25 August 2026 · Antonia Tunnicliffe
On the road in Luxembourg, with Open Crumb
Robin Sheedy was a legal adviser. Tiago was a tennis coach. They met in Luxembourg, discovered a shared obsession with baking, and went to Paris together to train in boulangerie.
Fast forward to 2025 and they’ve opened Open Crumb, a small bakery in Luxembourg. We spent a day with them to see how Pedal 4 has become an important part of the daily rhythm of running their business.
The working day starts early. Tiago gets out of bed, has his morning coffee and jumps straight onto the Pedal 4.
"It's how I get from the bakery, to the market and back home," he said. "Riding the Pedal 4 has become second nature to me."
Robin and Tiago chose Pedal 4 over a van, for practical reasons, a van is built for a job that Open Crumb doesn't do. It's too big for the loads they carry, too expensive to run for the distances they cover, and awkward to navigate the dense city streets they move through.
Pedal 4 is built for those environments. Able to move through tight streets and robust enough for heavy use six days a week. Durability mattered to Open Crumb more than anything else. Luxembourg gets hot summers and hard winters, and the vehicle is used frequently in both, as the bakery doesn't miss a morning.
The first delivery runs of the day are wholesale. Open Crumb supplies two restaurants in the city, and bread goes into their kitchens straight out of the back of their Pedal 4. These are short, repeated journeys at a time when kerbside space is contested and delivery windows are narrow. Pedal 4 parks wherever it needs to.
Later in the day, Open Crumb are at the market. Everything needed for their stall travels from bakery to market on the Pedal 4. No stress, and no second trips.
Tiago tells us they use Pedal 4 more than they use their car. And it gets noticed. There aren't many cargo bikes like it in Luxembourg, and people are always stopping Tiago to ask what he’s riding.
Pedal 4’s benefits go beyond carrying things. Embedded with smart technologies, the vehicle is highly efficient. Regenerative braking is an example of this, allowing riders to come to a stop smoother and put charge back into the battery at the same time.
"One of the features that I enjoy using, and I learned about from the Minimal team, is the regenerative braking," Tiago said. "You can pedal backwards to slow down at a nice tempo whilst also recharging the battery at the same time. It's pretty cool."
Many of the conversations we have are with parcel operators running national networks. But the logic that puts Pedal 4 on a round with Royal Mail is the same logic that sees it loaded with bread early every morning in Luxembourg. In both cases Pedal 4 is a vehicle purpose-built and best suited to the job and environment it serves.
Robin and Tiago are already thinking about a second Pedal 4 to support Open Crumb as the business grows, and we’re excited to see where our vehicles can take their delicious baked goods next.