Patent ID: 7810826

Claim:
A bicycle, comprising: a front wheel; a rear wheel; a frame; a suspension assembly operably positioned between said frame and one of said front wheel and said rear wheel, said suspension assembly comprising: a first fluid chamber; a second fluid chamber; a first partition separating said first fluid chamber from said second fluid chamber; a first valve configured to permit fluid flow between said first fluid chamber and said second fluid chamber past said first partition, said first valve comprising (1) a first orifice defined by said first partition and (2) a first valve body comprising a slidable member, said first orifice configured to permit fluid flow between said first fluid chamber and said second fluid chamber, said first valve body movable in response to fluid pressure between a first position in which said first valve body blocks said first orifice to substantially prevent fluid flow from said first orifice between said first partition and said first valve body and a second position in which said first valve body permits fluid flow from said first orifice between said first partition and said first valve body; a second valve configured to permit fluid flow between said first fluid chamber and said second fluid chamber past said first partition, said second valve comprising (1) a second orifice defined by said first valve body and (2) a second valve body on an opposite side of said first valve body from said first partition, said second orifice configured to permit fluid flow between said first fluid chamber and said second fluid chamber, said second valve body movable in response to fluid pressure between a first position blocking said second orifice to substantially prevent fluid flow through said second orifice and a second position in which said second valve body permits fluid flow through said second orifice; wherein said first valve and said second valve are both configured to selectively permit fluid flow in a first direction from said first fluid chamber to said second fluid chamber.