Re: [RC] GPS saddle mounting ideas

[DreamWeaver <nvrider@charter.net>]

At 06:01 PM 2/26/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>  I've seen and played with several handlebar mounts for bikes and 
> motorcycles.  My husband is an engineer and thinks he and a friend could 
> build something, but I'd like to know if anyone has any ideas or advice 
> or something they've seen out there on the market that will work.

Cindy:  You might remember me posting something about my horses falling in 
a hole at a fast trot at a ride in September, and then flipping over and 
landing on top of me.  He had all four feet up in the air, and there I was 
completely underneath him with Christopf Schork and Dean Jackson shouting 
at me "don't move, don't move" (haha, yeah right).  :^P  The irony is that 
the day before, the handlebar mount on my saddle that I'd used to read my 
GPS from my saddle pommel all summer had broken.  I had just taken it off 
the morning before that ride.  Lucky thing I did, it would have really done 
some damage. (as it was, I was squashed like a bug and had a few body parts 
re-arranged, but hey I broke the horses fall so he didn't get hurt <g>)

I have since ridden with the GPS in the pommel bag, or else in a shirt 
pocket.  That works so long as you are wearing a shirt with a pocket, and 
it doesn't seem to bother John much that my shirts with pockets happen to 
be hawaiian.  Oh yeah, when I did make it into the vet check the first 
thing the Duck asked after finding out what happened, was if his GPS was 
allright.  That was day 2, and for the rest of the 5 days my junior got to 
hear me whine.  Good thing there are no rules about sponsors 
whining.  (right, Maryben?)

You might want to try getting some sticky-back velcro, and use that to 
attach the GPS to your pommel that way.  (tho, the odds of your horse 
landing pommel side down on top of your back are probably nil) Make sure 
you use a keeper strap with a clip to your saddle in case it comes 
undone.  I had mine rigged that way this summer, as every so often even 
with the mount it would come undone, and I never lost it.

k