Patent ID: 7665384

Claim:
A bicycle control device comprising: a base member having a rear handlebar mounting end and a forward free end spaced from the rear handlebar mounting end; a shift control unit mounted to the base member; a control member including a first portion operatively coupled to the shift control unit and a second portion spaced from the first portion; and a first shift operating lever movably coupled relative to the base member to move along a first shift operating path and movably coupled relative to the base member to move along a non-shift operating path that is non-coincident with the first shift operating path, the first shift operating lever being spaced forwardly from the rear handlebar mounting end and the control member being located behind the first shift operating lever, with the first shift operating lever being slidably engaged with the second portion of the control member such that the second portion of the control member is moved together with the first shift operating lever along the non-shift operating path when the first shift operating lever is moved along the non-shift operating path with sliding contact therebetween.