Bicycle with trailing arm wheel suspensions

A bicycle comprising a single wheel-supporting frame member, a single swing arm mounted on the frame member on large diameter thin section angular contact bearings to pivot about a pivot axis, energy-absorbing and damping devices coupled between the swing arm and the frame member, and a wheel mounted on the swing arm for rotation about a rotation axis spaced apart from, rearwardly of and substantially below the pivot axis, a portion of the frame member and the entirety of the swing arm being located laterally of the wheel, the distance between the pivot axis and the rotation axis being substantially less than the radius of the wheel, and the pivot axis being located relative to the rotation axis such that upward vertical displacements of the rotation axis relative to the pivot axis upon rotation of the swing arm from a neutral position are accompanied by substantial rearward horizontal displacements of the rotation axis so as to increase the time for response of the energy-absorbing and damping devices.