Patent ID: 8702116

Claim:
A bicycle having an aerodynamically shaped seat post, the bicycle comprising: the aerodynamically shaped seat post having a hollow center along a height of the seat post wherein the hollow center defines an inner perimeter, left and right openings formed in left and right sidewalls of the seat post; a seat tube having a hollow center defining an inner perimeter sized and configured to match the outer perimeter of the seat post so that the seat post may telescope into and out of the hollow center of the seat tube, the seat tube defining left and right side walls; left and right bushings disposable in the hollow center of the seat post; left and right fasteners inserted into the left and right openings formed in the seat post for clamping the left bushing, the left sidewall of the seat post and the left sidewall of the seat tube together and for clamping the right bushing, the right sidewall of the seat post and the right sidewall of the seat tube together to fix a vertical height of the seat post to the seat tube.