Patent ID: 8882127

Claim:
A bicycle including a front wheel and a rear wheel, comprising: a bicycle frame; a first member coupled to the bicycle frame at a first pivot axis; a second member coupled to the bicycle frame at a second pivot axis; and a third member coupled to the second member at a third pivot axis and pivotable relative to the first member at a fourth pivot axis; wherein: the first member, the second member, and the third member are configured such that a contact patch of the rear wheel has a translation range of 0 degrees to about 7 degrees; the first member includes an insert at the fourth pivot axis; a portion of the insert is mated to an opening of the first member defined by a first contour that opens to a ground-facing side of the first member; the third member is configured to rotate around a stem of the insert; and the insert includes a vertical pocket configured to cradle a hub end of the rear wheel.