"Being a Woman in This Field Is a Strength": in La Rochelle, She Gives Self-Repair Courses for Bicycles

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Changing an air chamber, adjusting its brakes, its derailleur... "Many people want to know the basics of repairing a bike and, above all, understand how it works. In one hour, I have the time to transmit the fundamentals. This summer, I had a lot of people!" said Léopoldine Têtenoire. At the age of 30, she is at the head of Vélopoldine, her micro-enterprise founded in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime).In her downtown workshop or in roaming with he…