Re: A Bicycle Safety Parable

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:

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Also, I suspect that if I build a lift today, the neighborhood kids
will turn it into an amusement park ride.

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Sell ride tickets!
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 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