Training bicycle and bicycle frame
AssigneeVitamin-I Factory Co., Ltd.
InventorMikio Watanabe
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Abstract
A pedal unit attachable/detachable training bicycle that easily attach/detach a chain and a pedal unit to/from a training bicycle that has a seat stay. The pedal unit attachable/detachable training bicycle includes a bicycle frame having a receiving member provided at bottom of a seat tube to connect a pedal unit. The pedal unit, which is configured to detachably attach to the receiving member. A chain threaded between the pedal unit and a rear wheel. The bicycle frame is configured to enable a seat stay on side of the chain wheel to be freely attached to and detached from the bicycle frame.
Claims6
A pedal unit attachable/detachable training bicycle comprising:
- a bicycle frame comprising a receiving member provided at bottom of a seat tube to connect a pedal unit;
- the pedal unit is configured to detachably attach to the receiving member;
- a chain threaded between the pedal unit and a rear wheel;
- wherein the pedal unit rotatably retains a pedal crank comprising an axially attached chain wheel and incorporates a connector configured to connect to the receiving member, and the chain is configured to attachably/detachably connect the pedal unit and chain to the bicycle frame upon being wrapped around the chain wheel and a rear sprocket installed on the rear wheel;
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- wherein the bicycle frame comprises seat stays on both sides of the rear wheel, and the bicycle frame is configured to enable a seat stay only on a side of the chain wheel to be freely attached to and detached from the bicycle frame;
- wherein the bicycle frame comprises, at least on a chain wheel side of the bicycle frame, a chain stay that rotatably fastens the rear wheel;
- wherein the chain stay comprises a forward-upwardly extending inclined branch towards a rear wheel side end of the chain stay on the side of the chain wheel;
- wherein a rear end side of the seat stay on the side of the chain wheel is being fastened to the forward-upwardly extending inclined branch of the chain stay;
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- wherein the pedal unit is equipped with a chain cover that covers the chain entirely, and the forward-upwardly extending inclined branch of the chain stay is provided outside the chain cover so as to overlap the chain cover in side view of the bicycle frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.