Patent ID: 6912928

Claim:
A bicycle stem for connecting a bicycle handlebar to a bicycle steering tube, the bicycle stem comprising: a body portion having opposing first and second ends; a handlebar clamping portion connected to the first end of said body portion; a steering tube clamping portion connected to the second end of said body portion and having a tubular shape defining a steering tube receiving passageway therethrough, said steering tube clamping portion also having a clamp receiving passageway therein transverse to the steering tube receiving passageway and in communication therewith; a steering tube clamp in the clamp receiving passageway and comprising a pair of cooperating clamp members aligned in side-by-side relation and comprising respective outer surface portions defining an imaginary circular cylinder and a recess therein for the steering tube, each clamp member also having at least one fastener receiving passageway therein offset a predetermined distance from a central longitudinal axis defined by the imaginary circular cylinder, and at least one fastener extending between corresponding fastener receiving passageways of said pair of clamp members for urging said clamp members together to engage the steering tube and thereby secure the bicycle stem to the steering tube.