Patent ID: 8550942

Claim:
A bicycle shifting control apparatus comprising: a gearshift operating part configured and arranged to output a first chain moving operation and a second chain moving operation for a front derailleur; and an actuating unit operatively arranged to selectively move the front derailleur between a plurality of gear positions in response to operation of the gearshift operating part, the actuating unit including a first actuating part configured and arranged to perform a first action which moves the front derailleur from a first gear position of the gear positions corresponding to a first sprocket having a smaller number of teeth to a second gear position of the gear positions corresponding to an adjacent second sprocket having a larger number of teeth in accordance with the first chain moving operation of the gearshift operating part; and a second actuating part configured and arranged to perform a second action which, within a single operation of the second actuating part, moves the front derailleur to a third non-gear position located past the second position corresponding to the second sprocket having the larger number of teeth in accordance with the second chain moving operation of the gearshift operating part, with the third non-gear position not corresponding to a sprocket position, and subsequently moves the front derailleur back to the second position.