Patent ID: 9656516
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B60B,Y02T

Claim:
1. A rim for a bicycle wheel having a tire, hub and spokes, the bicycle rim comprising: a radially outer tire-engaging portion; a radially inner spoke-engaging portion; a first sidewall; a second sidewall spaced apart from the first sidewall, the first and second sidewalls extending between the tire-engaging and spoke-engaging portions; and a spoke opening for receiving the spoke therethrough, the tire-engaging and spoke-engaging portions and first and second sidewalls forming a toroid, wherein a transverse cross section formed by the rim and the tire mounted thereto is substantially elliptical in shape with the tire engaging portion and the spoke opening of the spoke-engaging portion in opposing ends of the elliptical shape, a maximum width of the rim portion of the substantially elliptical cross section is located in the first and second sidewalls and is disposed closer to the spoke-engaging portion than the tire-engaging portion, the spoke opening disposed radially inwardly of the maximum width of the rim, and wherein a ratio of the maximum height of the rim to the maximum width of the rim ranges from 1.5 to 5, and the rim and tire include a side profile, the rim includes a steering axis and the transverse cross section positions the center of pressure on the side profile one of below and rearward of the rim steering axis.