Patent ID: 6149177
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: B62J

Abstract:
In a bicycle fork having a pair of legs of cylindrical, annular cross section, each of which defines an axle seat to secure the axle of a bicycle wheel between said fork legs, the improvement comprising a removable peg boss located on at least one of said fork legs proximate to and spaced from said axle seat thereon, wherein said removable peg boss is formed with a saddle that seats against said cylindrical surface of said at least one fork leg to project radially outwardly therefrom, and further comprising a pair of diametrically opposed openings formed in said at least one of said fork legs at a location displaced from said axle seat thereof, wherein one of said diametrically opposed openings faces said other of said fork legs, an internally threaded support barrel mounted transversely and entirely within said at least one fork leg and permanently secured thereto to extend between and into both of said diametrically opposed openings, and a bolt having a shank passing through said peg boss and threadably engaged and tightened in said internally threaded barrel and having a head that releasably clamps said peg boss onto said at least one of said fork legs.