Patent ID: 7192044
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: B62J,B62K

Abstract:
1. A bicycle headset comprising: a tubular adjustment member having a top end portion, a bottom end portion, a through-bore configured and arranged for receiving a bicycle fork column, a male threaded section on an outer peripheral surface of the top end portion and a retainer part disposed on the bottom end portion that is configured and arranged to retain at least one bearing; a fastening member configured and arranged to be releasably attached to the bicycle fork column by applying pressure to an outer peripheral side of the bicycle fork column, the fastening member being adjacent the top end portion of the adjustment member and having a mating part that mates to the adjustment member such that the fastening member is freely movable in an axial direction; and a first nut member having a first female threaded hole that mates with the male threaded section such that the first nut member contacts the fastening member, the first nut member and the tubular adjustment member being arranged and configured such that a first rotational movement of the first nut member causes the first nut member to move axially away from the retainer part and increases axial separation of the retainer part relative to the fastening member.