Bexley Bike Lift - will it ever happen?

[Beebo]

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...-make-shortlist-for-100m-funding-8795908.html

According to this arctile Bexley Council have proposed a bike lift, like this one in Norway. (some other ideas have been mooted too)

Great idea, and I'd love to have a go, but I live in Bexley Borough and I'm not aware of too many tricky hills.
I cant find anything about it on the Internet, so I dont know where they are planning to install it. Maybe up Knee Hill between Abbeywood and Bexleyheath once the Cross Rail line is built?

 

[martint235]

I can't think of any hill in Bexley that would be worth installing one of these on.

 

[Trickedem]

Hopefully on Bostall Hill which is on my commute home.

 

[Beebo]

Hopefully on Bostall Hill which is on my commute home.

Hey, I cycle up Bostal Hill when I'm taking the quick route home. Say hi next time you overtake me

 

[Mile195]

I can't think of any hill in Bexley that would be worth installing one of these on.

Nor can I... But a short way down the road at Shooters hill... That's another story.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

But that takes all the fun out of riding up the hill, and knowing your leg muscles have conquered it!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Maybe they should go the whole hog and have a system a bit like tram infrastructure with overhead cables to drag people hither and thither on their bikes.

You could go not only clip-less but entirely pedal-less.

Presumably people are paid to evaluate this sort of thing - worrying!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Shooters Hill is between here and my daughter's. Because I flow like a river on a bike (translation: I follow the line of least resistance), I go round it. Old Rochester Road to Falconwood or, even easier, up through Eltham, well apart from the serial red lights on Eltham High Street.

That said, I can't think of any hill that merits a foot hoist type contraption in Bexley.

 

[classic33]

Lazy cyclists!

 

[Gravity Aided]

What part of Holland is to be miniaturized ? Amsterdam ?

 

[mr_cellophane]

Get pulled half way up only to find some dick has parked there.