Drove 940 miles the first day, stayed in Georgia overnight and in the morning had to retighten most of the straps before heading out. Ive had this dschlzy mic (I dont think thats spelled right) and its pretty good. I am extremely impressed with the quality of this bike rack. I currently have to switch off the circuit breaker and the inverter to get the refrigerator to turn off, and two other outlets (one a GFI) go off with it. My (previous) landlord rented out the house without any proper storage (Well the house is still under construction on different levels, so. NOTE: These slides do run large so make sure to order down a size. no wires. 1) order one size larger than you wear in shoes. I use it mainly when I have the bike on the turbo trainer so I cam watch a programme or listen to music without a phone in my pocket or wires around and it does the job perfectly. In our scenario we traveled through CA, OR, & WA.