Patent ID: 7870936

Claim:
A bicycle suspension system comprising: a piston tube; a piston assembly including a piston slidably in contact with and disposed within the piston tube, the piston assembly forming a shock-absorbing mechanism, the shock-absorbing springs including first and second springs separated by the piston assembly; and a travel adjustment apparatus including: first and second fluid chambers, a fluid valve mechanism for controlling fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, and an actuating assembly operatively connected to the fluid valve mechanism and operable between at least two rider-selectable travel settings to operate the fluid valve mechanism between at least two valve settings corresponding to the at least two rider-selectable travel settings, the first and second fluid chambers configured such that operation of the fluid valve mechanism between two of the at least two valve settings permits the piston to be moved from a first initial position relative to the piston tube, to a second initial position relative to the piston tube, such that the suspension system changes from a first of at least two amounts of travel, to a second of the at least two amounts of travel.