Mechanism for mounting a speed control lever to a bicycle
AssigneeShimano Industrial Company Limited
InventorMasayoshi Kine
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Abstract
A mechanism for mounting a speed control lever to a bicycle is so constructed that a bearing member, which is fixed to an upper end of a head pipe of the bicycle, is extended axially upwardly to form an extension which rotatably supports the speed control lever.
Claims7
A mounting mechanism for mounting a speed control lever to a bicycle, comprising a pair of bearing members which are fixed to a head pipe of the bicycle and supporting a fork stem rotatable therewith, and a support member which rotatably supports said speed control lever, at least one of said bearing members having a ball race carrying balls which bear said fork stem therewith and an extension extending from said ball race axially outward from said bearing member, said support member being supported to said extension so that said speed control lever is rotatably supported to said support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.