Patent ID: 8869649
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: B62J,B62K,B62M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bicycle shift operating device comprising: a base member including a bicycle handlebar mounting structure and a body portion with an internal cavity, the body portion having a first end and a second end, the bicycle handlebar mounting structure being disposed on the first end, the first end having a curved handlebar contacting surface configured to mate with a forward facing surface of a downwardly curved portion of a drop down handlebar in an installed state of the handlebar mounting structure with respect to the drop down handlebar; a shift unit disposed in the internal cavity of the body portion, the shift unit including a wire takeup member that selectively moves between a plurality of predetermined operating positions; and a position sensing device removably attached to the body portion while the base member is attached to a bicycle, the position sensing device including a sensor component that senses the operating position of the wire takeup member.