Patent ID: 8056438

Claim:
A bicycle shift control device comprising: a housing; at least one operating lever; a rotatable member disposed within the housing and configured to rotate about a rotation axis in response to movement of the at least one operating lever, the rotatable member having a guide portion; a flexible elongated member having a first end portion, a main portion and a second end portion, the main portion having an edge surface that extend from the first end portion to the second end portion; and a gear indicator portion having a window having a first window end and a second window end opposite the first window end, the first window end being positioned a first distance away from the rotation axis, the second window end being positioned a second distance away from the rotation axis greater than the first distance, with each of the first window end and the second window end coinciding with a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis; a first section of the edge surface being defined along that portion of the flexible elongated member extending from the first end portion to the gear indicator portion, the first section of the edge surface being perpendicular to the rotation axis, the first end portion being directly connected to the rotatable member for movement therewith and extending at least part-way along the guide portion of the rotatable member, and the second end portion being configured for movement along the gear indicator portion with at least a tip of the second end portion of the flexible elongated member being visible through the window of the gear indicator portion.