People wishing to refurbish a used bike will be able to find a professional on the coupdepoucevelo.fr platform from May 11, said Monday, May 4, the Federation of Bicycle Users (FUB). Professional repairers and associations can register from 4 to 7 May, specifies the FUB.
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The government has set up a package of 50 euros (excluding taxes) paid by the State and allowing to repair his second-hand bicycle, or at least to cover part of the costs, on presentation of a document. identity and a mobile phone, says the FUB, whose goal is to restart about 300,000 bicycles. It is necessary "that the bicycle, in this period of deconfinement, can find its full place" , indicated the Minister of Transition Elisabeth Borne on LCI. Communities and employers are invited to offer their participation to complete the package, and to report it on the site.
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Partners will also be listed there, offering free “back in the saddle” training (traffic training, routes, etc.). This initiative is part of a more global plan of 20 million euros, to encourage the French to use the bicycle with a view to deconfinement. The plan will also be used to finance temporary parking spaces.
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