Guide for bicycle control element

Abstract

A guide is provided to adjustably support a bicycle control element on a cable stopper of a bicycle. The guide basically includes a mounting member and a guide member. The mounting member is adapted to be coupled to a portion of a bicycle and has a first mating surface. The guide member is pivotally coupled to the mounting member about a pivot axis. The guide member has a guiding portion with a guide surface offset from the pivot axis and a second mating surface engageable with the first mating surface to adjustably maintain the guide member in a predetermined rotational position relative to the mounting member. One of the guide member and the mounting member has a threaded bore substantially perpendicular to the pivot axis. A bolt is threadedly coupled within the threaded bore and is adapted to engage a surface of the bicycle in a substantially perpendicular relationship. A washer is arranged between the guide member and the bolt. The guide surface is configured to receive the inner wire of a control cable. In an alternate embodiment, the guide surface is configured to receive the outer casing of a control cable. In an alternate embodiment, the guide surface is configured to receive a hose for a fluid actuated component. In an alternate embodiment, the washer is provided with a protrusion and the protrusion is arranged between an end of the bolt and a surface of the bicycle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.