Bicycle front forks and methods of making same

Details Bicycle front forks and methods of making same Bicycle front forks and methods of making same

1997-01-10

1999-08-31

Crispino, Richard

Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture

Methods

Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor

156293, 264257, 264258, 264314, B29C 310, B32B 3102, B32B 3104, B62K 2102

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active

059449322

ABSTRACT:
A method of making a bicycle front fork of molded composite laminates of fiber in a resin matrix, the front fork including a steerer portion, a tubular crown portion, a pair of tubular blade portions. Each has upper ends joined by said crown to the steerer, respectively, and lower ends adapted to receive dropouts. According to the invention, the front fork is molded in two substantially mirror image halves having mutually congruent joining surfaces in said steerer portion.

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