Patent ID: 8439383

Claim:
A bicycle assembly comprising: a main frame comprising a seat tube, a head tube, a top tube, and a down tube, wherein both the top tube and the down tube connect the seat tube and the head tube, the seat tube being a continuous seat tube that extends from the top tube to the down tube; a sub-frame configured to rotate with respect to the main frame comprising a pair of seat stays and a pair of chain stays, each one of the chain stays being pivotally connected to the main frame at one end and pivotally connected to one of the seat stays at an opposite end, each chain stay pivotally connected to one of the seat stays at or near a dropout configured for receiving an axle; a linkage pivotally connected to the seat stays and pivotally connected to the main frame, the connection to the main frame being a mount in one of the tubes of the main frame without the use of a separate mounting bracket on the outside of the main frame; and a shock comprising a shock body and an extension body integral with the shock body, the extension body comprising a pair of extension arms which straddle the seat tube and connect the shock to the linkage; wherein the linkage connects to and substantially aligns the shock and the seat stays of the sub-frame as viewed from the side of the bicycle assembly in a rest position.