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BarFly SLi dual out-front mount for garmin cycling computer and GoPro action cam

Bar Fly showed off several new mounts that hold your choice of action cam, cycling computer or headlight…sometimes two at the same time.

The Bar Fly SLi, above, adds an additional mount to the bottom of their original out-front mount. The mounting hardware can be swapped to hold either a GoPro-style camera (based on the mounting style) or headlight. There’s even room behind it to mount the Di2/EPS junction box, making for a very tidy cockpit despite rampant accessorization.

The top side will offer mounting plates for Garmin, Joule, Cateye, Mio and Magellan computers, including the Garmin 1000 and 310/910/920XT watches with QR mount. Buy it with the one you need, then order the replacement mount if you ever switch computer brands.

Out front ain’t the only place you can stick all this stuff though…

BarFly SLi dual out-front mount for garmin cycling computer and GoPro action cam

The SLi uses replaceable mounting plates to fit various devices and brands. It retails for $29.95, but you’ll need to add the GoPro BAM plate to attach the camera and the Junction Box attachment to fit those (cleanly, anyway), adding $15.95 each.

BarFly SLi dual out-front mount for garmin cycling computer and VIRB action cam

This bike shows the original VIRB mounted underneath and the BAM mount attached to the top of the SLiD (more on that in a second) up high. Even if you’re not running a computer, this setup is world’s better than GoPro’s stock mounts.

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The light attachment works with any small, round light, putting it right where you want it for $15.95 more.

BarFly GoPro stem cap camera mount

The GoPro Stem Cap is $24.95 and replaces the steerer top cap with a camera mount.

BarFly GoBottle GoPro mount on water bottle cap

The new GoBottle offers up a small water bottle with a GoPro style mount in place of the mouthpiece. It’s designed to provide an interesting angle more than drinking convenience, but it’ll still hold water. Retail is $15.95.

BarFly SLiD mountain bike mount for Garmin cycling computers and action sports cameras

The SLiD is their mountain bike mount that uses a shorter arm that lifts the computer above the stem. This helps keep it outta harm’s way since a good wipeout is far more likely off road. It, and the SLi out-front mount, both fit 31.8 and 35mm handlebars.

BarFly-2-Fizik-direct-mount-stem-01

The integrated mount for Fizik stems is finally shipping, using a small metal piece that fits in the slot in the stem’s faceplate and is wedged in place as the faceplate is tightened down.

BarFlyBike.com

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roxfan
roxfan
8 years ago

Hey, barfly…how about a mount for the Sigma ROX10???

Derek
Derek
8 years ago

That water bottle mount doesn’t seem super useful…I’d like to see what people can come up with. Obviously GoPro thought it was a good enough idea to open injection mold tooling. Maybe it could be cool on a mountain bike with the bottle under the downtube?

Kai
Kai
8 years ago

The light mount is a nice idea but angle-limited. I prefer being able to tilt the light up and down, without changing the Garmin angle, so as to not blind people and to throw some light on the tarmac, and I use an adapter from REC-Mounts and the K-Edge GoPro combo mount to do that.

papi
papi
8 years ago

Can the SLi dual mount be used to run two Garmin computers (top and bottom)? I like my new edge one thousand but I still keep using my edge eight hundred and ten just to make sure that the edge one thousand is accurately recording my rides. If I can get them both off my bars I’ll have room for my Polar HRM watch on the handlebars again, and then I can buy an Apple watch.

WheresWaldo
WheresWaldo
8 years ago

What I really want to know is how they figured you would save 8 seconds in a 40K TT using their mounts.

Besides this their Virb mount is nothing more than a GoPro mount and Garmin’s own Virb to GoPro adapter, just a few minutes more CAD time and they could have had a direct Virb mount.

WheresWaldo
WheresWaldo
8 years ago

Oh, and their Di2 adapter is just a flat plate that you strap your junction box to with the use of tape or ties. For $16 why wasn’t it a clip like the Shimano or the one I made up and 3D printed.

Jack
Jack
8 years ago

I love that people blow big bucks to go light and aero then fit something like this.

J
J
8 years ago

I love that they have a 35mm bar mount. I am curious as to what lights can mount on it. I need my NiteRider stuff to mount to a 35 and I am a little bummed that BF’s universal doesn’t seem to come in 35mm sizes.

WheresWaldo
WheresWaldo
8 years ago

@J from their website it only looks like bullet style lights or something roundish are supported, It isn’t actually a light mount. I would call it a tube mount as it only puts a rubber faced shallow V on the bottom then you use rubber rings to hold it on.

nealjp
nealjp
8 years ago

And out of stock on the Barfly SLI and Barfly SLI 2.0 and on the 35mm models that we’ve been waiting forever for?

Well planned launch :s

Marco
Marco
8 years ago

Acturally GUEE G-mount can be fit three different computer mounting system. Under bracket has higher compatibility.

WheresWaldo
WheresWaldo
8 years ago

GUEE looks interesting but there are reasons you buy a light and not stick it in a mount like this. I really like how the website says the LEDs are for exposure assistance. Even with high powered LEDs you wont really light anything up more than a couple of feet away. If I am filming something on my ride that close, I am likely going to crash.

I rather like the stuff I designed over these overly complicated devices.

Dean Wette
Dean Wette
8 years ago

It is incorrect to state that the integrated direct mount for Fizik wedges in place as the stem faceplate is tightened down. The mount has a plate that inserts behind the faceplate, but you can slide it up and down to find the correct position before tightening it with the screw built in to the underside of the mount itself. I know because I already received and installed one.

Emilio Gonzalez
Emilio Gonzalez
7 years ago
Reply to  Dean Wette

Is possible to install a go pro mount under the garmin mount in the fizik direct mount version?

JR Namida
JR Namida
8 years ago

Lights have lens designed to mounted upright, as they direct light downward and out along with the distance. Turning them upside down you are using the designing to direct some of the light upwards to blind other riders and pedestrians, unless you can rotate the lens 180 degrees.

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