Why opencargo.bike exists
March 19, 2026
# BLOG POST 1
Type: brand
Slug: why-opencargo-exists
Title: Why opencargo.bike exists
Excerpt: The Bullitt aftermarket grew too big for anyone to catalog. So we built a home for it.
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I work at Larry vs Harry in Copenhagen. I also ride a Bullitt every day. So I live on both sides — the people who make the bike, and the people who figure out what to put on it.
The moment I knew this project had to exist was reading about Norbert Wudick on the Larry vs Harry blog.
Norbert runs United Cargobike in Germany. He builds custom Bullitts — cutting frames to fit Pinion gearboxes, shortening the bike by 22cm to create the Shorty, even integrating a beer dispensing system into an aluminum cargo box. Larry vs Harry called him "The Bullitt Tailor."
Reading that piece, something clicked: Norbert isn't an exception. He's the most visible example of something much bigger.
There's Rad3 in Germany, building plywood boxes with integrated ISOFIX mounts. There's ERTZ in Hungary, hand-sewing waterproof bags. There's YHWHY making ISOFIX adapters because someone needed one and nobody was selling it.
At last count: 26 independent makers, across 11 countries, all building for the Bullitt.
The problem? They're invisible to each other. And to most Bullitt owners.
A parent in Copenhagen searching for a kids box has no idea what exists in Leipzig. A dealer in Portland doesn't know about bags from Berlin. A courier in Paris can't find delivery boxes built by actual bike messengers in another city.
This stuff exists. It's just scattered across dozens of websites in multiple languages across 11 countries.
So I built opencargo.bike.
It's an independent directory of the Bullitt aftermarket. Every maker. Every product. Organized by what you need — not by who makes it. All links go directly to the maker's website. We don't sell anything.
The platform is free and always will be. Makers can claim their profile, add products, and upload photos. We've mapped 471 Bullitt dealers worldwide and we're cross-referencing which dealers stock which aftermarket products.
The Bullitt was designed as an open platform — an empty cargo area that invites creativity. Turns out the ecosystem around it wanted to be organized the same way.
This is for the makers with better ideas than marketing budgets. The ones who solve problems because they ride the bike every day.
Now they have a home.
→ opencargo.bike
— Vincent, Larry vs Harry, Copenhagen