Bicycle cable installation aiding device
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorSeiji Fukui
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Abstract
A cable installation aiding device is used to aid in the installation of cable members (e.g., brake cables or the like) in a steerer tube of a bicycle. The cable installation aiding device has an attachment part and a first cable guide part. The attachment part is preferably attached to the inner circumferential surface of the steerer tube. The first cable guide part is configured and dimensioned to guide cable members passing through the steerer tube between a first axial end of the steerer tube and an outer circumferential side opening of the steerer tube that is spaced from a second axial end of the steerer tube.
Claims10
A bicycle steering arrangement comprising:
- a steerer tube having a first axial end, a second axial end and a circumferential side opening spaced between the first and second axial ends;
- at least one first cable member passing through the steerer tube between the first axial end and the outer circumferential side opening;
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- a bicycle cable installation aiding device attached to the steerer tube, the bicycle cable installation aiding device comprising
- an attachment part attached to an inner circumferential surface of the steerer tube;
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- a first cable guide part extending relative to the attachment part and having a concave surface for receiving and guiding the first cable member passing through the steerer tube between the first axial end and the outer circumferential side opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.