Patent ID: 7802489

Claim:
A bicycle shift and brake control device comprising: a bicycle mounting portion having a handlebar engagement surface that receives a bicycle handlebar having a handlebar axis; a shifting unit coupled to the bicycle mounting portion and configured to selectively move between a plurality of shift positions; and an operating member pivotally mounted about a braking axis to perform a braking operation and about a shifting axis to perform a shifting operation, the braking axis changing orientation from a first orientation to a different orientation with respect to the bicycle mounting portion when the operating member is pivoted about the shifting axis from a non-shifting position to a shifting position, and the handlebar axis being transverse to both the shifting axis and the braking axis in both the first orientation and the different orientation, the operating member including a user engagement part and a brake wire connecting part, with the brake wire connecting part being pivotally coupled about a pivot axis relative to the user engagement part.