Patent ID: 7654546

Claim:
A bicycle wheel securing structure comprising: a bicycle fork having a first axle support portion with a first axle mounting opening and a second axle support portion, each of the first and second axle support portions having an inner side surface and an outer side surface, with the inner side surfaces of the first and second axle support portions facing each other and the outer side surfaces of the first and second axle support portions facing in opposite directions away each other: an adapter including a first portion having a first maximum width, the first portion being disposed on the outer side surface of the first axle support portion, a second portion extending axially from the first portion, the second portion having a second maximum width that is smaller than the first maximum width of the first portion to form an axially facing abutment surface between the first and second portions, the second portion mounted in the first axle mounting opening of the bicycle fork, and an axial bore extending from a second end face of the second portion that is at least partially threaded; an axial retaining arrangement disposed between the second portion of the adapter and the mounting opening to axially retain the adapter in the mounting opening; and a holding member attached to the bicycle fork, the holding member and the adapter being configured and arranged such that the holding member prevents rotation of the adapter when the adapter is mounted in the axle mounting opening of the bicycle fork and engaged with the holding member.