His cargo bike intrigues in the Parisian arteries.
At the handlebars of her "Corbicyclette", Isabelle Plumereau, founder and director of a small funeral director, weaves her way through cars and sometimes attracts attention.
" What's this ?
“, launches him intrigued a passerby.
“A hearse, but on a bicycle,” replies Isabelle with a smile.
"Ah, but it's pretty and original," replies his interlocutor.
If there is no coffin on board the closed cockpit, it is because its creator has only just started.
The new concept in France, but which already exists in Switzerland, the United States or even Denmark, consists in transporting the coffin of a deceased person on the front of the cargo bike, from the starting point (hospital, funeral home, etc.). .) to the cemetery, "for a procession that is more ecological, silent and to the rhythm of people's footsteps".
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A first in France!
“I am as much attached to the form as to the content.
For me, it is very important to support the families by offering them to put meaning into the ceremony, but also by offering them to put some beauty.
Because beauty is what will also be able to bring comfort,” explains Isabelle Plumereau.
Manufactured by a Nantes-based company, this electric hearse-bicycle measures a total of 3.60 meters in length and can carry up to 250 kilos.
The coffin, blocked by a system of rails, remains out of sight in an elegant interior made of wood and steel.
The price of the service remains the same as for that of a motorized hearse.