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| 20080211291 | HUB FOR A SPOKED BICYCLE WHEEL AND RELATED SPOKED WHEEL - A hub for a spoked bicycle wheel has at least one seat for inserting and housing an end portion of a spoke. This at least one seat has a notch shaped for the insertion of a spoke in a different direction from a longitudinal direction of the seat, and surfaces for stopping the spoke both in both ways of a direction of a rotation axis of the hub, and in both ways of a second direction perpendicular both to the axial direction and to the longitudinal direction of the seat. The hub, due to the configuration of the notch, allows the spoke to be connected thereto without having to unthread it along its entire length and, because of the surfaces for stopping the seat, allows the wheel to be provided with increased stiffness. Such a hub can also be used with a spoked bicycle wheel. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20100013119 | COMPOSITE BICYCLE RIM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT - A bicycle rim made of composite material has structural fibers incorporated in a polymeric material. The rim has at least one circumferential reinforcement element based on unidirectional structural fibers extending at a respective intersection of walls of the rim, the direction of the structural fiber being circumferential. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100066159 | HUB BODY FOR A BICYCLE WHEEL AND HUB COMPRISING SUCH A HUB BODY - A hub body for a bicycle wheel has a substantially tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis with a pair of opposite end portions, at least one of which has an annular front surface on which a plurality of housing seats for an end portion of respective spokes are formed. Advantageously, at least some of these seats comprise retention elements adapted to prevent said spokes from moving along a direction substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis in all operating conditions. The spoke is thus prevented from moving away from the hub in the case of untightening or breaking of a spoke during a race, which would compromise the correct operation of the wheel and/or constitute a danger to the cyclists. | 03-18-2010 |
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| 20080203810 | SPOKE FOR A BICYCLE WHEEL, BICYCLE WHEEL COMPRISING SUCH A SPOKE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A SPOKE - A spoke for a bicycle wheel has an elongated metallic material body that extends along a longitudinal axis X-X and has a first end portion for the attachment to a hub of a bicycle wheel, a second end portion for the attachment to a rim of a bicycle wheel and an intermediate portion having a portion which is flattened in a transversal direction Z perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X-X and extending along the longitudinal axis X-X up to the first end portion. The first end portion of the spoke is also flattened in the transversal direction Z and is gradually joined to the flattened portion of the intermediate portion along the longitudinal axis X-X. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080236293 | INSTRUMENT-EQUIPPED BICYCLE COMPONENT AND DETECTION UNIT FOR EQUIPPING SUCH A COMPONENT - An instrument-equipped bicycle component has a detection unit for detecting at least one parameter representative of a stress exerted upon the component. The component may have a single piece or multiple parts that do not move relative to one another. The component may be mobile with respect to the bicycle frame while the bicycle is traveling, and the detection unit moves as a single piece with the component with respect to the bicycle frame. The detected parameter may be the torque applied by the cyclist to the aforementioned component through the bicycle pedals. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080238183 | SPOKED WHEEL FOR A BICYCLE - A spoked wheel for a bicycle is described, including a hub, a rim, and a plurality of spokes, which connect the hub to the rim. The spokes are arranged in groups set at an angular distance from one another. At least two spokes of each group, viewed in the direction of the axis of the wheel, cross over one another. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080314193 | CRANK ARM ASSEMBLY AND RELATED CRANK ARM AND ELEMENT FOR TRANSMITTING TORQUE FROM THE CRANK ARM TO A BICYCLE CHAIN - A crank arm assembly for a bicycle, comprising a crank arm and an element for transferring torque from the crank arm to a bicycle chain. The crank arm (and the element for transferring torque respectively comprise first and second front coupling means provided with respective matching profiles adapted to be coupled together to transfer torque from the crank arm to the element for transferring torque. In particular, the first and second means for transferring torque comprise respective front toothings, preferably Hirth toothings. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090026833 | SPOKED WHEEL FOR A BICYCLE - A spoked wheel for a bicycle includes a rim, a hub, a plurality of spokes tensed between the rim and the hub, each provided with a spoke attachment element for attachment to the rim, a plurality of seats, such seats being openings formed in the rim, each for housing one of said spoke attachment elements. The shape and size of the spoke attachment elements and of the seats of the rim are such that: the spoke attachment element is suitable for taking up a first configuration in which its insertion through the seat is possible; and the spoke attachment element once inserted in the seat assumes a second configuration in which it is not possible to remove the spoke attachment element through the seat. | 01-29-2009 |
