Patent ID: 6874385

Claim:
Method of mounting a bicycle handlebar to a fork tube comprising: providing a clamp assembly having a vertical through bore in a rear housing and inserting a top portion of the fork tube through the vertical through bore; providing a horizontal bore in the rear housing, the horizontal bore directed forward from the fork tube to a concave front portion of the rear housing and a pair of planar front faces above and below the concave front portion on the rear housing, the planar surfaces containing threaded bores and positioning a movable piston in the horizontal bore; providing a front housing having a concave rear portion and a pair of planar rear faces above and below the concave rear portion, the planar rear faces having multiple threaded bores axially aligned with the threaded bores in the rear housing; and inserting a horizontal portion of the handlebar between the front and rear housing and tightening down on multiple threaded bolts in the threaded bores to cause the handlebar to be gripped between the concave surfaces of the front and rear housing and causing the piston to press against the fork tube to hold it in position.