Heavy-Duty Rear Bike Basket with Rack – Large Metal Bicycle Carrier for Groceries, Commutes, and Electric Bike Storage

Stop bungeeing the shopping to a flat rack

A bare rear rack is a shelf. Anything you put on it has to be tied to it — a bungee over the bag, a net over the bungee, and a glance back every few hundred metres to check it is all still there. Most people give up and wear a rucksack instead, which puts the weight high on your back and soaks your shirt.

This is a walled steel box that bolts on top of that shelf. Shopping, a helmet, a jacket, a ball, a toolbox — it goes in, the sides hold it, and you ride. Nothing to thread, nothing to hook, nothing to re-tighten at the lights.

Check this first: it bolts onto a rack you already have

This is a basket, not a rack. It has no legs and no struts of its own. It sits flat on top of a conventional rear luggage rack — the tubular platform over your back wheel — and is clamped there by four screws through two slotted steel bars. The screws, the bars, a hex key and a spanner are all in the box.

If your bike already carries a rear rack, this bolts straight to it. The slots let you line the screws up with racks of different widths, and you can turn the basket ninety degrees and mount it the other way round if that suits your rack better.

If your bike has no rear rack, this will not fit. Frame eyelets on their own are not enough — there is nothing here to bolt to them. Fit a rack first, then this goes on top of it.

Cold shopping that is still cold when you get home

The bag that goes inside the basket is not a plain liner. It is built in three layers — a waterproof-coated polyester outer, a padded insulating middle, and a quilted aluminium-foil lining — so the frozen peas and the milk are not sitting in the sun for the whole ride back.

The same lining works the other way for a hot takeaway or a flask, and because the foil layer is sealed rather than sewn open, a leaking carton stays in the bag instead of running through the basket.

Three sets — check which one you are choosing

The option menu above sells three different things. They are easy to mix up, so in plain terms:

• Bicycle Bag. The insulated bag on its own. No basket and no fittings. Choose this only if you already have the basket, or you want the bag for a rack or box you already own
• Basket. The steel basket with its four screws, two slotted mounting bars, washers, nuts, hex key and spanner. No bag
• Basket & Bag. Both together — the basket, all the fittings, and the insulated bag that drops inside it

The bag lifts out. The basket stays bolted on.

Unclip the roll-top, lift the bag straight out, and the shopping comes indoors in one go instead of in armfuls off the back of the bike. The basket itself is held on by screws, so treat it as a permanent fitting — taking it off is a spanner job, not a five-second release. That is the trade: less convenient to remove, far less likely to work loose on a kerb.

How much it will carry

The honest answer is that the basket is not the limit — your rack is. Everything you load passes through the basket into the rear rack underneath, and from the rack into the bike. So the number that matters is the load your rack is rated for, which its maker prints in the manual or stamps on the rack itself. Find that figure and treat it as your ceiling.

Two things come out of that allowance before your shopping does: the basket weighs 2.56 kg (5.6 lb) and the bag another 800 g (1.8 lb).

We do not print a weight rating for the basket, because there is no test behind one we would be willing to stand on. Load to your rack's figure, keep heavy things low and centred, and give yourself more braking distance than you think you need.

Sizes and what is in the box

• Basket. 47 × 34 × 17 cm (18.5 × 13.4 × 6.7 in) outside, weighing 2.56 kg (5.6 lb)
• Bag. 45 × 28 × 14 cm (17.7 × 11.0 × 5.5 in), weighing 800 g (1.8 lb)
• Open-sided basket of coated steel tube, matte black, with a flat slotted floor plate
• Three-layer bag: waterproof-coated polyester outer, insulating middle layer, aluminium-foil lining
• Roll-top closure with two webbing straps and side-release buckles
• Fittings with the basket: four screws, four nuts, four washers, two slotted mounting bars, one hex key, one spanner
• Mounts in either orientation — across your rack or along it

Frequently asked questions

Will it fit my bike?

It fits any bike that already has a conventional rear luggage rack over the back wheel, because it bolts to the rack rather than to the frame. Wheel size, disc brakes and frame material make no difference — the rack is between this and all of them. What you do need to check is that your rack's platform is long enough and flat enough to take a 47 × 34 cm (18.5 × 13.4 in) footprint.

I do not have a rear rack. Can I still use it?

No. There are no legs, stays or arms in the box to reach down to your axle or eyelets. You would need to fit a rear rack first, and then bolt this on top of it.

Does it work on an e-bike?

It does not know or care whether your bike has a motor — it bolts to the rack, not the frame, and many e-bikes come with a rear rack already fitted. Two things to check on an e-bike specifically: the load your rack is rated for, and clearance around a rear hub motor or a rack-mounted battery before you drill in.

How long does fitting take, and what do I need?

Everything needed is supplied — four screws, two slotted bars, a hex key and a spanner. Sit the basket on the rack, line the slots up with a solid part of the rack platform, and do the four screws up. Re-check them after your first couple of loaded rides; bolted fittings settle.

Can I take it off again quickly?

The bag, yes — unclip the two buckles and lift it straight out. The basket, no. It is held by four screws and coming off is a spanner job, so plan on leaving it fitted.

Can I still use panniers?

That depends on your rack, not on this. The basket sits on the top platform, so it does not occupy the side rails your panniers hook onto — but it does cover the platform, and on some racks the top surface is what a pannier's upper hook grips. Look at how your own bags attach before ordering.

Is the bag waterproof?

The fabric is waterproof-coated and the foil lining is sealed, so rolled shut it keeps a normal shower out and keeps a leaking carton in. It is not a submersible dry bag — the top is held by straps rather than a welded seal, so do not count on it in a downpour with the roll left loose.

Will a loaded basket change how the bike handles?

Weight over the back wheel is far more stable than weight on the handlebars, but any load changes the feel. Keep the heavy items low and centred in the basket rather than piled up, and allow more room to stop.