Patent ID: 8584550

Claim:
A gear shift arrangement for a bicycle that is separate and distinct from a brake lever of the bicycle, the bicycle having a derailleur and a derailleur cable associated therewith, said gear shift arrangement comprising: a single lever adapted to only perform a shifting operation of gears of the bicycle in a forward and reverse direction, a housing, a mounting arrangement in said housing for mounting the single lever for movement in a first pivoting direction and for movement in a second substantially linear direction, the mounting arrangement including: a shaft mounted to the housing, and a rotatable slide element to which the single lever is fixed, the rotatable slide element having an elongated slot by which the rotatable slide element is slidable relative to the shaft, and the rotatable slide element also being rotatable relative to the shaft, and a shift control mechanism in said housing and connected with the mounting arrangement for controlling shifting of the gears of the bicycle in a first shifting direction upon movement of the single lever in the first pivoting direction and for controlling shifting of gears of the bicycle in a second, opposite shifting direction upon movement of the single lever in the second substantially linear direction.