Patent ID: 7131656

Claim:
A sprocket support member for a bicycle sprocket assembly comprising a plurality of single structural units angularly equidistant from each other and connected together by zones having reduced dimensions in the radial direction and at least one freewheel hub engagement portion having at least one tooth engagable with a splined surface of a bicycle freewheel hub and at least one fastening portion having at least one hole for the mounting of the sprocket support member wherein the fastening portion is defined within a first plane and the engagement portion is defined in a second plane and the first plane is axially displaced with respect to the second plane and the planes are parallel to each other wherein one of the at least one fastening portion and one of the at least one engagement portion form at least one single structural unit, the one of the at least one engagement portion being aligned with the one of the at least one fastening portion in a radial direction.