Control device for a bicycle derailleur

A bicycle control device for controlling a derailleur cable and a brake cable comprising:

• a support body configured to be gripped by a cyclist's hand and having one side attached to a bicycle handlebar and another side that is free standing;
• a cable-winding bush, about which a derailleur cable is wound/unwound, that is mounted to the support body, in a first location, at a first axis;
• a first lever that is associated with a brake cable and mounted on the support body, in a second location that is spaced from the first location and moves generally towards and away from the side attached to the bicycle handlebar about a second axis to control actuation of just the brake cable without displacing the cable-winding bush and rotates about an axis that is generally perpendicular to the handlebar to control actuation of the cable-winding bush;
• and,
• a second lever that is positioned behind the first lever and follows the first lever each time the first lever is rotated and moves independent of the first lever when the second lever is rotated, wherein the cable-winding bush includes a rotation shaft, and the first lever is mechanically connected to the rotation shaft through a double cardan joint.