Bicycle Shifter

A shifter for actuating a gear change device of a bicycle by pulling and releasing a control cable, the shifter comprising:

• a base plate fixedly mountable to the bicycle;
• a cable spool rotated in a cable-pull direction to wind the control cable thereon and in a cable-release direction to unwind the control cable therefrom;
• a control plate rotationally fixed to the cable spool, the control plate having transport teeth;
• a cable-pull lever assembly operatively connected to the cable spool to rotate the cable spool in the cable-pull direction, the cable-pull lever assembly including a cable-pull lever and a winding pawl received by and rotating with the cable-pull lever about a first axis, the winding pawl engaging the transport teeth to transmit cable-pull lever rotation to the cable spool;
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• a cable-release lever assembly operatively connected to the cable spool to rotate the cable spool in the cable-release direction, the cable-release lever assembly including a cable-release lever and a shift plate for disengaging the winding pawl from the transport teeth when the cable-release lever is rotated.