Patent ID: 8746808

Claim:
A bicycle rim comprising: an annular tire mounting part; an annular spoke mounting part including a plurality of spoke openings disposed at predetermined locations along a circumferential direction of the annular spoke mounting part, the spoke mounting part extending from the annular tire mounting part to define an interior space with a predetermined interior shape; at least one spoke attachment member that is disposed in the interior space and includes a portion dimensioned to be received in one of the spoke openings; and an orientation maintaining structure having a predetermined configuration that is dimensioned with respect to the predetermined interior shape of the interior space to form an orientation maintaining arrangement such that the spoke attachment member is slidably disposed within the interior space in a circumferential direction of the bicycle rim to selectively align with the one of the spoke openings while also maintaining an orientation of the spoke attachment member within the interior space, the orientation of the at least one spoke attachment member being maintained while the portion of the at least one spoke attachment member is received in the one of the spoke openings.