Patent ID: 7789409

Claim:
A front fork member for a bicycle having a pair of fork arms, a fork head and a mast, the fork head having a lower end and an upper end, the fork head carrying a journal mechanism between its lower end and its upper end for complementary engagement with a bicycle frame for relative pivoting of the fork member to the frame about a pivot axis, the fork head symmetrical about a central plane including the pivot axis, each fork arm joined to the lower end of the fork head and extending downwardly to a distal end, the fork arms spaced laterally from each other about the central plane and adapted to receive a wheel therebetween below the fork head journalled for rotation about an axis normal the central plane, a mast extending upwardly from the upper end of the fork head and forwardly about a straight mast axis disposed in the central plane at an angle to the pivot axis, the mast symmetrical about the central plane, the mast having an external surface having, in any cross section normal to the mast axis, a mast teardrop shape having an enlarged rounded forward end and a reduced size rear end, the mast teardrop shape being substantially identical in shape and size in any cross section through the mast normal to the mast axis.