Patent ID: 8695454

Claim:
A bicycle operating device comprising: a first operating unit including a clamp portion for attaching the bicycle operating device to a bicycle and a first operating member; a second operating unit including a housing and a second operating member; and a connecting member including a first attachment portion and a second attachment portion, the first attachment portion being detachably attached to an outwardly facing surface of the clamp portion of the first operating unit by a first adjustable connection, and the second attachment portion being detachably attached to the second operating unit by a second adjustable connection, the first adjustable connection being configured and arranged to change a relative position of the connecting member with respect to the clamp portion in a first direction, the first adjustable connection providing angular adjustment in the first direction with respect to a center axis of a band part of the clamp portion, the second adjustable connection being configured and arranged to change a relative position of the connecting member with respect to the second operating unit in a second direction that is different from the first direction, the second attachment portion further including a recess receiving a protruding rib provided on the second operating unit and extending in the second direction to provide linear adjustment in the second direction with respect to the center axis of the band part of the clamp portion, the protruding rib forming a one-piece unitary structure with the second operating unit, the second attachment portion of the connecting member further including a fastener attached to the second operating unit, the fastener intersecting with the recess of the second attachment portion.