Patent ID: 7730803

Claim:
A switch designation apparatus for a bicycle control unit comprising: a first switch structured to be mounted to a bicycle for providing signals to operate a bicycle control device so that the bicycle control device operates in a first operating manner; a second switch structured to be mounted to the bicycle for providing signals to operate the bicycle control device so that the bicycle control device operates in a second operating manner, wherein the second operating manner is different from the first operating manner; a memory that stores a designation of the operating manner of the first switch and a designation of the operating manner of the second switch; and a switch designation unit that allows a user to selectively store the designation of the operating manner of the first switch and the designation of the operating manner of the second switch in the memory; wherein operation of the first switch causes the switch designation unit to store the designation of the second operating manner in the memory so that the second operating manner is associated with the first switch and causes the switch designation unit to store a designation of an operating manner in the memory so that the operating manner is associated with the second switch.