Muddy Brown's Blog: Fresh Goods Sunday - Bontrager XXX BarStem Blendr Duo Base. Part 1

27 November 2022

Fresh Goods Sunday - Bontrager XXX BarStem Blendr Duo Base. Part 1

If you follow my blog you will know I have purchased a Trek Procaliber 9.8 hardtail xc mtb. This came with a combined carbon stem/flat bar set up. In all my 40+ years of cycling this set up has come and gone, been in fashion and gone out of fashion more times that I can remember. Now from memory I am sure this is a first for me and tbh, if it did not come as standard on the bike from factory I would not purchase a combo stem/bar for several reasons. Anyway due to the shape of the stem / bars near to the stem you cannot mount a normal Garmin bracket but Bontrager has thought of this and there is a tiny small grub screw at the front of the bars right in the middle. You can remove this and fit a “Base” to which you can fit several different types of brackets to. The “Base” comes in a duo, which this model is and a single. The quality of the Base is very good and the plastic feels strong and sturdy. The shape at the rear fits against the bars perfectly with no gaps. Once the new bigger fixing bolt is nipped up its going no where.

Part 2 and 3 will follow in the coming weeks with the Bontrager Garmin ‘on top’ bracket and a USE Exposure light bracket.

As for value for money well the rrp is eye watering for a lump of plastic and a few bolts and two nuts but they have got you by the short n curlies as no one else makes one. Shop around from some small discount but unless its part of a bigger order or if you find a local Trek / Bontrager dealer with stock you will have to pay p&p as well.

RRP £13.99 and I paid £0.00 from my Rewards points @ Team Cycles (Triton Cycles £12.59)

Manufacturers blurb -

Interface solution between Bontrager XXX bar/stem and Blendr XXX mounts

Clean up your Bontrager XXX bar/stem cockpit with Blendr bases.

Blendr works with this simple formula: Stem + Base + Mount. Add accessory.