Racktime

Carry luggage. And responsibility.

Racktime work hard at improving their reputation. Every day. The results show in award-winning products which are innovative, robust, made to last, comfortable and lightweight. Racktime want to be good at how they cooperate and treat each other, and they set high standards: their own.

Therefore, most of their production steps take place in Germany. Regarding their suppliers they put special emphasis on environmental issues and exemplary work safety.

Their social involvement includes employment of handicapped people, supporting a programme for resocializing prisoners, sponsoring the local art association (Westfälischer Kunstverein), and supporting social and environmental projects. The company grounds offer space for traditional fruit trees and wildflower species providing room for their own bee colonies. Their products‘ lives are not quite as pleasant: they torture them around the clock in their test laboratories.

Down to the last detail: Racktime's quality management

Riding across bumpy cobblestone roads, sliding on snow, slush and road salt, exhaust fumes, gravel, strong sun, continuous rain. Your bike’s life is sometimes quite hard. That is what they know. Therefore all their carriers, bags, baskets accessories are designed for tough use in daily life. No matter what your plans are, racktime products will come along and will look good. Because they are sturdy, long-lived and easy to care for.

Racktime manufacture all samples and prototypes in their company in order to ensure this without any restrictions. Racktime's tests are quite tough: In Racktime's in-house test center they first check and test the material and then the finished product.

Their test mechanics rattle and shake each racktime product in accordance with ISO 11243:2016 until it is ready for the market. And far beyond these requirements: ready for dirt road and cobblestone alleys.

Racktime are not satisfied with fulfilling all DIN and ISO requirements but go far beyond these standards and simulate the actual stresses of a long bicycle life - of course fully loaded. Products bearing the name racktime must withstand a decent proportion of oscillating and vibrating with a smile.