Patent ID: 8113529
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
1. A bicycle component comprising: a wheel mount configured for receiving a wheel with a hub and including at least two tube components at the end portions, a mounting device provided at each of the end portions, wherein each mounting device includes at least one bushing device, wherein the mounting device of at least one tube component has at least one bushing device exchangeably arranged thereat which is suitable and intended to receive and support a hub, each mounting device defining a cylindrical mounting opening, wherein a radius of the cylindrical mounting opening corresponds to a radius of an axial projecting edge of the mounting device, and wherein the cylindrical mounting opening and the axial projecting edge at the inner periphery are machined in one process step; at least one bushing device of the one mounting device comprises a snug fit on its inner periphery, at least one bushing device of the other mounting device comprises a snug fit on its inner periphery and axially adjacent thereto a female thread with both the snug fit and the female thread extending over part of the axial length of the bushing device, and the hub including opposing outer surfaces and projections extending beyond the outer surfaces, the projections configured to respectively contact the bushing device in the corresponding mounting device and space the opposing outer surfaces of the hub from the corresponding mounting devices.