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Varia extender bracket

Has anyone found a solution or bracket that will attach a seat post on madones that will extend the Varia behind or past a saddle bag? Often time my bag is full on lon rides and will hinder the radar? Any help for after market manufactures would be helpful

Bunkie

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8859844 over 3 years ago +1

I use a ToPeak Tri-Backup Elite for my bike storage needs. Sawed the ends off an old aluminum bottle cage leaving me with basically a mounting plate. Bolted that to the central bottle mounts of the ToPeak…

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0 Ranger over 4 years ago

I order cheap two-screws garmin mount from EBay and made Varia holder on my bag by myself.

Here is the mount: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cycling-Phone-Stick-Adapter-Holder-For-Garmin-Edge-GPS-Computer-Mount-Bracket/113736725507

And here is the holder on my bikepacking bag:

Black thing behind is a piece of thin plastic (I cut it from plastic folder for papers).

0 3549601 over 4 years ago

Ranger

thank you very much . Did you find your Radar still worked?

0 Ranger over 4 years ago in reply to 3549601

Yes, it is worked. )

0 headstart over 4 years ago

Have you looked at Shapeways? https://www.shapeways.com/product/Q4GJKJRJ4/varia-compatible-adapter-for-trek-madone-slr?optionId=67789056&li=marketplace

0 GrahamalunEvans over 4 years ago in reply to headstart

here's mine https://www.shapeways.com/product/ZJPBVWPWL/garmin-varia-saddle-bag-clip

0 ms6073 over 4 years ago

Not as inexpensive as Ranger's solution, but you might want to take a look at BupLabs - UNIVERSAL MOUNT SYSTEM

0 8859844 over 3 years ago

I use a ToPeak Tri-Backup Elite for my bike storage needs. Sawed the ends off an old aluminum bottle cage leaving me with basically a mounting plate. Bolted that to the central bottle mounts of the ToPeak and fastened the standard Garmin mount with the standard rubber bands. Sits nice and far from the saddle, I can have a saddle bag underneath, still holds CO2 canisters and an inflator. Very neat, nothing custom and nothing permanent.

0 3549601 over 3 years ago in reply to 8859844

Hi i use a fabulous system from BUP labs. Gregg is the designer it works great. I have one on all of my bikes . Garmin was not able to provide anything other than rubber bands on the back of the saddle bag. Buplabs allows you to have your varia and saddle bag. They were great to work with and it was cool getting something that is hand made and fixes a problem that Garmin was unable to fix. I would buy the anatra from BUP today . Go to their web site easy to order. I have been using them for about two years . Frank

0 7966403 over 2 years ago in reply to 8859844

This is great! I have a Tri-Backup Pro V and was also hoping to attach my Varia to it. Glad to know the standard mounts do the job. I'll probably get a lanyard too.