Shimano Inc.

Tatsushi Okamoto

Akihiko Shoge

Junichi Kikuta

Naoto Migita

Tomohiro Nagata

A bicycle cleat positioning device includes a shoe holder, a cleat holder, and an attachment portion. A bicycle shoe is mounted to the shoe holder. The cleat holder is adjustably arranged relative to the shoe holder. The attachment portion supports the cleat holder relative to the shoe holder. The cleat holder is detachably and rotatable mounted to the attachment portion.

Bicycle cleat positioining device

An internally geared hub is provided with a hub axle, a hub shell, a driver, a planetary gear mechanism and a gear changing mechanism. The hub shell rotates freely about the hub axle. The driver rotates freely relative to both the hub axle and the hub shell. The planetary gear mechanism is operatively connected between the hub shell and the driver. The planetary gear mechanism includes a plurality of driver rotation transmission paths that transmits rotation of the driver in a prescribed operating direction to the hub shell, and a hub shell rotation transmission path that transmits rotation of the hub shell in the prescribed operating direction to the driver. The gear changing mechanism is operatively connected the planetary gear mechanism for selectively establishing one of the driver rotation transmission paths or the hub shell rotation transmission path.

Internally geared hub for bicycle

A bicycle gear shifter is provided with a mounting part, a connector guide part, a winding member, an operating member, an inner wire connector and a connecting cable. The mounting part includes a handlebar mounting structure and a wire guiding structure extending from the handlebar mounting structure. The wire guiding structure includes a wire movement space extending to an outer casing stop with the connector guide part disposed therein. The inner wire connector moves inside the wire movement space along the connector guide part. The inner wire connector detachably holds an end of an inner wire of a gear shift cable. The connecting cable is connected to the winding member and the inner wire connector to move the inner wire connector in response to movement of the winding member.

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Osaka, Japan

Tatsushi Okamoto