Patent ID: 6572131
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B62L

Abstract:
A bicycle frame section that is adapted to be part of an overall bicycle frame having at least one bicycle wheel lying in a center plane of the bicycle frame, said bicycle frame section being adapted to support a bicycle brake device having a first brake arm, said bicycle frame section comprising:a first rigid frame member disposed on a first side with respect to the bicycle wheel; a second rigid frame member disposed on the first side with respect to the bicycle wheel with said first rigid frame member and spaced from said first rigid frame member; a first brake mounting portion coupled to said first rigid frame member and so dimensioned to extend inwardly from said first rigid frame member towards the center plane; and a second brake mounting portion coupled to said second rigid frame member and so dimensioned to extend inwardly from said second rigid frame member towards the center plane, said first and second brake mounting portions being so dimensioned to support opposite sides of a mounting portion of the bicycle brake device therebetween, such that the mounting portion of the bicycle brake device is located inwardly of said first and second frame members toward the center plane.