Why Pay More?

[bikeman66]

Just bought a SRAM "out front" Garmin mount for the road bike from Wiggle.

Although £10.99 is still a lot of money for a few grams of plastic and a T25 Torx bolt..........it sure as hell beats the £25-30 for the genuine Garmin one. A perfect fit on 31.8mm bars, and seems to provide a very secure hold for the Garmin itself.

Mainly bought it in order to be able to mount the Garmin in such a way that the USB cable port is exposed, which will, in turn, allow me to plug in a powerbank when I do a 300km ride in June, which wasn't possible with the stem mounting.

Not much else to say really. It's a bit of plastic, does the job, and it doesn't cost 10x what it should do.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sram-quickview-garmin-computer-mount/

 

[Drago]

I've bought out front mounts as cheap as £6. Why pay more?

 

[Racing roadkill]

I've paid a quid for an out front mount, why pay more?

 

[User6179]

I shoplifted an out front mount , why pay ?

 

[screenman]

I suppose if you let somebody else do the r&d it is easier to be cheaper.

 

[Tin Pot]

I've crafted a front mount from wood found in the garden, why shop?

 

[Racing roadkill]

They paid me 50 quid to take one of their out front mounts, they paid more.

 

[mark st1]

I stole an out front mount attached to a team issue S Works Tarmac. Why pay more.

 

[screenman]

I was given two of them, I need another three.

 

[wonderloaf]

I paid £5 for one in Halfords, only thing wrong with it was the box was a bit tatty. Of course I then had to buy the GPS to go on it, so I guess I did pay more.

 

[Oxo]

I got married. I've been paying more ever since.

 

[Cuchilo]

I have a Zipp mount that is crap and i have to pad out the back of my Garmins to stop them shaking around .
I paid more because i like stuff that doesn't work properly .

 

[screenman]

I have a Zipp mount that is crap and i have to pad out the back of my Garmins to stop them shaking around .
I paid more because i like stuff that doesn't work properly .

Just wrap some cling film tightly around the whole unit, keeps all the rain and muck off it as well.

 

[Milkfloat]

I am not sure if it is just a rumour, but I have heard that a non Garmin mount is more likely to cause the tabs in the back of the Garmin the sheer off. Personally, I have a mixture of Garmin, SRAM and eBay specials on my bikes, the Garmin mounts feel better and I am yet to break my device.

 

[bikeman66]

I shoplifted an out front mount , why pay ?

Nice profile picture. Saw SLF in Portsmouth for the first time in 35 years last February. Absolutely First Class!