Bicycle component
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1. A bicycle component comprising:
- a wheel mount configured for receiving a wheel with a hub and including at least two tube components at the end portions, a mounting device provided at each of the end portions, wherein each mounting device includes at least one bushing device, wherein the mounting device of at least one tube component has at least one bushing device exchangeably arranged thereat which is suitable and intended to receive and support a hub,each mounting device defining a cylindrical mounting opening, wherein a radius of the cylindrical mounting opening corresponds to a radius of an axial projecting edge of the mounting device, and wherein the cylindrical mounting opening and the axial projecting edge at the inner periphery are machined in one process step;
at least one bushing device of the one mounting device comprises a snug fit on its inner periphery,at least one bushing device of the other mounting device comprises a snug fit on its inner periphery and axially adjacent thereto a female thread with both the snug fit and the female thread extending over part of the axial length of the bushing device, andthe hub including opposing outer surfaces and projections extending beyond the outer surfaces, the projections configured to respectively contact the bushing device in the corresponding mounting device and space the opposing outer surfaces of the hub from the corresponding mounting devices.
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Abstract
A bicycle component with a wheel mount at which a wheel with a hub can be received, with the wheel mount including two tube components provided with a mounting device at each of its end portions. At the mounting device of at least one tube component a bushing device is arranged to be exchangeable and to be suitable and intended to receive and support a hub.
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1. A bicycle component comprising:
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a wheel mount configured for receiving a wheel with a hub and including at least two tube components at the end portions, a mounting device provided at each of the end portions, wherein each mounting device includes at least one bushing device, wherein the mounting device of at least one tube component has at least one bushing device exchangeably arranged thereat which is suitable and intended to receive and support a hub, each mounting device defining a cylindrical mounting opening, wherein a radius of the cylindrical mounting opening corresponds to a radius of an axial projecting edge of the mounting device, and wherein the cylindrical mounting opening and the axial projecting edge at the inner periphery are machined in one process step; at least one bushing device of the one mounting device comprises a snug fit on its inner periphery, at least one bushing device of the other mounting device comprises a snug fit on its inner periphery and axially adjacent thereto a female thread with both the snug fit and the female thread extending over part of the axial length of the bushing device, and the hub including opposing outer surfaces and projections extending beyond the outer surfaces, the projections configured to respectively contact the bushing device in the corresponding mounting device and space the opposing outer surfaces of the hub from the corresponding mounting devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A bicycle component comprising:
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a wheel mount configured for receiving a wheel with a hub and including at least two tube components at the end portions, a mounting device provided at each of the end portions, wherein each mounting device includes at least one bushing device, wherein the mounting device of at least one tube component has at least one bushing device exchangeably arranged thereat which is suitable and intended to receive and support a hub, at least one bushing device of the one mounting device comprising a snug fit on its inner periphery, at least one bushing device of the other mounting device comprising a snug fit on its inner periphery and axially adjacent thereto a female thread with both the snug fit and the female thread extending over part of the axial length of the bushing device, each of the mounting devices comprising an axially, inwardly extending projecting edge as an end bearing, wherein the end bearings are configured to be sickle-shaped and are substantially provided on the upper side of the mounting device.
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21. A bicycle component comprising:
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a wheel mount configured for receiving a wheel with a hub and including at least two tube components at the end portions, a mounting device provided at each of the end portions, wherein each mounting device includes at least one bushing device, wherein the mounting device of at least one tube component has at least one bushing device exchangeably arranged thereat which is suitable and intended to receive and support a hub, at least one bushing device of the one mounting device comprising a male thread extending only over part of the axial length of the bushing device and a snug fit on its inner periphery, at least one bushing device of the other mounting device comprising a snug fit on its inner periphery and axially adjacent thereto a female thread with both the snug fit and the female thread extending over part of the axial length of the bushing device, wherein said at least one bushing device comprises a male thread extending only over part of the axial length of the bushing device.
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22. A bicycle component comprising:
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a wheel mount configured for receiving a wheel with a hub, and a fixed axle, said wheel mount including at least two tube components at the end portions, a mounting device provided at each of the end portions between which the hub is received and supported, wherein each mounting device includes at least one bushing device, wherein the mounting device of at least one tube component has at least one bushing device exchangeably arranged thereat which is suitable and intended to receive and support a hub, wherein the mounting devices comprise axially inwardly an axial projecting edge as an end bearing at a radial distance from the adapting pieces of the hub, at least one bushing device of the one mounting device comprises a snug fit on its inner periphery, at least one bushing device of the other mounting device comprises a snug fit on its inner periphery and axially adjacent thereto a female thread with both the snug fit and the female thread extending over part of the axial length of the bushing device, and the hub including opposing outer surfaces and projections extending beyond the outer surfaces, the projections configured to respectively contact the bushing device in the corresponding mounting device and space the opposing outer surfaces of the hub from the corresponding mounting devices.
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