Bicycle brake and shift operating device

A bicycle handlebar assembly comprising:

• a handlebar including a central portion, a first end portion on a first lateral side of the central portion and a second end portion on a second lateral side of the central portion;
• a first bicycle brake and shift operating device including a first base member that is attached to the first end portion of the handlebar and a first brake lever that is pivotally connected to the first base member at a first pivot axis, the first bicycle brake and shift operating device further including
• a first shift switch including a slot and a first operating portion arranged along an inward facing surface of the first brake lever and arranged to electrically control a first shifting device, the inward facing surface of the first brake lever facing toward a center plane which perpendicularly extends from a center portion of the handlebar with respect to a longitudinal direction of the handlebar, the first operating portion being adjustably arranged in upward and downward directions transverse to an opening direction of the slot in a state where the bicycle brake and shift operating device is mounted to the bicycle handlebar,
• a second shift switch including a second operating portion arranged along an outward facing surface of the first brake lever and arranged to electrically control one of the first shifting device and a second shifting device, a switching portion disposed completely within the brake lever and coupled to a rearward side of the brake lever, the operating portion being movably mounted to a housing of the switching portion, and
• a third shift switch including a third operating portion arranged along the handlebar and arranged to electrically control one of the first and second shifting devices;
• and
• a second bicycle brake and shift operating device including a second base member that is attached to the second end portion of the handlebar and a second brake lever that is pivotally connected to the second base member at a second pivot axis, the second bicycle brake and shift operating device further including
• a first shift switch including a first operating portion arranged along an inward facing surface of the second brake lever and arranged to electrically control the second shifting device, the inward facing surface of the second brake lever facing toward the center plane which perpendicularly extends from the center portion of the handlebar with respect to the longitudinal direction of the handlebar,
• a second shift switch including a second operating portion arranged along an outward facing surface of the second brake lever and arranged to electrically control one of the first and second shifting devices, a switching portion disposed completely within the brake lever and coupled to a rearward side of the brake lever, the operating portion being movably mounted to a housing of the switching portion, and
• a third shift switch including a third operating portion arranged along the handlebar and arranged to electrically control one of the first and second shifting devices.

The bicycle handlebar assembly according to 12, wherein

• the first and third shift switches of the first bicycle brake and shift operating device operate the first shifting device to selectively perform an upshift operation of the first shifting device,
• the second shift switch of the first bicycle brake and shift operating device operates the second shifting device to selectively perform an upshift operation of the second shifting device,
• the first and third shift switches of the second bicycle brake and shift operating device operate the first shifting device to selectively perform a downshift operation of the first shifting device, and
• the second shift switch of the second bicycle brake and shift operating device operates the second shifting device to selectively perform a downshift operation of the second shifting device.