Using a car sat nav on a bike

[(RIP) Edvard Munch]

Mate had one that rather helpfully flipped the screen when he leant the bike over.

Hilarious at roundabouts

 

[Roymondo]

TomTom's Rider satnavs may well be better at dealing with vibration than their car units - but the mounting docks are *shite* - especially where vibration-resistance is concerned. New ones are Reassuringly Expensive, too. My V2 Rider is on its 4th or 5th replacement dock now (I lost count). The latest units use exactly the same design (albeit with a different number of pins in the connector - so you can't mix'n'match) so I have no doubt they will fail in exactly the same way. Typical failure mode sees the two tiny plastic tabs on the sides of the pivoting central plate break off (or simply wear away due to vibration), causing the plate to move a bit further, resulting in the two springs underneath it falling out, rapidly followed by the TomTom itself (assuming you don't notice the loss of electrical power/charging). Another typical failure sees the pivot pins working loose and falling out (vibration again), resulting in the whole dock falling apart and the TomTom again simply falling out.

I am currently trialling a simple modification using a small piece of rubber - initial results are encouraging!

 

[Roymondo]

TomTom Rider screen displays don't look any brighter than the car ones to my eyes - but they do have a built-in sun-visor to shield the screen from direct sunlight. Mounting anything with a backlit LCD laying flat on its back (e.g. in a tank bag map pocket) is going to be all but impossible to read on a bright day (BTDTGTTS).

 

[Tallguy]

Iphone 4 with TomTom Western Europe app. Works fine so far!