Patent ID: 8042881

Claim:
A bicycle wheel securing structure comprising: a bicycle fork having a pair of axle support portions that are spaced apart to receive a bicycle hub therebetween and with one of the axle support portions having an adapter receiving bore; an adapter disposed in the adapter receiving bore in one of the axle support portions, with the adapter including a threaded axle mounting opening and an outer circumferential surface that is rotatably adjustable within the adapter receiving bore to one of a plurality of predetermined orientations; and a holding member operatively coupled between the adapter and the one of the axle support portions with the adapter, the holding member being selectively movable between a retaining position and a releasing position, the holding member preventing both rotational movement of the adapter with respect to the bicycle fork and axial movement of the adapter with respect to the bicycle fork along an axis of the axle mounting opening when the holding member is in the retaining position, the holding member having a center axis that extends radially with respect to the axis of the axle mounting opening, and the adapter being rotatable within the adapter receiving bore without moving axially with respect to the bicycle fork when the holding member is in the releasing position.