I was trying to figure out a solid and cheep way of mounting my gps on my bike. This is what I came up with. I used a bar end from a bmx and a bead from a cheep dollar store necklace. I measured the ball on my stock Garmin car mount and found it was 17mm so I wondered into the dollar store with my 17mm wrench as a measuring tool and picked out the perfect necklace. Then I drilled and counter sunk a hole in the bead and used the stock bolt that came in the bar end. I just stuck the bar end into the steerer tube then tightened up the bolt to expand the bar end and secure it in place. It was that easy and it only cost me $1. I also wired up a 12v accessory plug with fuse under my seat. (Went on a 1000km bike trip last weekend was very stable and gave me no trouble)
Its very easy to see the display in this location and you can tilt and angel the display on the ball to suit your riding position.
Its very out of the way and does not interfere with any controls
I just used the stock cradle that comes with the gps
Here is a picture of the bar end tightened in to the steerer tube with the bead on top
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