SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC.

A shoe includes an outsole, a first upper portion, a second upper portion, a rotary dial mounted to the first upper portion, and first and second lace portions coupled between the rotary dial and the second upper portion. The first lace portion aligns with a heel region of the shoe, the second lace portion aligns with a pedal region of the outsole, and a closure center line aligns with a medial arch region of the outsole. The second upper portion includes first and second lace guides. The first upper portion includes a third lace guide between the first and second lace portions. The first and second lace portions define a unitary lace extending from the rotary dial, through the first, second, and third lace guides, and back to the rotary dial. No portion of the lace member crosses over another portion of the lace member outside of the rotary dial.

A bicycle includes a chainstay protector having an upper surface including a valley, a first peak, and a second peak. The first peak extends upwardly from the valley toward the chain and has a first contact surface positioned to contact the chain a first height above the valley. The second peak extends upwardly from the valley toward the chain and has a second contact surface positioned to contact the chain a second height above the valley. The first contact surface is spaced from the second contact surface by a gap that is at least 5 times the first height. Each of the first and second contact surfaces has a length that is less than the length of the gap and less than two times a pitch of the chain.

A bicycle includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, and a frame assembly supported by the front wheel and by the rear wheel, the frame assembly including a main frame and a fork assembly rotatably secured to the main frame. The fork assembly includes a fork crown, a lower bearing that facilitates rotation of the fork assembly relative to the main frame about a steering axis, and a lower accessory mount including a base portion sandwiched between the fork crown and the lower bearing.

A bicycle includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, a main frame supported by the front wheel and by the rear wheel, a rear suspension pivotally coupled to the main frame at a pivot axis, and a rear rack secured at the pivot axis.

A bicycle wheel comprises a rim and a valve assembly. The rim includes a radially inner wall having an inner opening and a radially outer wall having an outer opening. A first portion of the rim includes a first securing feature (e.g., inner threads). The valve assembly is positioned in the inner opening and outer opening and includes a second securing feature (e.g., outer threads) engaging the first securing feature. The rim can include a plate that defines the first engaging feature. The valve assembly preferably includes a valve stem and a resilient bumper coupled to the valve stem and aligned with a second portion of the rim. The valve assembly can further include a seal member compressed between the valve stem and the rim. Preferably, the seal member is positioned in an annular groove in an underside of an enlarged head of the valve stem.

A bicycle comprises a front wheel; a rear wheel; a frame comprising a main frame portion and an articulating frame portion, the articulating frame portion comprising: a lower arm pivotally supported at a first axis by the main frame portion; an upper frame link pivotally supported at a second axis by the main frame portion; an upper arm pivotally coupled to the upper frame link at a third axis; an upper shock link pivotally coupled to the upper frame link and the upper arm at the third axis; and a lower shock link pivotally coupled to the main frame portion and the lower arm at the first axis; and a shock absorber having a first end pivotally supported at a fourth axis by the main frame portion, and a second end pivotally supported at a fifth axis by the upper shock link and the lower shock link.

A bicycle includes a front wheel and a rear wheel and a frameset supported on the front wheel and the rear wheel. The frameset includes a main frame and a front fork rotationally coupled to the main frame. The main frame includes a top tube, a head tube rotationally supporting the front fork, a down tube coupling the head tube to a bottom bracket, a seat tube extending downward from the top tube and including a lower end spaced from the bottom bracket, a seatstay extending rearward from the lower end of the seat tube, and a strut member extending forward from the lower end of the seat tube and connecting the seat tube to the down tube.

A removable display assembly for a bicycle includes: a housing having a body that extends along a first direction from a first end to a second end, wherein the body further extends along a second direction that is transverse to the first direction, such that at least a portion of the body can be positioned through an opening in a wall of a first tube of a bicycle frame to be at least partially positioned within an internal cavity of the first tube, wherein the opening extends along the first direction from a first end to a second end, a display coupled to the body of the housing; a first transverse spring coupled to the first end of the housing; a second transverse spring coupled to the second end of the housing; and a third spring coupled to the second end of the housing.