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US 2003/0197346 A1Published application
Bicycle frame
AssigneeBMC Trading AG
InventorsRolf Singenberger, Daniel Weibel
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Abstract
The chain fork (1) of a bicycle frame is designed as a single unit consisting of a fiber-reinforced polymer material. The chain fork (1) is preferably connected with and cemented to a pedal crank enclosure via an appropriate receptacle.
Claims9
Bicycle frame, characterized by a chain fork (1) made in one piece from a fiber-reinforced polymer material.
Bicycle frame, characterized in that the chain fork (1) consists of a fiber-reinforced, at least partly cross-linkable polymer, while the fibers employed are carbon fibers, mineral fibers, metal fibers or high-quality polymer fibers such as aramide fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.