A hub for a bicycle wheel includes a hub shell that defines one or more spoke holes. The hub shell includes a fiber reinforced material. The fiber reinforced material has one or more reinforcement fibers bending around the spoke holes to remain continuous around the spoke holes. One or more flanges with the spoke holes extend from the hub shell at an outer radial direction. A clutch or freehub adapter is coupled to the hub shell. Depending on the type of clutch mechanism used in the freehub, different clutch apdapters can be incorporated into the hub.
BICYCLE WHEEL HUB WITH MOLDED SPOKE HOLES
2015-12-31
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
BICYCLE SPOKE, BICYCLE WHEEL WITH THE BICYCLE SPOKE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BICYCLE SPOKE
European Patent Office | 2023
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