Comments on: The Joys of Quantification, Part 1: Which Garmin-Compatible Mount Should You Buy?

By: Rob Sneddon

Rob Sneddon — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:09:29 +0000

Sorry to be a barfly pooper folks but had same problem as Hammer with my 810 flying off and breaking both tabs on mount and Garmin. Now I can’t get it fixed because Garmin don’t answer the phone (last attempt 30mins of music and no answer). is there any other way of repairing the Garmin 810 quarter turn tab?

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By: ScottS

ScottS — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:09:52 +0000

Bought a Barfly 2.0 on your recommendation. It arrived yesterday and it rocks! You should have mentioned that it grips the Edge, at least my Edge 800, MUCH more securely than the stock Garmin mount. Now I can see my Edge more easily and I don’t have to worry about losing it either. Win-win!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 21:59:51 +0000

The Barfly is great for the road bike. I took off any cycling computer on my mountain bike and feel much more free without it. I don’t feel the need for a computer or GPS on the mountain bike, plus crashing and thrashing on the mountain bike was not good for any computer that was mounted in any fashion. Just me, but I like riding unconnected on the mountain bike.

By: MattC

MattC — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 22:35:53 +0000

oops…that “2 TK” I led off w/ was supposed to be “@ TK”…missed the shift key.

By: MattC

MattC — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 22:35:01 +0000

2 TK (and every other ‘aging’ cyclist with declining reading-vision), I have OPTX stick-on bifocal lenses in all my riding (and driving) sunglasses. They are half-circle shaped lenses you order in whatever magnification you want. They are pre-shaped to fit on the inside of a lens (sunglasses, regular glasses, safety glasses, you name it). You can trim them to shape with sharp scisors, but be careful and make sure before you cut. I now have 4 sets of 2x’s (upped from 1x about a year or so ago) and with those I can even read the tiny maps on my Garmin 705, let-alone the 8 data fields I have on my screen. Here’s a link…they are a bit pricey (the link below is even cheaper than I paid: $30 for 2 sets) but you can simply pull them out of any glasses and move them to another set.

http://optx2020.com/p-38-hydrotac-stick-on-bifocal-2-pair-offer-available-for-consumer-purchase-only.aspx

By: Cat_Rancher

Cat_Rancher — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 22:14:14 +0000

For a while, I was using the “2 Big-Ass Rubber Bands” mount on my bike. The bike shop guys used to laugh at me about it. (among many other things I’m sure) I had rubber bands coordinated to my bike frame color and everything! They laughed until they tried to take them off. I eventually got a nice bike mount thingy so I could fit in with the cool kids. Any day now they’re going to call me to ride with them, I just know it.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:11:55 +0000

I used the out front mount that came in the box with my 510 initially. It was fine but wanted something a little more bling so I bought the k-edge. I also have a k-edge gopro mount and I appreciate that they somewhat match.

As for the computer flying off the mount…that’s what the lanyard is for. I always loop it around my bars when I remount it. So even if the tab breaks the computer isn’t going anywhere.

By: berry

berry — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 20:49:45 +0000

I bought the Sram mount from Amazon – looks like the standard Garmin 510 one, but was a lot cheaper, I think it was about $14. I use that on the road. The plastic doesn’t seem too ‘hard’ so I’m not terribly worried about my tabs, though I do try to check. I use the stock Garmin 500 mount on my MTB, though that barfly one looks really interesting.

By: TK

TK — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 19:12:58 +0000

I go with 7 fields on my Garmin 305 main screen.

Speed is at the top all alone, then a bunch of other stuff beneath it. Not sure why I have speed at the top, since it really isn’t that useful to know while I am riding. I should probably replace it with calories so I know when I’ve biked long enough to eat another piece of pie (or Dunford Bakers donut).