Talk to me about Garmin mounts

jds_1981

I've a garmin 605. The mount is crap. every few months the plastic toggle snaps off leaving the ~£6 chunk of plastic useless.
http://www.handtec.co.uk/garmin-bike-mo ... 25-00.html
What other mounts work with the 605? I've had a bit of a look but for some reason what's out there isn't really obvious to me.
Ultimately I'm quite happy with the functionality of the garmin mount (shape, how I mount it), but not with the amount of money I regularly fork out to replace it.
Thanks,

il_principe

I use a Bar Fly: http://www.vanillabikes.com/products/bar-fly-2-0-garmin-mount



Had it for over a year now, very happy with it.

turnerjohn

Il Principe wrote:

I use a Bar Fly: http://www.vanillabikes.com/products/bar-fly-2-0-garmin-mount



Had it for over a year now, very happy with it.

wont work on a 605 though !

itboffin

he just wanted to show you a picture of his messing cabling

onemoresolo

jds_1981 wrote:

I've a garmin 605. The mount is crap. every few months the plastic toggle snaps off leaving the ~£6 chunk of plastic useless.
http://www.handtec.co.uk/garmin-bike-mo ... 25-00.html
What other mounts work with the 605? I've had a bit of a look but for some reason what's out there isn't really obvious to me.
Ultimately I'm quite happy with the functionality of the garmin mount (shape, how I mount it), but not with the amount of money I regularly fork out to replace it.
Thanks,

Just be grateful it's only the toggle that broke on yours, my whole mount disintegrated and put my 705 under a passing car.

kelsen

Awaiting replies to this thread with bated breath because the release toggle snapped on my mount today.

Agent57

http://www.racewaredirect.co.uk/ suposedly made an adapter to enable x05 Garmin items to be used with the new mounts.



Unfortunately, it seems the URL doesn't point to anything any more. http://www.racewaredirect.co.uk/#/shop/ ... 05/4708654 Might be worth contacting them to see if they still exist.

onemoresolo

Apparently the adapter they made couldn't support the weight of the 705 so was withdrawn and they're working on a better solution. Last I saw some samples were being sent out but not heard anything since.

jibberjim

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sram-quickview- ... t-adaptor/

jds_1981

jibberjim wrote:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sram-quickview-computer-mount-adaptor/

I had come across that today & may be what I end up going with. I'd prefer something that allows the garmin to be mounted directly on the stem though.

redvee

jds_1981 wrote:

jibberjim wrote:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sram-quickview-computer-mount-adaptor/

I had come across that today & may be what I end up going with. I'd prefer something that allows the garmin to be mounted directly on the stem though.

Buy the above bracket and the quarter turn 500/800 mount.