Patent ID: 7191884

Claim:
A bicycle hub comprising: a hub axle including a first axle end and a second axle end; and a hub shell having a first shell end and a second shell end with an inner tubular surface forming a central passage extending between the first and second shell ends, the hub axle being disposed within the central passage of the hub shell such that the hub shell is rotatably supported on the hub axle; a freewheel operatively mounted between the second axle end of the hub axle and the second shell end of the hub shell, the freewheel including a driven member fixed to the second shell end of the hub shell to rotate therewith, a drive body operatively coupled to the driven member by a one-way clutch mechanism, an inner freewheel ball bearing disposed between the driven member and the drive body to rotatably support an inner end of the drive body on the driven member, and an outer freewheel slide bearing disposed between the driven member and the drive body to rotatably support an outer end of the drive body on the driven member; a first hub axle ball bearing disposed between the first axle end of the hub axle and the first shell end of the hub shell to rotatably support the first shell end of the hub shell on the first axle end of the hub axle; and a second hub axle ball bearing disposed between the second axle end of the hub axle and one of the driven member and the second shell end of the hub shell to rotatably support the driven member and the second shell end of the hub shell on the second axle end of the hub axle.