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Varia mounting options

I'm seeing no reason the Varia can't be mounted directly behind the seat - attached to the seat rails, instead of the seat post. On my bike the Varia mounted to the seat post takes up all the real estate behind my bike, anything else I try to put back there blocks the radar.

Mounting high behind the seat would let me stash a spare tube in a saddle bag UNDER the Varia, use the seat post for a Fly6 or alternate blinkie, or put a low profile container on top of a rear rack.

All the mounts that I can find that enable this are for Go-Pros, so the solution is to buy a GoPro seat rail mount, then buy a Go Pro to Garmin Varia adaptor.

That's $55+ I'll spend to mount the Varia that Garmin's missing out on. I can't be the only one with this issue. Would they consider manufacturing a seat rail mount for the Varia Radar?

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0 TexasCycle over 3 years ago

I have a GoPro and my Varia that I wanted to mount on each of my bikes. I have the Topeak bag with fixer 25 on each bike that

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i do not remove as they are packed with different tube sizes. The fixer mount takes space up on the rails. I am purchasing some parts to assemble my own mount on each of the bikes. These are the parts i will be picking up:

Rail bow mounts depending on how much space you have on the rails and how high up the rails you need to attach the mount you will need to pick up one of these two:

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The Garmin quarter turn part is removable and you end up with a "GoPro" style mount.

One of these mounts is aluminum the other is plastic. I'd prefer the aluminum but one of my saddles cant take the narrower mount so I have to use the plastic one.

The rest of the pieces are aluminum.

Depending on how deep the mount is under the saddle you will need to bring it out beyond the bag and use one of these:

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According to my measurements I will need a 6cm one on one bike and a 10 cm on another.

All of these are using "GoPro" style mounts.

Next piece is a dual mount. Attach it to the extension with a thumbscrew so you can flip your dual mount up when you need to get into your bag.

https://amazon.com/gp/product/B08FB2XNJV

Then you take the quarter turn mount that came of the first piece and attach to one of the sides of the dual mount piece, I will also attach a GoPro cage with a regular screw and will remove the camera out of it when need to.

And voila: GoPro and Varia mount side by side with a saddle bag.

I also have a GoPro case with a regular screw under my Garmin on the front

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I will be using regular screws with Locktite everywhere except for the connection between the extension and the dual mount so i can flip it up easily to access the bag..

No drilling no destroying anything involved. Easily removes and attached to any other bike or with any other saddle bag. If your bag has straps instead of the fixer 25 mount it will be even easier.

Just ordered all of the parts Pictures coming soon. - Pictures posted in the reply bellow

0 seilogramp over 3 years ago

TexasCycle said:
Some one flagged it as spam... Community moderation at its best.

It was automatically placed in the moderator's queue for review due to exceeding the maximum threshold of external links. I approved it.

0 TexasCycle over 3 years ago in reply to seilogramp

Thank you.

0 JOSCH over 3 years ago

I found success using black zip ties to attach the standard mount to the fabric loop on my saddle bag. It's very secure, looks invisible, and cost only a few dollars. One zip tie looped through the hole on each side of the mount, which also ensures stability, and added a third tie through one of the loops as a backup for good measure.

0 bigHUN over 3 years ago

I needed to add two more bottles somewhere on the bike, I didn't wanted to drill holes into CF forks so not much options left, attach to seat. But I wanted to keep the radar there as well, but I need a smaller saddle bag as well for hygiene stuff when I am on long gravel rides out far.

3d printers getting more popular and cheaper...

https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/cycling/f/varia-series/263565/any-dual-bottle-cage-mount-to-accept-the-varia-radar

This is 3 Liter of liquid in the mounted bottles but at my last 81 Km ride I drink 4.6 liters. Now the frame bag can fit an extra 3 liters camelback bladder as well if needed.