A distant memory ran through my head last night.
There was ( since been demolished ) a car park at 'The Swan' shopping centre at Yardley, Birmingham; that had a spiral Up Ramp which was 1:4.
Each storey was about a 20 ft rise and the spiral at its minimum diameter was about 25 ft. There were six storeys.
I heared that one of the reasons that car park was demolished was a lot of modern foreign cars ( CSOs ) didn't have a tight enough turning circle compared with Brit cars from the sixties.
I never rode up it myself, but it was a legend amongst Brummies who would ride one lap of the 25 mile 'Outer Circle' before riding to the top deck of the Swan Car Park.
There was ( since been demolished ) a car park at 'The Swan' shopping centre at Yardley, Birmingham; that had a spiral Up Ramp which was 1:4.
Each storey was about a 20 ft rise and the spiral at its minimum diameter was about 25 ft. There were six storeys.
I heared that one of the reasons that car park was demolished was a lot of modern foreign cars ( CSOs ) didn't have a tight enough turning circle compared with Brit cars from the sixties.
I never rode up it myself, but it was a legend amongst Brummies who would ride one lap of the 25 mile 'Outer Circle' before riding to the top deck of the Swan Car Park.
