Patent ID: 8109530

Claim:
A bicycle headset capable of connecting a steering tube to a head tube that forms part of a bicycle frame, made up of an upper part comprising an upper bearing and of a lower part comprising a lower bearing, said upper and lower bearings being housed inside the head tube so as to allow the steering tube to turn with respect thereto, and clamping means for axially clamping said lower and upper bearings against, respectively, a lower end and an upper end of the head tube, said axial-clamping means comprising, in the upper part of the headset, a threaded sleeve slipped over the steering tube, said threaded sleeve being secured to the steering tube by connecting means and is able to collaborate with a tapped annular cap slipped over the steering tube so as to force the upper bearing downwards as said tapped annular cap is screwed onto said threaded sleeve, wherein said connecting means comprise a pin extending through two diametrically opposed holes in the threaded sleeve so as to be housed in two diametrically opposed holes provided in the steering tube.