Patent ID: 8201477

Claim:
A bicycle component operating device comprising: a base member; a rider operating member movably mounted with respect to the base member; a ratchet member rotatably mounted with respect to the base member about a pivot axis; a positioning pawl movably mounted with respect to the base member between a holding position and a releasing position, with the positioning pawl preventing rotation of the ratchet member in a releasing direction about the pivot axis when the positioning pawl is in the holding position, and the positioning pawl releasing the ratchet member for rotation in the releasing direction when the positioning pawl is in the releasing position; and a winding pawl movably mounted with respect to the base member, the winding pawl having an abutment that engages the ratchet member fir rotating the ratchet member in a winding direction that is opposite to the releasing direction about the pivot axis when the winding pawl is moved with respect to the base member in response to a winding operation of the rider operating member, the winding pawl contacting the positioning pawl and moving the positioning pawl radially outward relative to the pivot axis as the abutment of the winding pawl moves radially outward relative to the pivot axis in response to a releasing operation of the rider operating member.