Patent ID: 6067875
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B62K,B62M,Y10T

Abstract:
A bicycle gear shifting system comprising:a housing portion fixedly attached to a handlebar of a bicycle outboard of a brake actuator, said brake actuator comprising a brake lever; said housing portion having disposed therein a clamp for attaching said housing portion to said handlebar and a spring slidably mounted on said clamp;a rotatable portion rotatably attached to the handlebar and slidably connected to the housing portion, the rotatable portion rotating relative to the housing portion and the brake actuator; anda grip portion, attached to the rotatable portion and rotatably attached to the handlebar so that a rider of the bicycle shifts between gears of the bicycle by rotating the grip portion and the rotatable portion of the shifting system with respect to the handlebar and the brake actuator, the rotatable portion and the housing portion having about the same diameter.