Multiple Sprocket Assembly

A multiple sprocket assembly for a bicycle includes a larger diametrical sprocket and a smaller diametrical sprocket, with the larger diametrical sprocket including at least one auxiliary guiding portion for facilitating a shift of a bicycle chain from the smaller diametrical sprocket to the larger diametrical sprocket, with the bicycle chain including a plurality of inner links and a plurality of outer links alternating the plurality of inner links, with each inner link having two inner plates and each inner plate having a profile and two connection ends and the two inner plates joined by two connectors at the connection ends, with each outer link having two outer plates and each outer plate having a profile and two connection ends and the two outer plates joined by two connectors at the connection ends, and the at least one auxiliary guiding portion comprising:

• a guiding recess inset on a lateral side of the larger diametrical sprocket and including a bottom side extending on the lateral side, with the bottom side having an extent up to an outer edge of the larger diametrical sprocket, with the outer edge including a plurality of teeth formed thereon, and with the guiding recess further including a peripheral edge substantially transverse to the bottom side and defining a first, second and third sections together in which one of the plurality of outer links and one of the plurality of inner links is received successively, and with the one outer link having two outer plates each with substantially half profile or otherwise the one inner link having two inner plates each with substantially half profile received by the peripheral edge.