Magellan 702211 Bike Mounting Bracket
- Mount for bicycle
- Mount for motorcycle
- Mount for snowmobile
- Easy-to-install
- 0.50 Lbs (WxLxH) 8.25″ x 10.12″ x 3.70″
Magellan 702211 Bike Mounting Bracket. Conveniently mounts your Magellan eXplorist series GPS receiver on your bicycle, snowmobile, or motorcycle. This easy-to-install mounting bracket securely holds your receiver for optimal viewing while on the trails, back roads, city streets or anywhere your adventure takes you.
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In my opinion, this thing is rather poorly designed. The tab on top that snaps into the device’s lanyard loop is held in place by two very thin pieces of plastic that are prone to bending and snapping if even a small amount of force is applied to them. This is especially problematic if you have a bike with flat bars, drop bars, or with riser bars that don’t have enough of a bend to clear the top of the holder when working on the bike upside down. It requires you to loosen it so you can swivel it out of the way, and then reposition and re-tighten it, which can be quite inconvenient for repairs on the go, or when you’re on a schedule. It is also easily broken if you are involved in even a slow speed accident in which you are pitched over the bars.
This purchase was the second time I’m replacing it, and if it weren’t for the fact that it’s dangerous to try and read a GPS in one hand while riding, I would have given up on it a long time ago.
This thing is only worth buying if you can’t find any other way to securely mount the GPS unit to your handlebars, which was the case with my bike. Otherwise, my suggestion is that you use any other method possible.
Rating: 2 / 5
I got an explorist 200 as a gift and wanted to try is as a bicycle speedometer. Since it has a crude street map database I thought it might be useful on my road bike. I’m not very happy with it but that’s a different review. The mounting bracket is big and clunky. It looks like the designer made a universal piece of plastic and then added a makeshift metal handlebar clamp. It’s much heavier and bigger than it needs to be.
Rating: 1 / 5
This bracket works perfectly with my eXplorist 200. Screw it onto your handlebar, snap the eXplorist in place and ride to your heart’s content. I mostly ride streets and bike paths. The 200 is held tightly and has never fallen off the bike. If you go off-road, because of the weight of the eXplorist, you might want to secure it with some duct tape or Velcro.
Rating: 5 / 5
mounting bracket was a snap to install on my trek, and the gps unit fits securely. love it, usit all the time.
Rating: 4 / 5
Holds the eXplorist nice and safe on the handlebars.
All the other items on my “bike’s dash” have strong plastic brackets to go around the bar, I was surprised to see this one uses a METAL bracket. I hope it doesn’t rust, there isn’t any other steel on my bike other than the clamp bracket on this mount. They do include a piece of rubber to put around the bar first before you clamp this metal clamp, so you won’t damage your bar, I just hope it doesn’t end up rusting.
There are also two posts that stick out on the sides (used for the car mount, they have no use here at all, Magellan just using the same piece from the same mold to save money)
The posts meant I had to take off something else on my bar, but I will cut off the posts and then I can fit everything back on again.
Rating: 4 / 5