Patent ID: 6510757
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B62M,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
A shift mechanism for remotely operating gear changes in a set of bicycle gears, the shift mechanism comprising:a housing part; a cable reel having a cable groove, the cable reel rotatable in a pulling rotational direction for pulling the cable and a releasing rotational direction for releasing the cable, one end of the cable entering into a driving connection with the cable reel, at least in one of the pulling and releasing rotational directions; a bar extending from the housing part to substantially cover the cable groove and having a guiding edge, the bar and the cable groove forming a cable channel configured such that the cable does not deviate when the cable reel is operated in the releasing rotational direction if the other end of the cable is not tensioned or taken up by the set of gears.