Patent ID: 8333268

Claim:
A bicycle, comprising: a bicycle frame; a wheel; a shock absorber coupled to the bicycle, the shock absorber comprising: a primary tube comprising a fluid chamber; a piston rod that supports a piston, wherein said piston is movable within said primary tube and divides said fluid chamber of said primary tube into a compression chamber portion and a rebound chamber portion; a remote tube comprising a remote fluid chamber; an inertial valve within said remote tube that is responsive to terrain-induced forces, wherein said inertial valve opens in response to said terrain-induced forces, and wherein all fluid flow from said compression chamber portion of said fluid chamber of said primary tube to said remote fluid chamber occurs through an opening in said primary tube, through a single fluid passage, and through said inertial valve without passing through said piston and without passing through a valve other than said inertial valve, in response to movement of said piston rod and said piston into said primary tube; and a floating piston in said remote tube, wherein said floating piston moves in response to said flow of said fluid from said fluid chamber of said primary tube into said remote fluid chamber.