Patent ID: 7374251

Claim:
A bicycle wheel component comprising: an axle; a hub shell rotatably disposed about the axle with a plurality of spoke fixing parts disposed at opposite ends of the hub shell, each of the spoke fixing parts including a through hole having a small width section extending from a first side of a corresponding one of the spoke fixing parts and a large width section extending from a second side of the corresponding one of the spoke fixing parts such that an internal abutment is formed between the small and large width sections; and a plurality of securing elements removably disposed in the large width sections of the spoke fixing parts of the hub shell with each of the securing elements having a threaded bore that is aligned with a corresponding one of the small width sections of the spoke fixing parts of the hub shell, each of the threaded bores having a transverse width substantially equal to a transverse width of the corresponding one of the small width sections, the securing elements being configured and arranged such that they do not extend into the small width sections of the spoke fixing parts.