Patent ID: 9545975
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B62J,B62K,B62M,F16L,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of converting a bicycle frame from a mechanical gear-shifting configuration to an electronic gear-shifting configuration, comprising: removing a mechanical cable extending between a mechanical gear-shift actuator and a mechanical gear shifter via a cable stop of a removable bracket member secured to a down tube member of the bicycle frame, the down tube member defining an opening therein, and the removable bracket member being secured to the down tube member by a fastener extending through an opening defined in an arcuate main portion of the removable bracket member and into a threaded sleeve received in the opening of the down tube member; removing the removable bracket member from the down tube member of the bicycle frame; and mounting an electronically-actuated gear shifter to the bicycle frame in electrical communication with an electronic gear-shift actuator such that actuation of the electronic gear-shift actuator causes the electronically-actuated gear shifter to shift gears.