Hard Rack Cafe: Carrying your coffee by bike

bicycle coffee rack

Running late on your ride to the office but can’t do without a quick caffeine fix? This porteur rack from Japan’s Pep Cycles might be just the ticket.

The aluminium rack fits over the front wheel to a 26″-700c fork with eyelets, and measures 30cm long by 21cm wide.

It will bear a maximum load of 10kg, which is a lot of coffee.

pep cycles cafe rack

c/o pepcycles.com

Win your own coffee cup holding bike rack

If you’re a cyclist who relies on a coffee boost to get their legs going before the morning commute, we have the porter rack pictured above to give away. Simply let us know your cycling drink of choice in the comments section below and we’ll pick a winner next week.

The bike rack is available to buy here in the UK via Tokyo Bike.

RadRunner e-bike prize

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Comments

  1. Wolf Simpson

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    That is sooooo cool! Sure would love a place to hold my cuppa when stopping for a break during my ride.

  2. Michel

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    Excellent place for a double espresso cup…. and for the baguette.

  3. John Stimpson

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    Nice rack! Surely if it’s a “porter rack” then its designed to carry dark beer? I’ll have a Beavertown Smog Rocket please. 🙂

  4. Chris

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    Coffee Americano

  5. Nathan

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    Black fiiter or Americo… or skinny iced latte if summer ever returns.

  6. Stephen

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    Water for me when riding

    • Mags

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      Would suit me down to a Tea 4 2

  7. Gillian

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    Hot chocolate for those chilly rides.

  8. MICHAEL B.

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    There is nothing like a calorie dense cappuccino to jump start the day.

  9. sara garside

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    Please consider us for this. We have a toy poodle puppy that we’ve just got used to a carrier on the front however every time he moves the steering becomes unsafe. If we could support it on the rack then it’d be much more stable.
    We’ve bought a trailer but he hates it unfortunately, and barks incessantly !
    Thank you 😊 🐩

    • Ema Arvati

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      Nice rack!

  10. Chris

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    Whatever next? Sounds great.

    • Jennie Parsons

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      Excellent for carrying my Waitrose coffee around!

  11. Peter Clark

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    Tea (although I’m intrigued to know what 10kg of coffee looks like)

  12. Lucy

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    Coffee to go!

  13. Janet

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    That looks just what I need!

  14. Andrew

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    I could now make the coffee at home and make that boycott of Costa all the easier

  15. Hilary

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    Oooh yes please! I’m always running latte, and I’ve already totalled the (otherwise very good) lids of my 2 favourite reuseable cups cos they fell out of my pannier pockets.

  16. Boyd

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    Good old H2O and a splash of apple juice is my go to drink of choice on the bike.

  17. Julian

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    Rackuccino-tastic!

  18. Andrew Bayley

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    It’s got to be coffee. Non of those boiled leaves here please.

  19. Bazza

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    Coffee from home on tap: brilliant

  20. Colin

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    great idea but I’d be putting a fairtrade hot chocolate in there rather than coffee 😉

  21. Chris Bromwich

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    Nothing on the front of the bike at the moment so this would be a great addition.

  22. Frank

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    Not only (a cuppa) but also… my lunch!

  23. Richard

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    “I love coffee, I love tea, I love a front rack, give it to me”

  24. Mark

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    In this weather, anything warm and wet!

  25. Bill

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    A bottle of Lucozade usually does it for me. However, I don’t have one of these Porteur racks (yet)!

  26. Jon PENNYCOOK

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    This would be a great help when buying a cup of tea at the station whilst waiting for a train.

  27. Stevo

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    I spend all day on my bike, so a coffee cup carrying pannier rack sounds like a superb idea.

  28. Del Pickup

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    Earl Grey, hot. Make it so!

  29. Andrew Garside

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    Wanting front support for a 5kg toy poodle to cycle to a coffee shop, would be extremely grateful for this frame. Cheers.

  30. Dave

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    Lovely stuff

  31. TD

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    Perfect for that cuppa when shifting from one platform to another. Yes, pleaeaeaeaease! 🙂

  32. Sarah

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    Need my coffee in the morning

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