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 Too bad it doesn't come with the GPS back plate April 6, 2006
Remko Scharroo
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
If you have a race bike with a light aluminum handle bar, it probably has a diameter of more than 25 mm. Then this mount is the one you need. It comfortably fits any handle bar with a diameter in the range of 25 to 32 mm. It comes with three rubber strips of different thickness to adjust to the proper size.
It is too bad that you need to purchase this mount on top of the bicycle mount that is delivered with the special clipped backing for your Garmin. The standard mount does not fit any rail with a diameter larger than 25 mm.
In my case, I switched bikes and my new bike had a wider bar. So I'm lucky to have a mount now on both the old and new bike. But if you start from scratch, and have wide handle bar, you are faced with two purchases.
 Sweet September 26, 2005
Paul Talbert (Colorado USA)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Biked Winter Park this last weekend, the handle bar mount didn't budge even over the roughest terrain. Kept the GPS in good view. Easy to install. If you bike with a Garmin 60 this is a must own.
It works, but too bad its not included in the bike kit July 3, 2007
Robert Brunner
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I wanted a bike mount for my new road bike, and I thought it would be nice to also have a car mount. So, after reading the reviews here, I decided that instead of buying the bike mount, I'd by the car mount with this adapter, and hope that the car mount bracket used the same mounting system. It does! So now I have the car mount and the bike mount with the large rail mount.
 I wish I had read the other reviews first October 22, 2006
J. Harmon (Boston, MA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I'm not sure why the other reviewers are so charitable, given that they indicate the product does not work properly without help from rubber bands. My GPS fell off twice over small bumps on the first ride. Imagine the horror of seeing your $400 GPS bouncing down the road behind you...
There is no reasonable alternative to mount the unit on the bike, so I will cross my fingers and use two strong rubber bands to augment the unreliable item purchased from Garmin. It couldn't cost Garmin much more to produce a good bracket mount.
Having said that, the60Csx is really tough and designed for abuse. With all the skidding and bouncing, it only has a few scratches on the corners. The display was protected by the design of the unit (it is recessed).
UPDATE: I found one that works! It's a bit heavy, but no problems with this one, no matter how many bumps. It's about $28 or so.
Search Amazon for; "RAM Handlebar Mount Garmin 60". You should find it.
Perfect if you want to use your GPS on your bicycle October 8, 2006
mhnstr (Christchurch, New Zealand)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have been using this bracket to hold my 60Cx to my handlebars and I have been extremely happy with the purchase. I use my bike as my primary source of transportation and it has been easy to get around thanks to the street maps that I loaded onto the GPS. As other reviewers have noted, you definitely want to also tie the GPS to your handlebars. I use the wrist strap that came with the GPS. My bike fell over one day and the GPS popped right out of the bracket and was left dangling above the ground. If it had not been tied, it easily would have impacted the ground.
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