Patent ID: 8443697

Claim:
A shifter for actuating a gear change device of a bicycle by pulling and releasing a control cable, the shifter comprising: a base plate fixedly mountable to the bicycle; a cable spool rotated in a cable-pull direction and in a cable-release direction; a control plate rotationally fixed to the cable spool, the control plate having transport teeth; a cable-pull lever assembly operatively connected to the cable spool to rotate the cable spool in the cable-pull direction, the cable-pull lever assembly including a cable-pull lever and a winding pawl rotatably disposed on and rotating with the cable-pull lever about a first axis, the winding pawl engaging the transport teeth to transmit cable-pull lever rotation to the cable spool; and a cable-release lever assembly operatively connected to the cable spool to rotate the cable spool in the cable-release direction, the cable-release lever assembly including a cable-release lever and a shift plate contactingly disengaging the winding pawl from the transport teeth when the cable-release lever is wherein the shift plate includes a ramp pivotally disengaging the winding pawl from the transport teeth.