Installed rue du Faubourg Martainville since January, Hans Hempel looks after and maintains bikes and scooters with great professionalism and good humor. Word of mouth does the rest!
Here is a sixty-year-old who does not know retirement! Hans Hempel decided one day to take the plunge. Like that. On a whim.
“The room of the old hairdressing salon was empty and I thought it would be good to start.” A few phone calls and painting later and here is Hans Hempel installed at 42 rue du Faubourg Martainville.
On the window, an elegant golden yellow bicycle announces the color. Au Pédalier, the former specialist in motorization, mechanics and motorcycles, who has lived in the neighborhood for 17 years, pampers mounts with large or small wheels, electric or in classic version.
In this very quickly filled workshop, the scooters are delivered with open engines, while the two-wheelers derail under the benevolent gaze of the repairer.
“I work all brands, I also buy second-hand bikes that I repair and put back on sale, I am apparently the only one in town to repair electric scooters and god knows there are some”, explains Hans Hempel with a broad smile.
Its customers, very diverse, appreciate the great availability, the frankness, the modesty and the human warmth of the boss. And word of mouth among users of the little queen quickly did the rest.
Located a stone’s throw from the Faculty of Medicine and Saint Mark’s Square, the Pédalier has become the essential good plan for student cyclists or scooter riders and employees of surrounding businesses.
“At home, no need for an appointment, underlines Hans Hempel. You call me, you come, I look at what is wrong, and the repair can be made for the same evening, at worst for the next day, the weather for me to have the part. The problem I face the most is the parts tracking for certain models of electric bikes or scooters because they come from Asia. Repairers, big brands, everyone misses them. “
Nostalgic for the time of the Poulidor and other Merckx, the one who waits for a Frenchman to win a Tour de France again will allow visitors, from the summer, to make their “Tour” of Rouen and the city by bike .
Indeed, three or four of its bicycles will be rented by the day, at the Tourist Office.
An additional radius of activity for the Crankset, which takes its name from this unique piece that can only be found on a bicycle. Unique as its owner!
Store info
The Crank
42 rue du Faubourg Martainville
- Open Monday to Friday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. with or without appointment
Tel: 06 14 49 30 22 or 09 50 58 86 38
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