This is psychotic behaviour. Hills are the best part of riding a bike.
stupid_cat_face on
We can’t have it because crackheads and carbrains will throw garbage into the mechanisms or block them. Our bike lanes here are filled with garbage, broken glass, trash cans, parked cars. It makes me sad.
LithiumH on
This keeps coming up once in a while. So the serious answer is that they don’t make them anymore:
We can’t get decent bike lanes. Forget about ever seeing anything like this.
New-Smoke208 on
Wait an automated, powered, system to quickly but almost effortlessly move between two points. Crazy
earthcharlie on
Vandalized on the first day
OtoNoOto on
This would be hugely inefficient in any large city and a maintenance nightmare. Didn’t research, but assuming this was considered a gimmick novelty even in Norway. Modern solution == E-bike.
LarryCebula on
I have seen this lift in Trondheim. My impression was that it was the only one in the country? Are there others?
Work2SkiWA on
I don’t wanna be called a “pussyfoot”.
sleepee11 on
Wait. So, how does more than 1 person use this at a time? I only see one track.
cardboardunderwear on
That’s a solution looking for a problem
hello_ambro on
US lawsuit culture could never. All it would take it one person falling off of it and suing the city to ruin it for everyone
bornslyasafox on
Bruv, have you seen the state of things?
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because 99% of us places populated enough to have bicycle infrastructure arent hilly enough to warrant an expenditure of this magnitude.
wowiee_zowiee on
Americans are insufferable aren’t they? Imagine being so far up your own arse that you’d just assume everyone on an website used by millions of people *all over the world* is from your country.
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Where is “this country?”
We’ve solved it here in Chicago.
We just don’t have hills.
Pussy shit
lol we can’t even get painted lines
This is psychotic behaviour. Hills are the best part of riding a bike.
We can’t have it because crackheads and carbrains will throw garbage into the mechanisms or block them. Our bike lanes here are filled with garbage, broken glass, trash cans, parked cars. It makes me sad.
This keeps coming up once in a while. So the serious answer is that they don’t make them anymore:
1. Original post here about it 12 years ago: [https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/1fkicj/trampe_bicycle_lift_in_trondheim_norway/](https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/1fkicj/trampe_bicycle_lift_in_trondheim_norway/)
2. One of the mods tried to get one installed, and the company said no 4 years ago: [https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/pg5c1q/the_end_of_the_cyclocable_system_bicycle/](https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/pg5c1q/the_end_of_the_cyclocable_system_bicycle/)
3. People keep bring it up tho, so clearly there’s interest: [https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/v5ehcx/norway_has_worlds_first_bike_escalator/](https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/v5ehcx/norway_has_worlds_first_bike_escalator/)
ETA more links
We got bigger problems.
Will I still be able to KOM all over my Strava?
Oh for fucks sake just get some exercise
We can’t get decent bike lanes. Forget about ever seeing anything like this.
Wait an automated, powered, system to quickly but almost effortlessly move between two points. Crazy
Vandalized on the first day
This would be hugely inefficient in any large city and a maintenance nightmare. Didn’t research, but assuming this was considered a gimmick novelty even in Norway. Modern solution == E-bike.
I have seen this lift in Trondheim. My impression was that it was the only one in the country? Are there others?
I don’t wanna be called a “pussyfoot”.
Wait. So, how does more than 1 person use this at a time? I only see one track.
That’s a solution looking for a problem
US lawsuit culture could never. All it would take it one person falling off of it and suing the city to ruin it for everyone
Bruv, have you seen the state of things?
because 99% of us places populated enough to have bicycle infrastructure arent hilly enough to warrant an expenditure of this magnitude.
Americans are insufferable aren’t they? Imagine being so far up your own arse that you’d just assume everyone on an website used by millions of people *all over the world* is from your country.