Patent ID: 8066297

Claim:
A rear suspension bicycle, comprising: a front triangle; a rear wheel swingarm; a first linkage member having a first pivotal connection with the front triangle and a second pivotal connection with the rear wheel swingarm, wherein the first linkage member is an eccentric linkage member including a first bearing assembly defining the first pivotal connection of the first linkage member, and a second bearing assembly offset from a center of the first bearing assembly and defining the second pivotal connection of the first linkage member; a second linkage member having a first pivotal connection with the front triangle and a second pivotal connection with the rear wheel swingarm; and a shock absorber operatively connected to the front triangle and the rear wheel swingarm and configured to control movement of the rear wheel swingarm relative to the front triangle; wherein as the shock absorber is compressed from a fully uncompressed state toward a fully compressed state, the pivotal connection of the first linkage member with the rear wheel swingarm initially rotates in a first direction of rotation relative to the pivotal connection of the first linkage member with the front triangle, and subsequently rotates in a second direction of rotation relative to the pivotal connection of the first linkage member with the front triangle.