Homemade GPS Handlebar Mounts

A bar-mounted GPS provides mapping and navigation.

Many small, hand-held GPS units make for handy navigation devices in backcountry travel. For bicyclists in the backcountry, figuring out how to mount them to the bars presents an almost Rubik's Cube-level problem. There are solid methods to use that get the units mounted to the handlebars, leaving your hands free for the bike control and steering. Make a handlebar mount for your GPS unit.

Things You'll Need

• Circular bar clamp with mounting screws
• Screwdrivers
• Plastic ball swivel
• Liquid super adhesive

Instructions

1. Turn the GPS unit over and check it for a lanyard screw. Unscrew the lanyard screw to leave the screw hole open. Measure the screw and get a ball-swivel with the same diameter threaded bolt as the screw.

2. Screw the ball-swivel into the back of the GPS unit.

3. Wrap the handlebar clamp around the bars, toward the center and tighten them down with the clamp screws.

4. Screw the ball-swivel mounting screw onto the bar clamps at the available screw holes on the clamp.

5. Pivot the GPS unit via the ball-swivel for optimal viewing.