack for clothes some days.
3. Are there any faults with today’s methods of bringing items from home to work?
Bumpy. Wouldn't want to carry a hard drive with me too often.
4. When commuting by bicycle do you carry items on your person?
Once a week, yes. Otherwise, no.
5. Does your job offer a locker or changing area?
No.
6. How do you feel after riding your bicycle to work/home morning/afternoon?
Energized. Much better than any other method of transportation.
7. What do you think would improve with your current methods of carrying gear pro’s and con’s?
I have no complaints.
8. What is the atmosphere inside the boardroom?
What? / There is no boardroom.
9. Do you bring your current means of document transportation (backpack, panniers, suitcase) into the boardroom or workplace?
I bring my backpack into my cube when I have it.
10. What is the preferred means of carrying documents/work into the boardroom where you work?
Most people have bags. Not many use briefcases.
11. What are business people wearing to work when they commute?
Bike clothes, mostly, from where I commute (the 'burbs).
12. How these methods affect commuting by bicycle?
What methods?
13. Do you notice any trends within the cycling commuters?
There's more of them.

Gizmos that fit onto a rear rack they tend to have straps and hooks, so I guess the OP reckons they won't work in a board room. But a laptop fits into a pannier, so who needs a briefcase?

1. Do you own a Traditional Briefcase? If yes, do you carry it when you commute to work?
I own one. Have not used it for years. No clue where it is now.
2. What means of document transportation do you use?
If I need to carry papers, they fit in my pannier
3. Are there any faults with today’s methods of bringing items from home to work?
You can find faults with anything
4. When commuting by bicycle do you carry items on your person?
Huh?
5. Does your job offer a locker or changing area?
Bike room, no changing area.
6. How do you feel after riding your bicycle to work/home morning/afternoon?
Good, unless it's raining, in which case I feel wet
7. What do you think would improve with your current methods of carrying gear pro’s and con’s?
I have no complaints, except I really dislike misused apostrophes.
8. What is the atmosphere inside the boardroom?
Rarified? No clue. I don't go there.
9. Do you bring your current means of document transportation (backpack, panniers, suitcase) into the boardroom or workplace?
I think we answered that one already
10. What is the preferred means of carrying documents/work into the boardroom where you work?
Fistful of papers
11. What are business people wearing to work when they commute?
Bike clothes, mostly
12. How these methods affect commuting by bicycle?
Huh?
13. Do you notice any trends within the cycling commuters?
I don't have an x-ray to look inside my fellow commuters.

I was going to grumble more aggressively about bad grammar and misused capitalization, but then I would have to read my answers through carefully to maek shure i didnt makt any stupidmistakes.

Nice bike!

OK, here are a couple of rather novel ideas that I'd like to see somebody run with, and that would affect commuter cycling in not insignificant ways:

1. This requires a cultural change, but get people (especially news reporters) to stop using the word "accident" when referring to any collision. If a motorist hits a cyclist, we don't know if it was an "accident," we do know that it was a "collision." Quite often, these are not "accidents." They are incidents that could have been avoided with proper care and attention. There is a principal called "duty of care," which is usually assigned to the operator of the vehicle at less risk of injury (the bigger, heavier, more powerful one). This is seldom considered in collisions, but should be.

2. Get lawmakers to reconsider those signs that say "Cyclists dismount," or "Cyclists dismount and give way to pedestrians." Bicycles are inherently unstable vehicles. The assumption is that the pedestrian is at greater risk of injury than the cyclist. It ain't necessarily so. Dismounting a bicycle is a critical maneuver with a higher risk of falling than merely continuing riding. In fact, in situations where a cyclist and pedestrian encounter each other on a MUP or bridge sidewalk, the usual practice is for the ped to give way to the cyclist. The ped is much more maneuvarable and has much greater control than the cyclist, who has a more limited scope for maneuverability, and for whom dismounting and remounting present greater risk and inconvenience. The signs should reflect what is intuitively safer in the actual situation, as well as common practice.

Now, you might see some sort of paradox between 1 and 2. Shouldn't the cyclist be exercising a duty of care to the ped because the cyclist is faster and usually heavier (bike + rider + velocity = greater force on impact)? Well, yes. The ped should give way, but if the cyclist is riding in a manner inappropriate for the conditions, and knocks over the ped (even though he gave way) then by all means throw the book at him! But if the ped moves into the cyclists path, then all bets are off. You can't legislate common sense, which is why small cultural changes make more sense.

Luis

Dont you just love when Joggers run towards us in our bike lanes? LOL
Good point! Thanks for the info

my two cents:

Interview Questions
1. Do you own a Traditional Briefcase? If yes, do you carry it when you commute to work?
No (maybe in the attic) I haven't seen any one use a traditional briefcase in years

2. What means of document transportation do you use? Binders, Folders, digital, etc?
Mostly don't need to bring docs home as long as I have my laptop/smartphone....but folder in my laptop bag...whcih goes in my folding wire basket

3. Is there any faults you find with today’s methods of bringing items from home to work?
This is way to broad where do I work...there is such a variety of workplaces there is not one answer

4. When commuting do you carry items on your person, Items in backpack, messenger bag, pockets?
nope, everything is in a bag my wald folding baskets (or maybe bungeed to the rack)

5. Does your job offer a locker or changing area?
bike lockers, changing area. shower

6. How do you feel after riding your bicycle to work/home morning/afternoon?
great

7. What would improve with your current methods of carrying gear pro’s and con’s?
what I have works for me. no changes

8. What is the atmosphere inside the workplace/boardroom?
wierd question. workplace if mature hitech... ie lots of cube and meeting rooms....no ziplines

9. Do you bring your (backpack, panniers, suitcase) into the boardroom or workplace?
What is it with your and boardroom :) boardroom is very few people. I put my bike in my cube (doesn't fit lockers) But any sort of senior mangment executive meeting no way would I bring any thing but laptop, notepad, pen

10. What is the preferred means of carrying documents/work into the boardroom where you work?
very few documents all electronic.

11. What are business people wearing to work when they commute?
depends. I have commuted in polo and Khakis, but normally put on shorts and a tshirt (not bike specific) for a 5 mile one way commute. other commuters are work clothes( including jeans), generic shorts, and bike specific clothing

12. How these methods affect commuting by bicycle?
What methods? Question is unclear.

13. Do you notice any new trends with cycling commuters?
no....more as it get's lighter out


overall It feels like you are going about this based on watching old movies and have no idea what a business looks like. hardcopy is simply not a focus....and I am somewhat of a Luddite in that area. Very few people go to the Boardroom....etc.

1. Do you own a Traditional Briefcase? No.
2. What means of document transportation do you use? Binders, Folders, digital, etc? I don't transport documents, only my clothes and lunch.
3. Is there any faults you find with today’s methods of bringing items from home to work? No, it's pretty easy.
4. When commuting do you carry items on your person, Items in backpack, messenger bag, pockets? No, pannier bag.
5. Does your job offer a locker or changing area? Yes.
6. How do you feel after riding your bicycle to work/home morning/afternoon? Usually depends on the weather. Wet rides aren't fun.
7. What would improve with your current methods of carrying gear pro’s and con’s? My setup is already working well for me.
8. What is the atmosphere inside the workplace/boardroom? I think we keep it at about 68 degrees.
9. Do you bring your (backpack, panniers, suitcase) into the boardroom or workplace? Of course! I didn't haul it all that way for nothing.
10. What is the preferred means of carrying documents/work into the boardroom where you work? I think it's a stretch to call my cubicle a boardroom. I don't carry any work, just use the computer.
11. What are business people wearing to work when they commute? Athletic wear.
12. How these methods affect commuting by bicycle? Bike commuting year round takes a big commitment. It might take extra time, extra clothes, a bit of danger, inclement weather, adding lights. I think this is why more people don't commute by bike. To me the trade-off is worth it...it's cheap, I get some exercise, and my commute time is pretty predictable.
13. Do you notice any new trends with cycling commuters? We're getting older.

I don't know about that. Hammers attract nails and nails attract flats.

I do think a good egg-catapault would be useful especially if it has a computer based guidance system.

you got it bacward nales attract hammers so worst case the hammers go flying out of the bag tward close by nales.

my hammer insperation
http://youtu.be/_GjVy2pMZiY

1. Do you own a Traditional Briefcase? If yes, do you carry it when you commute to work?
I did in Prep School. I just popped it into my Wald rear baskets. That was long ago. Now I use backpacks and detachable shopping panniers.

2. What means of document transportation do you use? Binders, Folders, digital, etc?
Most often clipboards or loose papers, or put them in a paper bag.

3. Is there any faults you find with today's methods of bringing items from home to work?
Only if you want a one-sized fits all approach, which I don't recommend. I tailor my carrying to what is needed and what conditions I face.

4. When commuting do you carry items on your person, Items in backpack, messenger bag, pockets?
Pockets, backpack, panniers, rack, trailer on rare occasion I bungee it to the bike frame.

5. Does your job offer a locker or changing area?
It's called the bathroom.

6. How do you feel after riding your bicycle to work/home morning/afternoon?
It varies, anything from anger to elation.

7. What would improve with your current methods of carrying gear pros and cons?
Magic compartments that expand to fit the size of the cargo, in case I buy too much at the store, or a package at the P.O. turns out to be too big.

8. What is the atmosphere inside the workplace/boardroom?
Approximately, Nitrogen - 78.084%, Oxygen - 20.95%, Argon - 0.934%, Carbon Dioxide - 0.036%, Neon - 0.0018%, Helium - 0.0005%, Methane - 0.00017%, Hydrogen - 0.00005%, Nitrous Oxide - 0.00003%, Ozone - 0.000004%

9. Do you bring your (backpack, panniers, suitcase) into the workplace?
Always have.

10. What is the preferred means of carrying documents/work into the boardroom where you work?
On-time for the meeting.

11. What are business people wearing to work when they commute?
Clothing appropriate for the riding conditions of the day.

12. Do you notice any new trends with cycling commuters?
Personally, my commute got shorter. From 10 miles to 5 feet.

13. So driver awareness is a problem for most of us!
Driver unawareness is a worse problem.

14. Any other problems we're missing here?
Potholes, Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hurricanes, Tornados,

+1 on that. In my youth I used to use my bike to transport military chips from one company site to another. It became quickly apparent that chips attached to the bike died much more often than chips carried in a backpack.