Patent ID: 7988175

Claim:
A bicycle frame comprising a plurality of structural elongate tubular members including a structural elongate first tubular member, the first tubular member extending about a longitudinal, the first tubular member having an elongate storage forming portion extending along the longitudinal from a first end of the storage forming portion to a second end of the storage forming portion, the first tubular member having an elongate first adjacent portion adjacent to the first end of the storage forming portion, the first adjacent portion extending along the longitudinal away from the storage forming portion from a first end of the first adjacent portion to a second end of the first adjacent portion, the first end of the storage forming portion merging into the first adjacent portion at the first end of the first adjacent portion, an exterior profile of the storage forming portion in cross section normal to the longitudinal being of reduced cross sectional area as compared to an exterior profile of first adjacent portion of the first tubular member in cross section normal to the longitudinal, a cover member removably coupled to the first tubular member over the storage forming portion and providing between the storage forming portion and the cover member a storage compartment, the combination of the storage forming portion with the cover member coupled thereto having an exterior profile in cross section normal to the longitudinal.