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US 2009/0289436 A1Published application
Aerodynamic time trial bike
AssigneeFelt Racing, LLC
InventorTimothy Saul Lane
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Abstract
An aerodynamic racing bicycle is provided. The racing bicycle may have a rear rim brake positioned below a drive portion of a chain and above a chain stay for reducing the aerodynamic drag on the bicycle.
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A bicycle comprising:
- a frame including a chainstay member and a bottom bracket region, the chainstay member structurally connecting a rear dropout to the bottom bracket region;
- a chain disposed on a drive-side of the bicycle for driving the rear wheel;
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- a side pull bicycle rear rim brake caliper with an actuating mechanism on a non-drive-side of the frame when mounted to the frame, the side pull bicycle rear rim brake caliper being disposed below a drive portion of a chain and above the chainstay member.
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A bicycle having a front wheel and a rear wheel, the rear wheel having a rim and a hub, the bicycle comprising:
- a frame including a chain stay member, a rear dropout, a seat tube, the chain stay member and the seat tube intersecting at a bottom bracket region;
- a chain disposed on a drive-side of the frame for driving the rear wheel and defining a drive portion;
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- a side pull caliper rim brake mounted closer to the bottom bracket region than the rear dropout, below the drive portion of the chain and above the chain stay member.
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A frame for a bicycle with a standard side pull rim caliper brake, crank arms and a chain defining a drive portion being mountable to the frame, the frame comprising:
- a chain stay member and a seat tube defining a bottom bracket region and a cavity at an intersection of the chain stay member and the seat tube wherein the standard side pull rim caliper brake is mountable at the bottom bracket region within the cavity and cable arms are disposeable on a non drive side of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.