Bicycle control device

A bicycle control device comprising:

• a base member including a handlebar mounting structure defining a handlebar receiving area with a central handlebar mounting axis;
• a shift control unit mounted to the base member;
• an operating lever pivotally mounted relative to the base member to pivot from a rest position towards the handlebar receiving area about a non-shift operating pivot axis that is angled relative to the handlebar receiving area such that the operating lever moves along a non-shift operating path from the rest position to an operated position and back to the rest position, and such that the operating lever avoids interference with a handlebar in a lateral direction with respect to the handlebar receiving area as the operating lever moves along the non-shift operating path from the rest position to the operated position;
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• a brake lever pivotally mounted relative to the base member about a brake lever pivot axis,
• the non-shift operating path of the operating lever being angled with respect to a reference plane that is perpendicular to the brake lever pivot axis and that contains the central handlebar mounting axis.

A bicycle control device comprising:

• a base member including a handlebar mounting structure defining a handlebar receiving area with a central handlebar mounting axis;
• a shift control unit mounted to the base member;
• and
• an operating lever pivotally mounted relative to the base member to pivot from a rest position towards the handlebar receiving area about a first pivot axis that is angled relative to the handlebar receiving area such that the operating lever pivots about the first pivot axis to move along a first operating path from the rest position to an operated position and back to the rest position, the first operating path of the operating lever defining a first plane that is perpendicular to the first pivot axis,
• the first pivot axis of the operating lever being arranged such that upon pivoting the operating lever about the first pivot axis, the operating lever moves in a direction primarily toward the handlebar receiving area of the handlebar mounting structure but laterally avoids intersection with the handlebar receiving area as the operating lever moves along the first operating path from the rest position to the operated position.