Patent ID: 7401535

Claim:
A twistshifter for a bicycle, the twistshifter comprising: a housing element mounted about and nonrotatably fixed to the handlebar; an actuating element rotatable about an axis of the handlebar, the actuating element having a limited angle of rotation; and a locking device including a first latching element arranged on the housing element and a second latching element having a complementary shape for engagement with the first latching element and arranged on the actuating element, one of the first and second latching elements having a hook contour extending along a segment of a circumference of the twistshifter near the handlebar and the other of the first and second latching elements forming a cutout having a complementary shape to the hook contour and extending through one of the housing element and the actuating element, the hook contour embodying a single piece with the one of the housing and actuating element, the locking device defining the limited angle of rotation of the actuating element.