Patent ID: 7556276

Claim:
A bicycle with a rear suspension system, the bicycle comprising: (a) a front frame with a steering housing and a crank shaft housing; (b) a swing arm chassis includes an upper arm and a lower arm, wherein said upper arm pivotally attached to said front frame at a forward end and pivotally attached to said lower arm at a rearward end; (c) a front wheel and a rear wheel, wherein said rear wheel pivotally attached to an axle of said lower arm; (d) a link, said link pivotally attached to said front frame at a location below said crank housing at a first end and a second end pivotally attached to said lower arm such that an imaginary straight line from a center of said first end to a center of said second end is nearly tangent to said rear wheel in an uncompressed state; and (e) a shock absorber pivotally attached to said upper arm and lower arm.