Patent ID: 8220358

Claim:
A bicycle control cable fixing device adapted to be coupled to a bicycle component, said bicycle control cable fixing device comprising: a support structure having a cable support surface; and a cable fixing structure non-threadedly supported on said support structure to rotate about a rotation axis, said cable fixing structure having a cable pressing surface, said cable fixing structure and said support structure being arranged and configured such that an inner wire of a bicycle control cable is secured between said cable support surface and said cable pressing surface in response to rotational movement of said cable fixing structure about said rotation axis to a cable fixing position from a cable release position, said fixing structure including a cam portion having a peripheral cam surface concentrically arranged relative to said rotation axis that is rotationally supported by said support structure and an elongated lever portion extending radially outwardly from said cam portion, said peripheral cam surface being configured and arranged to move said cable pressing surface toward said cable support surface when said cable fixing structure is moved from said cable release position toward said cable fixing position using said lever portion, said cam portion and said lever portion being configured and arranged such that said lever portion moves from an extended position to a retracted position to move said cable fixing structure from said cable release position to said cable fixing position, said lever portion moving toward the inner wire when said lever portion is moved from said extended position to said retracted position when the inner wire is disposed between said cable support surface and said cable pressing surface.