Suspension for a bicycle
OwnerBrent Neilsoninventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a suspension for a bicycle. The suspension has a swingarm having a front and rear end and wherein the rear end is configured to attach to a rear wheel of a bicycle, an upper and lower link both adapted to pivotally connect the swing arm to the frame of a bicycle, and a jackshaft having a drive side and a non drive side sprocket and being connected to the front end of the swingarm, the suspension configured such that when in use with a bicycle, a chain connects a drive side front crankset to the drive side jackshaft sprocket and a second chain connects the non drive side jackshaft sprocket to a rear wheel sprocket and wherein the arrangement allows the rear wheel of the bicycle to move rearward and upward in use.
Claims6
A rear suspension for a bicycle comprising:
- a swingarm having a front end and a rear end and wherein the rear end is configured to attach to a rear wheel of the bicycle;
- an upper link and a lower link both adapted to pivotally connect the swingarm to a frame of the bicycle;
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- a jackshaft having a drive side sprocket and a non drive side sprocket and being connected to the front end of the swingarm;
- the rear suspension configured such that when in use with the bicycle, a chain connects a drive side front crankset to the drive side sprocket and a second chain connects the non drive side sprocket to a rear wheel sprocket and wherein the arrangement allows the rear wheel of the bicycle to move rearward and upward in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.