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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: A Bicycle Safety Parable
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 14:17:35 -0400
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On 7/23/2024 12:03 PM, AMuzi wrote:
> On 7/23/2024 10:21 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>> On 7/23/2024 12:36 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>>
>>> Also, I suspect that if I build a lift today, the neighborhood kids
>>> will turn it into an amusement park ride.
>>
>> Sell ride tickets!
>>
> 
> I once collaborated on a hand cranked bicycle lift, used between floors 
> in an old building (very tall floors) which gave good service for years. 
> Regular bicycle cranks, chain drive, sturdy maybe overbuilt safety 
> ratchets inline. Not complex and you can gear it as low or high as needed.
> 
> Anything more complex or expensive outside would of course suffer from 
> the elements if not vandalism.

I designed and built a kids' treehouse, then added a simple lifting 
winch. Yes, some ratcheting mechanism was and is necessary.


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- Frank Krygowski