Bicycle shifter
A bicycle shifter is configured to ensure that the position where a main shifter body is attached to a bicycle can be easily varied. The bicycle shifter basically has a mounting bracket, a main shifter body and a fixing mechanism. The mounting bracket is preferably configured be fixed to a handlebar of a bicycle. The main shifter body is mounted on the mounting bracket and has a shifter mechanism in the interior. The fixing mechanism is a mechanism whereby the main shifter body can be fixed in place on the mounting bracket at an arbitrary attachment position between a first position and a second position.
1. A bicycle shifter comprising:
a mounting bracket configured to be fixedly coupled to a bicycle and having two through-holes;
a main shifter body including a shifter mechanism disposed within an interior of the main shifter body; and
a fixing mechanism fixing the main shifter body and the mounting bracket together in a predetermined relative angular orientation, the main shifter body being adjustable relative to the mounting bracket by the fixing mechanism such that the main shifter body is selectively retainable in at least first and second attachment positions relative to the mounting bracket in the predetermined relative angular orientation, the fixing mechanism including a plurality of fixing members which pass through the two through-holes and which are coupled between the main shifter body and the mounting bracket in a first attachment arrangement to obtain the first attachment position and in a second attachment arrangement to obtain the second attachment position,
the fixing members including a first threaded bolt that is screwed into a first female threaded part of the main shifter body, and a second threaded bolt that is selectively screwed into a second female threaded part of the main shifter body to obtain the first attachment position and screwed into a third female threaded part of the main shifter body to obtain the second attachment position,
the first threaded bolt being longer than the second threaded bolt which is received by one of the second and third female threaded parts, the first female threaded part being disposed at a further depth from a surface of the main shifter body than the second and third female threaded parts.
2. The bicycle shifter according to claim 1 , wherein the shifter mechanism including a shifter housing and a shift positioning member disposed within the shifter housing, the shift positioning member being configured to rotate around a shaft member that includes the first female threaded part at the distal end and the shifter housing includes the second and third female threaded part.
3. The bicycle shifter according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting bracket is configured to be fixedly coupled on a handlebar of the bicycle, and the first and second attachment positions are disposed along a path that is generally parallel to a longitudinal direction of the handlebar.