Patent ID: 8881619

Claim:
A bicycle control device comprising: a fixed member; a first operating member movably arranged with respect to the fixed member; a rotatable member rotatably mounted to the fixed member in a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction being opposite to the first rotational direction; a positioning member movably arranged with respect to the fixed member to selectively hold the rotatable member in a plurality of predetermined positions; a release member movably arranged with respect to the fixed member between a non-releasing position and a releasing position, and moving the positioning member to release the rotatable member for movement from a current one of the predetermined positions in response to operation of the first operating member; and an engaging member operatively coupled to the first operating member to engage the release member such that the engaging member moves the release member as the first operating member is operated from the rest position, in a single progressive operation of the first operating member, the release member moves from the non-releasing position to the releasing position as the first operating member moves from a rest position towards a first operated position, the release member moves from the releasing position to the non-releasing position as the first operating member moves from the first operated position towards a second operated position, and the release member moves from the non-releasing position to the releasing position as the first operating member moves from the second operated position towards a third operated position, the second operated position is farther from the rest position than the first operated position, the third operated position is farther from the rest position than the second operated position.