[Wild Wild Wes]

I just bought a Pivot Trail 429. I'm going to use my Garmin Edge 520 with it, how best to mount it? Also, will the standard speed sensor fit around the beefier MTB hubs?

 

[Harold]

I just bought a Pivot Trail 429. I'm going to use my Garmin Edge 520 with it, how best to mount it? Also, will the standard speed sensor fit around the beefier MTB hubs?

Lots of choices. Probably best to figure out where you want to put it first (there are a few threads in here about that) and then buy the mount that puts it where you like.

As for the speed sensor, it will. I have them wrapped around Novatec, Hope, and I9 hubs.

 

[Catmandoo]

Roadies are OK with the out-front mount, out front. Makes the screen easy to see.

Mt. bikers that actually ride technical trails, where they sometimes crash (me), turns around the out-front-mount which places the device over the stem. The theory is non-out-front protects the device better. No real experience if this is true or not.

But as Harold stated, you should just try different positions to see what works.

SB

 

[Battery]

I bought a stem mount kit for my Scout to place my Edge 520. Works great! My speed sensor wraps around a DT Swiss 350 hub too. I'm worried about my cadence sensor falling off because it's mounted to a Truvativ Descendent crank arm. I triple banded the sensor to my crank arm so it doesn't come off.

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[Wild Wild Wes]

I bought a stem mount kit for my Scout to place my Edge 520. Works great! My speed sensor wraps around a DT Swiss 350 hub too. I'm worried about my cadence sensor falling off because it's mounted to a Truvativ Descendent crank arm. I triple banded the sensor to my crank arm so it doesn't come off.

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What stem mount is that? That's probably the route I will go.

 

[Battery]

What stem mount is that? That's probably the route I will go.

Here it is:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L3D6CT4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Make sure you mount the screws vertically like in the picture. Also, the kit comes with 2 mounts for 2 different style Garmin computers. Just take one of them and attach it to your Garmin first to make sure it's the right one.

 

[Lone Rager]

I have hit the GPS with my chest when mounted on the bars so this is what I do. I can tap it with my knee is some circumstances but it'll rotate on the bars.

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[Sidewalk]

On my XC bike I put it on my stem where it is easy to view. Rest of the time, I use my watch.

 

[Wild Wild Wes]

I have hit the GPS with my chest when mounted on the bars so this is what I do. I can tap it with my knee is some circumstances but it'll rotate on the bars.

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That looks interesting! I didn't think about reversing the mount like that. My handlebars are 35mm though, most of those out-front mounts I'm seeing on Amazon are max 31.5mm though.

 

[Lone Rager]

^^^ yeah. That particular Barfly mount isn't available anymore, though there are some similar. I think plastic that'll yield or break is a better than aluminum in this application. One of my bikes has 35mm bars and I haven't yet found a similar mount.