Patent ID: 7900948
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: B62K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bicycle fork assembly comprising: a fork crown having an upward facing side and a downward facing side; a steerer tube passage formed through the fork crown and extending between the upward and downward facing sides; a pair of blind fork openings that open in the downward facing side of the fork crown and are on laterally opposite sides of the steerer tube passage; a pair of forks wherein a first end of each fork slidably cooperates with one of the pair of blind fork openings and extends away from the downward facing side of the fork crown; a steerer tube that cooperates with the steerer tube passage and extends away from the upward facing side of the fork crown; first means for securing the steerer tube to the fork crown; and second means that is different than and independent the first means for securing the steerer tube to the fork crown so that the first securing means is stronger in axial loading than the second securing means and the second securing means is stronger in torsional loading than the first securing means.