nice, i love seeing other peoples 3d printer projects. here's mine
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Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [lemond853]
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Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [jeffp]
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jeffp wrote:
I have to ask for the folks mounting it directly in front of the stem on road bars, what is the point? why not 4cm back on the big ol' stem with standard mount? on TT bike, i have seen data that between the bars may not be the best choice. very n=1, since it is the only data i have seen
For me It is easier to see when mounted out front. The other and main reason I did this is because when mounted on top of the stem it looks like crap IMO.
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [PaintIt]
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that is how i feel it looks sticking out in space in front. guess i am too old school in bikes. on a oad bike that 4cm means nothing to look at, your head is not out in front of it
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [SC_NICK]
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That's just simply beautiful. Jealous!
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [SC_NICK]
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Great looking design, 3D printing is so neat. Here is my final design, it just so happens to be attached to a BTA, it is completely hidden by the bottle.
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [gralden]
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Awesome design! Can we get a few more pics?
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Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [in10siv]
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Thanks, been working on it for some time. Please check out my website in the signiture line. I hope this helps.
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [Ironma'am]
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Ironma'am wrote:
That's just simply beautiful. Jealous!no need to be jealous, i have a couple more. pm me if you want one.
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [PaintIt]
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I have to find me some of dat dare crow :)
rigged one up last night and Nick is sending me a nicer one(fingers crossed we get it worked out right)
if only I hadn't heard how many watts an Edge 500 can suck out of ya, this would all be unecessary :)
Shout out to you NIck!!
rigged one up last night and Nick is sending me a nicer one(fingers crossed we get it worked out right)
if only I hadn't heard how many watts an Edge 500 can suck out of ya, this would all be unecessary :)
Shout out to you NIck!!
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [jeremyb]
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Hi
My mate loves this mount you custom made. Have you started making them yet for sale. Cos he would be interested.
Thanks
My mate loves this mount you custom made. Have you started making them yet for sale. Cos he would be interested.
Thanks
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [PaintIt]
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Here's how I mounted the Garmin above a water bottle in the aerobars. Just bought 2 feet of 12 gauge wire at Home Depot for ¢.78 and used some needle nose pliers to shape a diameter slightly larger than the water bottle cage:
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [MNrunner]
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i'm posting this for all the short fellows out there.
being 5'3" i don't have a lot of retail space for tt bar bottle and computer. i took what the guy on page 7 did and made a slight change.
what he did was put the zip ties on then computer then taped it on. probably a good idea. i mounted the bracket on using the o-rings given. that significantly decreased the amount of play i got. perhaps i got more play because i had to connect two zipties together since they were not long enough.
i'm comfortable riding without clear tape but i guess it couldn't hurt to put it on. just in case.
the kurt kinetic computer is now off :-D
john
being 5'3" i don't have a lot of retail space for tt bar bottle and computer. i took what the guy on page 7 did and made a slight change.
what he did was put the zip ties on then computer then taped it on. probably a good idea. i mounted the bracket on using the o-rings given. that significantly decreased the amount of play i got. perhaps i got more play because i had to connect two zipties together since they were not long enough.
i'm comfortable riding without clear tape but i guess it couldn't hurt to put it on. just in case.
the kurt kinetic computer is now off :-D
john
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Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [rlanger]
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Love all the Macgyver enthusiasm affixing a myrage of crap to your bikes, but you realize the BarFy already makes a TT mount, right?
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [Design Cycles]
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I bought both styles in February...no problems with either. Great mounts!
Marty
Marty
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [jeffp]
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jeffp wrote:
I have to ask for the folks mounting it directly in front of the stem on road bars, what is the point? why not 4cm back on the big ol' stem with standard mount? on TT bike, i have seen data that between the bars may not be the best choice. very n=1, since it is the only data i have seen
My screen on my 500 broke one day while riding. The only thing I can think is from resting my shoulders on the handlebars while descending putting pressure on the screen with my sternum. I had to pay Garmin to repair it, and then I've used several in front of the stem mounts since. Most notably now my Tillquist mount.
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [Carl Spackler]
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Carl Spackler wrote:
Love all the Macgyver enthusiasm affixing a myrage of crap to your bikes, but you realize the BarFy already makes a TT mount, right?I'm well aware of the Barfly, but you do realize that solution may not work for everyone, right?
With my aero bottle in place, there's no comfortable spot for me to mount the barfly on my aerobars. My solution is perfect, for me.
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [rlanger]
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Sure thing, I mean why not make an aero mike more un-aero, right?
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Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [jeffmpollock]
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Hello All,
New to this group. I know nothing about the acronymns or lingo used in your profession/hobby, but I like designing and producing machined components. So....I was contacted thru a friend, to fabricate a mount similar to the "Morten T." design, for his Garmin GPS. To adapt it to a 'Propel' bike, I believe manufactured by Giant bike. Just finished prototype #2 today. I should have the design finalized by mid July 2013. This bike has a 33mm distance between centers for the 2 M5 bolts on bottom. It is fabricated from 6061T6 Aluminum and I plan to black and/or clear anodize the production units. Here is the good news...my original prototype weighed in at about 10 grams, and I've incorporated additional weight reduction. After reading the other posts on this thread, upon completion of this project, I plan to pursue a somewhat universal mount for bicycles with a different hole spacing.
I don't have the bicycle to show the actual mount up.
As soon as I figure out how to add pics to this forum I'll post pics!
Stay tuned,
Sam H
New to this group. I know nothing about the acronymns or lingo used in your profession/hobby, but I like designing and producing machined components. So....I was contacted thru a friend, to fabricate a mount similar to the "Morten T." design, for his Garmin GPS. To adapt it to a 'Propel' bike, I believe manufactured by Giant bike. Just finished prototype #2 today. I should have the design finalized by mid July 2013. This bike has a 33mm distance between centers for the 2 M5 bolts on bottom. It is fabricated from 6061T6 Aluminum and I plan to black and/or clear anodize the production units. Here is the good news...my original prototype weighed in at about 10 grams, and I've incorporated additional weight reduction. After reading the other posts on this thread, upon completion of this project, I plan to pursue a somewhat universal mount for bicycles with a different hole spacing.
I don't have the bicycle to show the actual mount up.
As soon as I figure out how to add pics to this forum I'll post pics!
Stay tuned,
Sam H
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [SAMHYTO]
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Cool
Upload Tour pic here http://photobucket.com/ and then inset the URL from the picture
My TT bike
BMC TM01
Upload Tour pic here http://photobucket.com/ and then inset the URL from the picture
My TT bike
BMC TM01
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [rlanger]
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rlanger wrote:
I used Sugru to attach my Garmin mount to my Pro AeroFuel bracket. I am amazed by the ingenuity. This one in particular. I like seeing the torpedo mounts and having tri bike, I am using that so had to rig up something that would suit. A few test rides and a few strips of krazy glue did the trick. I will post some pics but far less of a 'wow' factor than some of the artistry on this thread.
The use of spokes, wire, zip ties, putty, all smart in their own unique way. This is the ultimate Tri geek forum!
Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [SAMHYTO]
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Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [SAMHYTO]
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Design finalized! Until I get feedback....
GPS interlock is very positive. Widened the entry/exit slot, so you don't have to have the GPS perfecftly at 90 degrees to engage or disengage.
Weight is 9 grams according to the bike shop. Will get an exact weight as soon as I can get down to a pawn shop (they have really accurate scales for buying gold).
It will mount to both the upper and lower holes on the Giant Propel - 'neck' (hope I have the right nomenclature here)
Making a couple units today for black anodize.
Sorry about the poor quality of the pictures, taken from my cell.
Sam
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GPS interlock is very positive. Widened the entry/exit slot, so you don't have to have the GPS perfecftly at 90 degrees to engage or disengage.
Weight is 9 grams according to the bike shop. Will get an exact weight as soon as I can get down to a pawn shop (they have really accurate scales for buying gold).
It will mount to both the upper and lower holes on the Giant Propel - 'neck' (hope I have the right nomenclature here)
Making a couple units today for black anodize.
Sorry about the poor quality of the pictures, taken from my cell.
Sam
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Re: Garmin 500 custom mount [SAMHYTO]
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the weight of 9 gram is without bolt, right ?
My mount weight 10,2 gram without bolt
My TT bike
BMC TM01
My mount weight 10,2 gram without bolt
My TT bike
BMC TM01
Morten,
Yes, the weight is without the bolts.
How many hours do you think you put in the entire R+D process to produce the mount for your bike.
I believe I am into this one for 35-40 hours. This includes CAD, CAM, setting up tools, setting up the CNC, cycle time for 3 prototypes, deburring, polishing, updating the design, fixturing, reverse engineering the neck, etc, etc.
I can see why you don't want to manufacture yours, you can't recoup your investment on small lot production.
Sam
Yes, the weight is without the bolts.
How many hours do you think you put in the entire R+D process to produce the mount for your bike.
I believe I am into this one for 35-40 hours. This includes CAD, CAM, setting up tools, setting up the CNC, cycle time for 3 prototypes, deburring, polishing, updating the design, fixturing, reverse engineering the neck, etc, etc.
I can see why you don't want to manufacture yours, you can't recoup your investment on small lot production.
Sam