Charles-Antoine Lelièvre creates his delivery company in Laval: Le lièvre à Vélo

A helmet, a scarf, gloves and above all a good bike. That’s all it takes for Charles Antoine Lelièvre gets in the saddle. He just created his delivery company ecological with a suitable name: The hare on a bicycle.

A new service that appeals to traders. Moreover, the first partners were not long in coming. This morning of December 23, 2021, direction the Halles of Vieux-Saint-Louis at Laval (Mayenne).

“We didn’t hesitate for a second”

From his small room in the downtown, the entrepreneur says:

Earlier this year, I came across a report on couriers. I saw that they combined logistics and sport on a daily basis, that’s what I liked. The parcel market is exploding and with the traffic and parking conditions in the city, a sustainable way has to be found for what is called last mile delivery.

Here is precisely a truck flashing lights on the road. Mandatory stop. “He’s blocking the street, it wastes time and it’s dangerous because you can’t see anything. That, typically, that does not happen by bike, ”remarks the athlete. Then he takes to the road again.

In a few minutes, here it is at the Belle Musette, the caterer committed to local and ecological food.

We have already been canvassed by delivery people but we refused. With him, we didn’t hesitate for a second. We try to have the least carbon impact, so it fits with the way we operate. He is independent, he sets his own remuneration and it is at the fair price of the race. In fact, it is part of sustainable development on three levels: economic, ecological and social.

No time to waste delivering lunch, it’s time to get back on the bike. Direction Saint-Berthevin, in the heights of the agglomeration. “When you are well equipped, it happens on its own,” he blurted out on the upswing, far from being out of breath.

25 km / h regardless of the terrain

Electric bike to be at 25 km / h regardless of the terrain, isothermal boxes and secure cargo that can hold up to 150 kg. “Thanks to the assistance, we don’t feel it. “All for 6000 euros. “It’s my work tool. When you compare to what you invest to open your delivery business, it’s not huge. It is thanks to this that I was able to get started quickly, ”continues the entrepreneur.

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Arrived at destination. The dishes are still hot. Top 10 minutes, that’s how long it took. “I am going at the same speed as a van and I can park at the doorstep. Not them, ”smiles the cyclist. Charles Antoine Lelièvre is confined for the moment to a radius of 8 km, between Laval, Changé and Saint-Berthevin. “That’s already almost 70,000 people! He exclaims. So in terms of work, there is what it takes.

Create a cooperative of bicycle delivery men

Especially since the delivery man does not plan to stop at meal deliveries during the lunch break. With the idea of ​​creating a cooperative of delivery cyclists, he wants to diversify the offers in the future.

“Above all, I want to help local traders. Later, I would like to do parcel delivery, to replace the vans. Finally, when we are well developed, I have the idea of ​​collecting waste from communities to take them to recycling, ”he reveals.

Moving, grocery deliveries at work. Ideas are flowing. And the more numerous they are to join it, the more services there will be to offer. All of this is 100% ecological.

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