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Hi
I found an artical in august 49 popular science on a variable compression 2 
cycle diesel bicycle engine.Made by the Lohmann company Bielefield Germany.
Could this be the prototype of what you are looking for.It was hung under the 
pedel crank and friction drive on the rear tire.1&1/8" bore weighed 11 lbs.
Elton
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> tvoivozhd---too bad past years postings didn't make it into the
> archives.  I posted a long tirade about  interior stairway cost and
> waste of expensive space, and my love of a hexagon eyrie with 360
> degrees of window as an office or place  to soak in beautiful views.
> With this prompting, you will probably remember what I consider an
> ideal  solution----bring the corner of the roof down to ground level,
> put steps on top to ascend to the eyrie.  You will still need two
> handrails, but the ascent will be a much shallower angle than any
> normal interior staircase--something you arachnids should appreciate.
> If it was in Aspen, I would roof it over. In the unlikely event I were
> to build a new house today, I would have to add a couple rails and an
> electric  cable-car---plus because of our unreliable electric utility,
> a mamual  winch to over-ride the electric one.  That's a new
> thought---no extra charge, even for the aged-joint contingent

Is there any chance you might still have that long tirade saved
somewhere, so you could re-send it? It's a terrible thing if you haven't
save your posts to this list! A person could write a useful book based
on your posts.

I've been thinking about this very issue, the terror of stairs, trying
to figure out a way to build a house that takes up the least amount of
land without cramping the occupants and without resorting to stairs or
ladders. Where the lie of the land is appropriate, one can build a
multi-story house agains a hill so that each story has a ground-level
entrance. There's a drawing of a hexagonal house built along those lines
here:
http://static.architecturaldesigns.com/c/cas/casuallivinginhexagonalhouse/.

Barbara