Securing device for head tube bearings, and method for securing head tube bearings

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A securing device for head tube bearings of two-wheel vehicles e.g. bicycles, is , provided. The head tube bearing comprises top and bottom bearing units for rotatably , connecting a tubular shaft of the fork of the two-wheeled vehicle to a head tube of the , frame of the two-wheel vehicle. The securing device comprises a thrust bearing that is , locked onto the tubular shaft above the top bearing unit and is connected to a mechanism applying an axial pressure to said bearing unit. This has the advantage , that securing the clearance of the head tube bearing is entirely independent of the , handlebar fixture. The thrust bearing is locked in relation to the tubular shaft once the , …