Patent ID: 7963540

Claim:
A competition bicycle comprising: a frame including a head steering end portion, the head steering end portion defining a central axis, a lower portion and an upper portion; a lower hearing; an upper bearing; a fork including fork legs joined at an upper portion defining a fork crown, the fork also including a fork head and axis shaft attached to the fork crown, the axis shaft having internal and external threads and defining a rotational axis of the fork, the lower bearing disposed between the fork crown and the lower portion of the head steering end portion, the fork head extending in front of the head steering end portion when the axis shaft is inserted into the head steering end portion; a headset cap with the upper bearing disposed between the headset cap and the upper portion of the head steering end portion, the headset cap being threadably engaged to the external threads of the axis shalt, the upper and lower hearings being under an axial load between the headset cap and the fork crown for preloading the upper and lower bearings to align the rotational axis of the fork to the central axis of the head steering end portion; a handlebar mount attached to the fork head and disposed above the headset cap; a height compensator disposed between the handlebar mount and the headset cap and threadably engageable with the headset cap to support a load of the handlebar mount.