Patent ID: 7779718

Claim:
A bicycle shifter for pulling and releasing a control cable connected to a gear change mechanism, the bicycle shifter comprising: a housing configured to be mounted to a handlebar; a takeup member supported by the housing and connected to an end of the control cable, the takeup member displaced to pull the control cable in a cable-pull direction and release the control cable in a cable-release direction, the takeup member biased in the cable-release direction; a single control member operatively connected to the takeup member, the single control member displaced in a shift direction from a rest position for a first shift movement to move the takeup member in the cable-release direction, the first shift movement corresponding to a single gear change, the single control member displaced in the shift direction from the rest position for a second shift movement to move the takeup member in the cable-pull direction, the second shift movement corresponding to a plurality of gear changes, the second shift movement of the single control member being greater than the first shift movement, the single control member biased toward the rest position; a holding mechanism operatively connected to the takeup member to retain the takeup member in a selected gear position; and a drive mechanism operatively connected to the single control member and configured to release the holding mechanism from the takeup member and move the takeup member in response to actuation of the single control member.