Selle Royal S.p.a.

Mark Rane

Carl Winefordner

Frank Hermansen

An automatic bicycle pedal, including a pedal body rotationally connected to a spindle suitable to be coupled to a pedal crank, said pedal body having a front-rear direction (A) and including a front portion and a rear portion which are engageable by a cleat, said cleat being connectable to the sole of a rider's shoe and including a front hook and a rear hook; the front portion includes flexible engagement means for said front hook of said cleat.

Automatic bicycle pedal

A seat post having a quill head with a top surface, a lower cradle rotatable with respect to the top surface about an axis (X), and an upper cradle, reciprocally coupled for clamping the saddle rails (R) of a bicycle. The seat post includes front and rear fasteners connecting the upper cradle to the quill head, and front and rear pivots in which the front and rear fastener are respectively engaged in order to adjust the rails (R) angle with respect to the quill head. The quill head includes front and rear seats in which the pivots are respectively rotationally engaged, the axes (Y,Z) of the pivots being displaced substantially at a same distance (D) from the axis (X), regardless of rails (R) angle adjustment; the top surface has a convex shape, the lower cradle includes a lower concave seat suitable to engage the top surface.

Seat post

A bicycle pedal, including a pedal body rotationally connected to a spindle assembly suitable to be coupled to a pedal crank, the pedal body having a central portion including a cylindrical seat in which the spindle assembly is inserted and rotatably supported. The pedal includes a plurality of spacers, inserted along the spindle assembly and/or inside the cylindrical seat, suitable to be relocated in order to modify the Q-factor of the pedal.

Growing community of inventors

Laguna Beach, CA, United States of America

Mark Rane