Patent ID: 7302874

Claim:
A handlebar gear shifter comprising a tabular handlebar having a support plate extending from an end of the handlebar; a sleeve rotatably mounted to the handlebar and a recess formed in an end of the sleeve; a fan-shaped mediate member having an end pivotally connected onto the support plate; a first cable having one end thereof engaged with the recess in the sleeve and the other end of the first cable engaged with the mediate member; a second cable having one end thereof connected to the mediate member and the other end of the second cable connected to a derailleur mechanism of a bicycle; a C-shaped member having notches formed in the inside thereof and connected to the end of handlebar; a spring member engaged with the sleeve and an index member biased by the spring member and removably engaged with one of the notches; and the improvements comprising: a distance between the pivot end of the fan-shaped mediate member and one distal end thereof connected to the first cable being approximately equal to or slightly less than that between the pivot end and the other distal end thereof connected to the second cable; and the support plate extending from an end of the handlebar at the top of the peripheral thereof.