Dumb question but do they come in any other sizes? I mic my bar and it was only 26.6. my micrometer may be off because the bars look fat. they are stock handle bars on a 2015 Spesh Roubaix expert

Or maybe not.....

I've been riding around with cameras (GoPros and clones) on my bike(s) for about six years and have never had a mount (OEM or otherwise) break....until earlier this morning.

Was out for a ride and had my Hero4 Session up and running. Had just come up a bike trail overpass and was starting down the other side. Where the bridge portion of the path met the rest of the path, there was a small bump/gap, or at least I considered it small, but the camera mount must have thought it was a gap as big as the Grand Canyon. I hit the bump doing probably 8mph or less, but as I hit it, my Session goes flying off my handlebars, bounced a few times on the path and then came to rest in the grass/weeds alongside the path. It was a clean break, and I was both pissed that it broke and concerned about the condition of the camera. As far as I could see, there was no physical damage to it, but wouldn't know of any internal damage until I got home.

Well, when I got home and popped the SDcard into my computer, I found that the fall must have corrupted a few of the files on the card, including the file that had the camera coming off the handlebars. I was really hoping for a cool video of the camera taking flight, but that's not going to happen. I did put the card back in the camera to see if it would record okay, which it didn't do, at least until I reformatted the card, then it recorded okay. Since the Session is the only camera I have at the moment, I breathed a big sigh of relief that it wasn't damaged in the fall.

Looks like I'm going to be checking out some of those better mounts that people provided links for earlier on in this thread. I have a crapload more of plastic mounts, but it's time I get something that won't break the next time I hit a bump or two.

Here's a (not so good) pick of the broken mount. The casing is larger than the regular Session case because I was using my EcstaPro extended battery with the camera....

You are lucky that it ended up in the grass. A few years ago I had my phone in a case - it popped out on a bump, it dropped to the ground and my rear tire rolled over it. Broken screen, that cost me a few $$ to replace.

Okay, I'll throw my 2c in even though it deviates from the handlebar mount. I ride a commuter/touring bike and also wanted a handlebar GoPro mount, mainly to preserve potential evidence from commutes and to use on bike rides. What I learned is that when touring I either use a handlebar bag or strap my sleeping bag to my handlebars, adding the GoPro just created too much clutter. I ended up 3D printing a Crown Fork mounted GoPro holder. For me the GoPro is too much of a hassle so I now use the mount to hold my Cygolite. The upside is that I have a headlight and a flashlight for camp... I still have the stl file if you're interested in mounting like this...

nice job, BTW - wow, you have a lot of room under your fork crown!

It's roughly 1/2"

Below is a video taken using the fork crown GoPro mount. The shadow at the top is my handlebar bag...

OMG, those roads are radical, you are a BADAZZ!

cool angle BTW. last winter I was trying to get clips of my wheels running thru the snow. a mount like this would have been fun

think it's way more than that. your mount looks at least 1/2" thick, then there's space then there's the fender. I was referring to total space between crown & tire

Ahh, I never really paid attention, but yes the height of the mount is 1/2" not sure why the space is what it is though. Tires are rather beefy at 700X40mm wide...

To be honest that is the worst leg of my commute and is the main reason I wanted to mount a GoPro as I get a lot of high speed buzzes there. 75% of my commute is on the Great Allegheny Passage and with the exception of that snippet the rest of the road portion is on suburban 2 lanes, though they can get unnerving as well.

Link below is to the stl file, I think it cost ~$9.50 plus shipping to print at shapeways. Edit Edit: units are in inches, sorry, I work in an old school industry that still uses United States Customary Units...

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1...kFGaDV2WGRWMU0


Edit: Where the GoPro failed me is that I can't pull license plate numbers from the video...

To avoid starting a new thread, I'll bump this thread on a very similar subject: I'm looking for a new QR mount for my GoPro Sessions. I want something robust, I've broken many mounts over the years and lost one GoPro from a broken mount.

I have this mount and I like it a lot, but it's a pain to move from bike to bike. This is a great mount for ease of use while riding, to the OP, I recommend this mount for touring. I can see the camera and know when it's on or not. For reference, here's a clip from this year's Westside Dirty Benjamin


I have a helmet mount, I like it for short rides, but the added weight gets to be a challenge on longer rides. It's easy to not know if the camera is on or off when mounted on your helmet, but it gets great shots mounted up there. The camera follows where you're looking, and that's an advantage:


I've used a wrist mount, but I will not do that after this ride (Lucky I fell on the non-camera side):

I started using that wrist mount under my saddle bag. That was quick and easy to change from bike to bike, until last week (camera was fine, no damage, but the mount was broken and unrepairable):


Please give recommendations for a camera mount that is quick/easy to change from bike-to-bike. Thanks!


And for something completely different: while searching for mounts I found this.... WTF?!?
https://www.samys.com/p/Action-Camer...ro/175829.html

lol after racking up approx $5K for a single dental implant I don't think I'll be using a mouth mount

I just got the official GoPro handlebar mount. https://www.amazon.com/GoPro-Handleb...dp/B01L2CQCJC/

It's a little bulky, but robust. The integrated knob makes it fast to move, since you don't need tools. Since it uses the GoPro slider plates, you can easily remove the camera for casual shots or panning. Also, it rotates allowing you to convert between front and rider facing while riding.

Thanks for the review, that's the mount I've been thinking about.