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Varia UT800 mount on multiple bikes

KOKKETIEL
over 5 years ago

I just got a UT800.  I used the included out-front mount to mount the light on my road bike.  I am looking for a neat solution to mount the light on my tri-bike that will allow me to quickly switch the light without having to use tools.

To use the light, you "permanently"mount the included "friction flange to quarter-turn adapter" to the UT800.  This is the adapter that mounts to the bottom of the out-front mount.   This allows you to quickly remove the light from the bike for charging, etc.  I am looking for a similar mounting option for my tri bike.  I can't use the out-front mount on the tri bike.  It has to hang underneath the aero bars.  This means it will be 90 degrees rotated from a mount that mounts to a handle bar tube, like the out-front mount.  (Handle bar is perpendicular to the bike, the aero bars are in-line with the bike)

Garmin makes a large tube mount for the Virb but it appears that to use that, I will need to swap the friction flange mount on the UT800 every time I want to swap bikes.  And I can't tell if it will allow a 90 degree rotation.

I'm essentially looking for a mount like the large tube mount that can be used to directly mount the UT800/flange adapter.

If anyone has experience with this kind of setup, please provide insight.  If you don't have experience with this, I'm sure this post sounds very confusing :)

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    I was able to fit an out-front mount on my tri-bike.  I used the one that was included with the Edge 530 which, much to my delight, contains a mount on the underside that is compatible with the adapter bolted on to the UT800.  So now it's a simple twist on, twist off to move the light from one bike to the other. 

    For anyone finding this post, I entertained another solution.  I was going to order a 3D printed male-to-male Garmin adapter from Shapeways, which can then be used in any K-Edge or other Garmin quarter turn mount, to convert it to a mount for the UT800.