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What's the go-to out front Garmin mount?

https://www.sram.com/en/sram/models/ac-cm-qkv-a1

https://k-edge.com/shop/computer-mounts/garmin-mounts/garmin-sport-mount/

I doubt there's any way of knowing whether any particular chinesium one is better than another, but FWIW my fleet now includes one of these in addition to the above:
Dymoece Out Front Bike Computer... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07JGBF1NL

I have a k edge one spare in excellent condition if you want to avoid the wait! Dm if you’re keen

Form over function.

What's the go-to out front Garmin mount? Left mine on a bike I recently sold and so need a replacement

Fouriers offer some decent stuff but you pay a little extra and then you are just better off with second hand or new k-edge/garmin, etc.

These are great, have the softer version for the dry which are also great

that would be if you buy campagnolo, this shite is just risky, dont do it

Hardened? What material does your mate think the cranks are made out of? My guess would be that the manufacturer didn't do proper stress analysis, or if it was a manufacturing fault then it would most likely be a sharp edge on the machining, which anodising makes weaker, leading to a stress fracture.

its a mate of a mate so dunno his exact words. seemed to be a bad aluminium alloy thats not the right temper (if tempered at all) so its not suitable for greater riding forces.

I think it's the design that's shit. You actually have to be deliberately trying to get common aluminium alloy billet in anything but T6 or similar temper, and the mill pretty much has to be deliberately trying to fuck up T6 heat treat.

As Chiroshi suggests, all that drillium provides a wealth of stress raisers for crack initiation.

If I'm reading the picture right, the fatigue crack was more than half way across the section before the final brittle fracture finished it off

yeah, the drillium is quite deep. they look like those super expensive ingrid cranks from far away so the design process seemed more like form over function.

moral of the story: don't buy the fake ingrid style cranks

moral of the story: don't buy the fake or real ingrid style cranks

 FTFY

What's the go-to out front Garmin mount? Left mine on a bike I recently sold and so need a replacement

I've found this one the best out of the cheap stem-mounted Amazon jobs. Seems a bit more durable: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08R7S4RQ3

I've had a couple of even cheaper ones that failed and/or cracked when tightened to a suitable level to ensure the bars don't spin when landing some sick (30cm) air. I guess the bar-mounted ones are better, but they look fugly.

You reckon the drillium even on genuine Ingrid cranks is dicey?!
I was slightly tempted by the one to one fakes of the Ingrids on alix but buying outright clones like that somehow feels more naff than buying the other tat thats just similar rather than identical. A bit like wearing a fake Rolex etc

The real Ingrid ones are probably strong enough, it's just not an efficient design. The only reason to buy them is if you think they look nice. Which is a perfectly valid reason if you don't care as much about other characteristics.

You reckon the drillium even on genuine Ingrid cranks is dicey?

I reckon any crank milled from billet is dicey, but at least ones with smooth uninterrupted convex surfaces can be polished, burnished or peened to eliminate tool marks. Reputable big brand cranks are forged for good reasons, boutique cranks are milled because you can buy a CNC mill and be in business for less than the cost of the NDS crank forging dies.

Anyone tried the TPU tubes which abound on eBay etc? Would only be used in a tubeless emergency, but don't really want to carry an emergency tube which is no good. Just trying to work out if 100g saving is worth 25 odd quid price difference for something I (hopefully) won't use.

trying to work out if 100g saving is worth

What improvement are you expecting to achieve by reducing your load by 100g?

If you want faster than butyl get latex. TPU don’t deform so worse ride quality and much more fragile

I carry them as spares, but haven't had to use one yet. Have a few from RideNow. I can't see why they wouldn't be work as a lightweight spare to get you home.

Not about speed, it's just about having something to use if my tubeless setup fails and tpu take up a tiny amount of room compared to butyl.

Looking for fork recommendations to help transform my Kinesis GF Ti disc frame into a more gravel capable bike, so really looking for a a fork with better clearance than the one currently fitted. Don’t have a massive budget hence the search here!

http://www.carbonda.com/accessory/fork-cx/

These look good but unfortunately both are tapered steerer. Forgot to mention, just require a 1 1/8th straight steerer.

I thought the GF Ti Disc came with a tapered Tracer fork from the first version