Patent ID: 6279935
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
Bicycle comprising:a frame having a forward frame part with a steering device for a front wheel and a rearward frame part with a rear wheel, anda connection between the forward and the rearward frame part including a turning knuckle swivellable about a transverse axis of the bicycle,wherein the frame and the steering device are connected with one another by a longitudinal control arm,wherein the steering device includes a fork having a fork bridge and two fork tubes which carries the front wheel between the fork tubes, a handle bar and a steering tube connecting the handle bar and the fork at a bottom end of the steering stube with formation of an L-shaped offset of the fork tube with respect to the steering tube, andwherein the steering device and connection are configured such that, at an angle of lock of the steering device of approximately ninety degrees, a distance exists between the fork tubes and a bicycle center plane which permits the swivelling-along of the rear wheel during the swivelling of the rearward frame part about the transverse axis to a collapsed stowage position laterally adjacent the fork tubes, without any contact with the fork tubes.