Patent ID: 7516970

Claim:
A bicycle frame comprising: a bottom bracket sleeve; a front fork assembly mounting means; an elongated down tube member having a first end disposed adjacent the front fork assembly mounting means, a second end disposed adjacent the bottom bracket sleeve, upper and lower outer surfaces, and a longitudinal axis disposed substantially between the upper and lower outer surfaces; a seat tube sleeve having an upper end, a lower end and a longitudinal axis extending through the upper end and the lower end of the seat tube sleeve; and an elongated seat tube having a first end disposed adjacent the seat tube sleeve, a second end disposed adjacent the elongated down tube member, upper and lower outer surfaces, and a longitudinal axis disposed substantially between the upper and lower outer surfaces, the longitudinal axis of the elongated seat tube non-collinear with the longitudinal axis of the seat tube sleeve and the longitudinal axis of the elongated seat tube intersecting the longitudinal axis of the elongated down tube member at a location substantially intermediate between the first and second ends of the elongated down tube member and at a point closer to the first end of the elongated down tube than to the second end of the elongated down tube.