Patent ID: 7914031

Claim:
A shock absorber for a bicycle, comprising: a primary unit comprising a damper tube and a spring chamber; a piston rod that supports a main piston, wherein said main piston is movable within said damper tube of said primary unit, said main piston and said damper tube at least partially defining a compression chamber; a remote unit that is substantially entirely outside of said primary unit, the remote unit comprising a remote tube at least partially defining a remote fluid chamber, wherein an axis of said damper tube and an axis of said remote tube are non-coaxial with one another; an inertia valve within said remote unit; a flow path, said flow path configured such that fluid can flow from said compression chamber to said remote fluid chamber without flowing through said piston rod; and said inertia valve being responsive to terrain-induced forces and not responsive to rider-induced forces when said shock absorber is assembled to the bicycle.