The BUPlabs website <https://buplabs.com/collections>has seat rail mounts that look like they could extend over and out past the saddlebag and also have a tether for the camera, just in case.
On Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 6:54:29 AM UTC-6 Steven Seelig wrote: > Echoing the seat stay mount option for the Vario as perhaps sub-optimal. > I went through this whole thing for my road and gravel bikes and > discovered there were no options other than to mount it on a rear bag or on > the seat post under a small rear bag. I assumed Garmin would have made a > different mount if they thought is actually worked other than as high up on > the bike as possible with the radar element, and I ascribe a lot more > knowhow to them than me. So yes, I appreciate the Etsy person being so > creative as to want to scratch my itch, On winding roads I just think > having the radar lower and even to the left side will block the radar > signal, which I would want to avoid for something that is protecting my > life. > > I have no actual knowledge about how the radar signals work, so if there > are any physicists (or anyone) who want to call me uninformed, go at it. > > On Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:39:39 PM UTC-4 Ron Mc wrote: > >> Cygo tail-lamp on my daughter's '86 Team Fuji - no mount needed, clips >> right to the strap on the mini-bag. >> >> [image: yLfdQM8.jpg] [image: hLFxqwE.jpg] >> >> On Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 9:34:06 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >> wrote: >> >>> Ted, that looks really good. Is that a mount they still sell? Where did >>> you get the Velcro strap? >>> >>> Someone said the problem here is that I’m melding two cycling worlds - >>> the Varia is A Roadie Thing but I’m bringing it to bagged Rivs. And that is >>> true - I do road rides with the club and then I do lots of other riding on >>> my own but I still want my radar for a lot of it. Once you have one, you >>> really depend on it. This, from me, who famously said bike computers and >>> the like were unnecessary. 🙄 >>> >>> There is currently NO MOUNTING OPTION for my purple Platy. I’ll show you >>> that conundrum tomorrow. And it has to have it; if it doesn’t I don’t like >>> riding that Platy out on the roads around here, and some other bike gets >>> chosen. The 55s got dialed; I’ll show you them tomorrow, too. Maybe we need >>> a whole new thread about mounting Varias… >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On May 16, 2026, at 9:18 PM, Ted Durant <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Friday, May 15, 2026 at 8:00:35 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >>> wrote: >>> >>> The new Varia 820 is heavy. The mount I had on my Bananasax was too >>> flimsy and I worried that expensive cycling gem would fly off and break >>> into a million pieces. >>> >>> The only other feasible placement is on the seat post. But that means no >>> bag on the saddle loops - it must live on the bars instead. >>> >>> >>> I feel your pain here. I'm a dedicated handlebar bag guy for most of my >>> bikes, so mount the radar on the seat post, but not always, and it's nice >>> to have the option to use a saddlebag. >>> >>> Here's how I mount my Varia 515 to the mini saddle bag on my Riv Road. >>> It's the wrist mount that came with my first Garmin computer, held to the >>> rear loop on the bag by a velcro strap. I'm confident it could carry the >>> weight of the 820, which is only an ounce more than the 515. Should work >>> fine on the leather strap on the BananaSack. May hang in a way that's not >>> perpendicular to the road surface, but my guess is you have a fair amount >>> of leeway there for it to still work properly. The bigger problem might be >>> if it is too loose, it will swing around and maybe throw off the radar >>> math. Hasn't seemed to be a problem with this setup. >>> >>> <IMG_3671.jpeg> >>> >>> >>> Ted Durant >>> Milwaukee, WI USA >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/6gvyNyHPVzk/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> >>> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7ebc1a64-2609-4ee8-9849-bcd5ef273784n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7ebc1a64-2609-4ee8-9849-bcd5ef273784n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> <IMG_3671.jpeg> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/10690c36-cd75-4172-8a3b-a2b5cee5e3c8n%40googlegroups.com.
