Patent ID: 8720301

Claim:
A bicycle operating device comprising: a housing; a control member rotatably disposed on the housing to control a control cable; a first user operating member for rotating the control member in a first direction, the first user operating member being configured to rotate about a first operating axis defining a first motion plane perpendicular to the first operating axis; a second user operating member for rotating the control member in a second direction, the second user operating member being configured to rotate about a second operating axis being distinct from the first operating axis and defining a second motion plane perpendicular to the second operating axis, the first motion plane and the second motion plane forming an angle therebetween in a range of twenty degrees to seventy degrees; a pivoting member movably disposed on the housing for pivotal displacement between a first position and a second position about a pivot axis; and a transmission operatively disposed between the pivoting member and the control member, the pivoting member controlling movement of the control member toward the first direction by the transmission being selectively engaged by the pivoting member in response to the first user operating member being operated, the transmission including a ratchet having a plurality of first ratchet teeth and a plurality of second ratchet teeth, a positioning tooth which selectively contacts one of the first ratchet teeth while the pivoting member is disposed at the first position, the positioning tooth never contacting the second ratchet teeth, and a maintaining tooth which selectively contacts one of the second ratchet teeth while the pivoting member is disposed at the second position, the maintaining tooth never contacting the first ratchet teeth, the maintaining tooth and the positioning tooth being integrally provided on the pivoting member.