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In Europe it’s pretty common to have one of those ramps in apartment buildings where bikes are stored in the communal basement.
See a variable length ramp here from a German site: https://ukib.de/Variabel-einstellbare-Fahrradrampe-E-Bike-Treppenrampe-von-60-365-cm-Laenge
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this looks exactly what I'd envisaged when I was talking about installing a channel/runnel - thanks!
widening the hatch would probably have been an option but we've finished our reno now and so don't want to go down that route - besides, it's wood + tiles so it's already heavy enough as it is at 80cm square... which leads me on to my next question (probably for the home DIY thread) about installing (cheap!) hydraulic hinges to aid opening/closing
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I have a basement in my place, accessed by a hatch in the hallway that is roughly 80cm square. bikes fit through that easily, but it's a two-person job getting them in and out as you have to access the (6ft high) basement via ladders. anyone got any ideas on how I could make it easier to get bikes in and out?
I was thinking perhaps e.g. add a channel/runnel up the middle of the ladder so you can still walk in and out in the usual manner, but if you were putting a bike in or out, you could feed it in/pull it out with the wheels along the channel... this might make a one-person job... edit: could just put a scaffolding board down one side of the ladders, I guess. should be easy to pull it out/roll it down via one of those.... maybe...