Patent ID: 8549955

Claim:
A bicycle control device comprising: a base member; a shift control unit fixedly mounted on the base member; a non-shift operating lever movably coupled relative to both the base member and the shift control unit, the non-shift operating lever being pivotally coupled relative to the base member about a pivot axis along a movement plane, the non-shift operating lever being non-operatively coupled to the shift control unit such that operation of the non-shift operating lever with respect to the base member does not operate the shift control unit; a first shift operating lever operatively coupled to the shift control unit to operate the shift control unit in a first operating direction of the shift control unit; and a second shift operating lever operatively coupled to the shift control unit to operate the shift control unit in a second operating direction of the shift control unit that is distinct from the first operating direction, the first and second shift operating levers being coupled relative to the base member to move along first and second shift operating planes, respectively, that intersect with the movement plane of the non-shift operating lever, the first shift operating lever moving the second shift operating lever together with the first shift operating lever in a single movement direction of the first and second operating levers as the first shift operating lever is moved by a user continuously and progressively from a rest position to a fully operated position in the single movement direction of the first and second operating levers to operate the shift control unit at least one shift position in the first operating direction of the shift control unit, the non-shift operating lever, the first shift operating lever, and the second shift operating lever all being separate levers.