Patent ID: 7066556

Claim:
A bicycle hub comprising: a hub axle having a center axis; a hub shell rotatably supported on the hub axle by bearings about the center axis, the hub shell including a first end having a first spoke attachment part with a plurality of first spoke attachment points radially spaced from the center axis for attaching a plurality of first spokes thereto and a second end having a second spoke attachment part with a plurality of second spoke attachment points radially spaced from the center axis for attaching a plurality of second spokes; and a brake mount having a rotor attachment unit integrally formed with the first spoke attachment part, the rotor attachment unit being configured and arranged with a plurality of rotor attachment points to secure a disc rotor of a disc brake device thereto, the rotor attachment points of the brake mount being disposed radially farther out from the center axis than a minimum radial position of the first spoke attachment points at which the first spokes are attached to the first spoke attachment part, the rotor attachment unit including a plurality of first arms extending radially from the first end of the hub shell in a circumferential pattern with the rotor attachment points being disposed at outer tips of the first arms, and the first spoke attachment points being disposed on the first arms, each of the first arms including a pair of the first spoke attachment points that are substantially radially arranged relative to each other.