"A hellish pace." In front of the Nantes Bike Solutions store, located behind the Nantes plant garden, four locks with code locks allow the customer to drop off or collect his bike without physical contact. In the shop, we change a brake sheath in one room, we reveal a wheel in another, in the middle of dozens of numbered bikes, from floor to ceiling.
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And phone calls are constantly ringing, emails are surging, more than two hundred times a day. Fabien Renault, the manager of this repair workshop, is trying to "adapt" to the new work rate born of the launch of the government plan "Coup de pouce vélo" on May 11. Or an individual aid of 50 euros to repair his old bike and thus "ride safely" . Aid that does not apply to the purchase of a helmet or an anti-theft device. National budget: 20 million, raised to 60 million Thursday May 28 by the Minister of Transport, Élisabeth Borne.
It is very good for the users, who can move in an ecological way, respecting the physical distance. For repairers, it is a beautiful puzzle.
Fabien Renault"It's very good for the users,
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