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Personal trolley cable hitch
Tough, lightweight hitchpole lets you lock on to and disengage from San Francisco's under-pavement trolley cables, whisking you safely up hilly streets on your rollerblades, skateboard &c. | |
San Francisco's trolley cables look temptingly accessible --
running as they do just a few feet below the guide gaps in
the
city's streets.
What if rollerbladers could sport a lightweight (carbon fiber,
of course) designated hitchpole, letting them dip into the
guide gap and hook the
great big funfish that is a
cablecar
route? Locked in, you're whisked uphill at mildly thrilling
cablecar speed, as on some ski lifts; any trouble, and you
just
let go, automatically releasing the hitchpole from the cable.
Hitchpole has bulky comfy grip or round topknob (with
1/4" camera
mount, of course) to prevent a loose pole from slipping
under
the street. Banzai!
San Francisco Cable Cars
http://www.ileftmyh...t.com/cable_car.htm
Well I never. I just thought they ran off overhead power lines. [st3f, Oct 04 2004]
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Safely? I guess 9 1/2 mph can't be too dangerous, but
sounds like a broken arm looking for a place to happen. + |
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Da funfish's connected to da hitchpole, and
Da hitchpole's connected to da topknob, and
Da topknob's connected to da hand bone, and
Da hand bone's connected to da broken arm bone… + |
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Perhaps such hijinx could re-invigorate the classic
airborne San Francisco streetchase scene. |
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\\sounds like a broken arm looking for a place to happen\\ |
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If you’re rollerblading in San Francisco you will probably break your arm anyway. |
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Are you telling me that San Francisco's trolley cars run by being physically hauled by a network of constantly moving cables operating below street level...? |
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...[reads idea again] Hmmm, I guess you are. [googles, adds link] |
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Very cool idea. I always found it quaint the way SF hills have that constant "swishy" noise of the underground cables, but actually grabbing one! Awesome. |
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Public transport on a larger scale, just let cars hook up to the cable. |
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st3f: An interesting place to go is the Cable Car museum, which not only is a museum, but is also the pulling station for several of the cables. It's impressive. |
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