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Magellan 702211 Bike Mounting Bracket | 
 enlarge | Brand: Magellan
Category: CE
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $23.75
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Rating:  13 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 8 x 10 x 6
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 702211
Model: 702211
UPC: 763357109689
EAN: 0763357109689
ASIN: B0002XGXPQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Mount for bicycle | | • | Mount for motorcycle | | • | Mount for snowmobile | | • | Easy-to-install | | • | 0.50 Lbs (WxLxH) 8.25" x 10.12" x 3.70" |
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Product Description
Conveniently mount 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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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Works Great! September 18, 2008
T. Fritch (Farmington Hills, MI United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I attached this mount to the handlebars of my Honda XR350R and it works great! The GPS unit is held securly and I have no problems with it moving around. Gone over 100 miles off-road so far with no problems!
 clunky June 3, 2008
S. Hayashi
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.
 Poor design for mountain bikes February 10, 2008
R. C. Word (Portland, OR USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This mounting bracket has a number of shortcomings that make it difficult to recommend. First, mountain bikes typically have handlebars that are wide at the stem and taper and bend towards the grips. If you have a mountain bike there is a good chance the bracket will not fit your handlebars well. Second, if it does fit, the weight of the eXplorist will cause the bracket to twist as you ride unless you really tighten it. This is especially bad if you have a carbon bar. You may be able to mount the bracket close to the stem so that it also rests against it for support. This will keep it from rotating while riding.
If Magellan had made the metal parts of the bracket so that it could be rotated by 90 degrees it could be mounted on the stem. This is a far more stable area for something heavy. Unfortunately this is not the case. As another reviewer mentioned, most bicycle lights have better mounting designs.
Works for me. October 27, 2007
A. M. (Newport Beach)
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.
Clumsy but effective October 2, 2007
Dale E. Hammerschmidt (Minneapolis, Minnesota USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Clunky design. If you're not careful, the GPS doesn't click securely into the bracket. Your first warning that it isn't seated is the crash of the GPS unit onto the pavement. The mounting screws come without lock-nuts, and they loosen, letting the bracket rotate out of place. Switching the bracket from bike to bike is a real pain. And that price! For half the suggested price of this bracket, you can buy a high-powered, long-life bike headlight with a GREAT mounting system. Since there's no competiting product -- and the bracket does work if you put lock-nuts on the screws and pay very close attention to snapping the GPS unit in securely -- I'm recommending this product for those who need it. However, if TomTom or Garmin comes up with a better bike-mounting bracket, it will be the deciding factor when I select my next GPS.
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