Patent ID: 9676447
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B62M,F16C

Claim:
1. A front derailleur attachable to a bicycle having a crank axis and a rear wheel axis which is parallel to the crank axis, the front derailleur comprising: a base member configured to be fixedly coupled to the bicycle to install the front derailleur on the bicycle; a chain guide configured to guide a chain, the chain guide having an upstream end and a downstream end the downstream end being disposed forward of the upstream end in a longitudinal direction of the bicycle while the front derailleur is in an installed state on the bicycle; a link mechanism movably coupling the chain guide to the base member between a retracted position and an extended position in response to movement of an operation cable; and a cable guiding structure configured to guide the operation cable, the cable guiding structure including a cable exit that is arranged such that the operation cable exits forwardly from the cable guiding structure along a cable exit axis the cable exit axis extending into a sector having an angle of 150 degrees around the crank axis from a first plane that is perpendicular to a second plane containing the crank axis and the rear wheel axis while the front derailleur is in the installed state, the sector being disposed on a forward side of the first plane in the longitudinal direction of the bicycle and spanning angularly from a portion of the first plane disposed above the second plane toward a portion of the first plane disposed below the second plane in a side view of the bicycle, the cable exit being disposed above the crank axis while the front derailleur is in the installed state.