How to add a garmin to a Boardman bike

[bernipete]

Have just got a second hand Boardman ADV 8.9 and want to put my garmin on it, but cannot see how to add it. Handlebars are all handles and are quite fat. Anyone got any ideas?

 

[PaulSB]

Longer zip ties through the handlebar mount. Or mount on the stem.

 

[cyberknight]

Picture might help?
Generally the Garmin quarter turn mount comes with various size rubber bands that should fit. If space is tight I mount my Garmin onto the stem.
Another option is to buy an out front mount that clamps onto the handlebars

 

[vickster]

+1 for stem, dead space usually otherwise

 

[wafter]

Personally I like the unit out in front of the bars for most comfortable use and have an out-front mount for my Polar which takes up about 1/4" of bar width near the stem clamp.

That said if this isn't possible the stem body or top of the headset (with a replacement cap) should be viable.

Take a look on ebay - many people do mounts for Garmins and you're sure to find something that fits..

 

[T4tomo]

hmmm another new member vague daft question thread.

 

[Alex321]

Have just got a second hand Boardman ADV 8.9 and want to put my garmin on it, but cannot see how to add it. Handlebars are all handles and are quite fat. Anyone got any ideas?

The Boardman ADV8.9 doesn't have unusually fat handlebars. The standard Garmin mount should fit quite easily. I have no idea what you mean by "handlebars are all handles". It is a perfectly normal road/gravel bike, with perfectly normal handlebars.

 

[Dadam]

hmmm another new member vague daft question thread.

OP is probably new to bikes or new to drop bars. "It's all handle" probably means the tops are of course wrapped with bar tape until close to the stem. They may not have seen out front mounts before.

 

[Dadam]

Have just got a second hand Boardman ADV 8.9 and want to put my garmin on it, but cannot see how to add it. Handlebars are all handles and are quite fat. Anyone got any ideas?

Use something like this https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/p/114881clamped to the bar near the stem.
Or like this bolted to the stem itself.

I have 3 of those Dymoece mounts on different bikes.

 

[Alex321]

OP is probably new to bikes or new to drop bars. "It's all handle" probably means the tops are of course wrapped with bar tape until close to the stem. They may not have seen out front mounts before.

Ah. If he means taped, then you can just clamp the mount over the tape.

Don't the garmins come with an out front mount? I've only used a Wahoo, and that does.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Surely the bar won't be taped right up to the stem.
A simple 'out front' mount takes about 8mm one or other side of the stem (where it clamps to the bar).
jgi https://duckduckgo.com/?q=garmin++mount&t=newext&atb=v402-1&ia=web
Go and post in the 'wanted' section.

 

[Ajax Bay]

hmmm another new member vague daft question thread.

Who posts (OP = #1) logs out after 15 minutes and is not interested in any answers/help enough to make the 'effort' to return.

 

[PedallingNowhereSlowly]

Who posts (OP = #1) logs out after 15 minutes and is not interested in any answers/help enough to make the 'effort' to return.

Someone who is very busy?

 

[Ajax Bay]

Noone who is "very busy" has time to establish a sign up on CycleChat and generate a thread asking a question (leave aside that the Q is not clear). Joined 1745; posted the Q 1751; logged out 1759 (Thursday).
Maybe you have an answer for the OP @PedallingNowhereSlowly ? Or can improve on my suggestions (post #11 ^) to the OP?

 

[T4tomo]

hmmm another new member vague daft question thread.

Noone who is "very busy" has time to establish a sign up on CycleChat and generate a thread asking a question (leave aside that the Q is not clear). Joined 1745; posted the Q 1751; logged out 1759 (Thursday).
Maybe you have an answer for the OP @PedallingNowhereSlowly ? Or can improve on my suggestions (post #11 ^) to the OP?

absolutely, I rest my case M'Lud.