I had ordered for a K-Edge mount for the Garmin Edge 130 off Happy Earth and it arrived today. It's a Rs 2600 mount to be attached to the stem by removing the top cap of the head and then fitting the cap back with the mount on.
To my utter frustration I realised that the mount is not meant for the angled up stem of the LHT. It leaves a gap between the head and the ring of the mount. Reluctantly enough, I mounted it on the Merida, which has a flat stem. Incidentally I realised that the Merida head cap is quite different from what I have on the LHT and there the pinch bolts need to be loosened up first to get the head cap moving. Anyway, that's the subject for a different post.
What I discovered to my real dismay is that the LHT handle bar is a 26 mm one (the current models have 31.8), while all the K-Edge mounts are meant for the more fat 31.8 mm bars. Therefore K-Edge mounts cannot be installed on my LHT unless I change my handlebar or put a shim available on Amazon US. I even wrote to K-Edge if they had any solution. They immediately replied back saying no they don't sell any shim but there are third party shims available on Amazon. However, they also clarified that such a shim will void the warranty on the unit.
To hell with K-Edge :-) I put the rubber mount of Garmin back on my LHT.
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