How about a "bicycle lift"?

[Brian Ratliff]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryCWIjdVF0g

Might be useful in San Fransisco...

[noisebeam]

I walked up that hill. Didn't see anyone using it.
(May not be as easy to use for those SF fixters)
Al

[genec]

Consider the positive cycling environment that fostered such an idea....