Patent ID: 7722487

Claim:
A bicycle front derailleur mounting fixture comprising: a bicycle frame fastening part configured and arranged to be fastened to a tubular member of a bicycle frame; a front derailleur mounting part coupled to the bicycle frame fastening part, with the front derailleur mounting part being configured and arranged to fasten a front derailleur for limited rotation adjustment about an adjustment axis disposed at a distance from the tubular member; and a front derailleur contact part disposed on a side of the front derailleur mounting part which faces the bicycle frame fastening part when the bicycle front derailleur mounting fixture is in an installed position in which a bicycle having the front derailleur mounting fixture is positioned to be ridden, the front derailleur contact part contacting a part of the front derailleur facing the tubular member in a horizontal position that differs from that of the bicycle frame fastening part with respect to the front derailleur in the installed position such that fine adjustment of an angular position of the front derailleur is achieved using the front derailleur contact part in conjunction with the front derailleur mounting part, the front derailleur contact part being movably adjustable in a horizontal direction along a displacement axis that is transverse to the adjustment axis while the front derailleur mounting part is fixed securely to the front derailleur and the front derailleur contact part being adjustably movable with respect to the front derailleur mounting part between at least two secure positions along the displacement axis.