Patent ID: 8549956

Claim:
A bicycle control device comprising: abuse member having a handlebar mounting structure that secures the bicycle control device to a bicycle handlebar; a shift control unit mounted to the base member; a brake lever movably mounted relative to the base member; a shift operating lever operatively coupled to the shift control unit to operate the shift control unit when the shift operating lever is moved from a rest position along a shift operating path, the shift operating lever including a rider contact portion that is pivotally mounted about a pivot axis of an intermediate hinge to move from the rest position along a non-shift movement path independently of the brake lever, and the shift operating lever being positioned behind the brake lever and pivoting about the pivot axis of the intermediate hinge in response to movement of the brake lever such that a center of pivot of the shift operating lever is the pivot axis of the intermediate hinge; and a lever adjustment mechanism operatively coupled to the shift operating lever to change a location of the rest position of the rider contact portion of the shift operating lever along the non-shift movement path, the lever adjustment mechanism having a lever adjustment member pivotally mounted directly on and contacting the intermediate hinge between a plurality of different adjustment positions with the rest position of the rider contact portion being changed in accordance with the adjustment positions of the lever adjustment member, with the pivot axis of the intermediate hinge being coincident with a pivot axis of the lever adjustment member, the pivot axis of the lever adjustment member being a center of pivot of the lever adjustment member between the plurality of different adjustment positions, the pivot axis of the intermediate hinge remaining in a fixed orientation with respect to the base member between the different adjustment positions, and the lever adjustment member being movably arranged with respect to the base member between the different adjustment positions with the handlebar mounting structure in a fully installed position on the bicycle handlebar such that the base member remains securely fixed to the bicycle handlebar during adjustment between the different adjustment positions.