Customer Reviews

GARMIN 010-10454-00 Handlebar Bike Mount (for GPSMAP 60 Series)

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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.

Be careful with this mount. Use the lanyard as a backup. GPS can and will come loose from bracket. I also use 2 Livestrong bracelets to hold gps in place. The mount broke in two last weekend an inch & 1/2 from top. Just ordered a replacement. I hope Garmin has improved design. This bracket was purchased 9 months ago. It has aproximately 2000 miles of road bike use on it. The Garmin 60 CS is one tough unit. It has hit the pavement more than once and only has a few scatches.

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.

Mounted the 60c on my motorcycle using this item. Works well. Seems very stable though I wrap the wrist band around the mirror for extra safety.

This product performed exactly as expected. It was easy to install, it is a great price and kept my GPSr in perfect position, both for my eyes and the satellites in the sky!

I purchased the GARMIN 010-10454-00 GPSmap 60 Series Handlebar Bike Mount from Amazon. There are two pieces to the bicycle mount. Both are made of plastic. One piece snaps clamps to the bicycle handlebar and has a metal screw to tighten to the handlebar. A second piece is a plastic cage that snaps onto the back of my GPSmap 60CSx GPS unit. That allows the GPS to attach to firmly to the handlebar piece. That second piece is the also same one used to with the dashboard mount for the car. (see GARMIN 010-10456-00 GPSmap 60 Series Auto Mount).

During the last three years, I use my GPSmap mostly in my car and occasionally on my bicycle. Typically, I remove the GPSmap completely from the plastic mount before leaving my car or bicycle.

This was the third GARMIN bicycle mount I purchased. The previous two mounts broke in exactly the same location. Both broke at the bottom of the plastic cage that attaches to the GPS unit. I cannot say the mount broke due to bicycle riding (mostly on streets) or because I use it so often in my car.

I purchased the bicycle mount because it's $5 dollars less expensive than the auto mount. I do wish GARMIN would sell just the plastic cage.

I used this product on my road bicycle. It's a terribly fragile. After a few hundred miles of use, the top loop on the mount cracked, allowing my 60csx to pop out. That's when I learned the trick of using the wrist strap on the GPS unit as a backup.

Thinking it might be a fluke, I tried another one. (Thank you REI!) It broke the same way. So did the one after that.

Now I just carry the unit in my back pocket. :-(

I purchased two of these handlebar mounting units. One is used on my mountain bike and the other is used on my motorcycle. This mount is easy to install and easy to use. The GPS 60csx and 60cx fit perfectly. However, I have a couple of concerns.
1. The unit is completely made of plastic. While riding, the unit is in full sun--either mountain bike or motorcycle. I don't know how long before the plastic starts breaking down and falls apart.
2. The mount does not allow for minor angle adjustments--you have to find the right spot to mount it on your handlebar and hope it faces you correctly. Otherwise the GPS receiver screen may be difficult to read. Mine has a slight angle to the right but I can see the screen.

Overall, I am satisfied with this mount and would buy it again.
Garmin Handlebar Mounting Unit for GPS 60csx Series (010-10454-00)

The unit held a GPS60CSx securely in place on a straight bar hybrid bike. I could not transfer it to my road bike though as the bracket does not fit around Bontrager drop handlebars (they are too thick).

my Garmin CS60 WILL NOT stay attached without rubberbands. To add insult to injury the service people at Garmin have not responded to two e-mails. Do NOT buy this produce untill Garmin actually tests it in the field and comes up with a better system.........FYI I LOVE my Garmin CS60. Just not for bike use.