The F3 FormMount is the neat solution to mounting your bike computer that you've been looking for - Jack Luke / Immediate Media
F3 Cycling's FormMount tidies up the cockpit with an integrated design. It can adjust for stem-bolt width and computer size - Courtesy F3 Cycling
The FormMount can be flipped up for mountain biking - Courtesy F3 Cycling
The FormMount can be set up high and back - Courtesy F3 Cycling
FormMount position two - Courtesy F3 Cycling
FormMount position three - Courtesy F3 Cycling
FormMount position four - Courtesy F3 Cycling
The FormMount can also be positioned low and away - Courtesy F3 Cycling
The FormMount can fit narrow stem-bolt configurations... - Courtesy F3 Cycling
... and wider stem-bolt designs - Courtesy F3 Cycling
Fitting the F3 FormMount is outrageously simple - Jack Luke / Immediate Media
The mount sits nice and low - Jack Luke / Immediate Media
Swapping the Garmin mounting plate out for the included Wahoo plate was equally simple - Jack Luke / Immediate Media
Our Wahoo Elemnt Bolt sits lower and cleaner than ever before - Jack Luke / Immediate Media
The bottom of the FormMount is designed to accept mounts for GoPros, lights and other accessories - Jack Luke / Immediate Media
Your cockpit is instantly tidied up with the F3 FormMount - Jack Luke / Immediate Media
Early backers will receive a free GoPro mount and coloured chips to customise their FormMount. These are also available to purchase separately. - Jack Luke / Immediate Media
After a set of runaway crowdfunding campaigns that smashed their original targets, the F3 FormMount has started shipping and we have just received our unit for test.
The FormMount attaches via two extended stem bolts, and centres the computer directly in front of or above the stem — a much neater solution than the usual rubber-band or bar clamp options.
Your cockpit is instantly tidied up with the F3 FormMount - Jack Luke / Immediate MediaThe F3 FormMount is the neat solution to mounting your bike computer that you've been looking for - Jack Luke / Immediate Media
With pivoting arms, the FormMount is designed to fit the majority of existing four-bolt stems.
There are five mounting options, achieved by using the upper or lower bolts, and by flipping the arms around.
The mount sits nice and low - Jack Luke / Immediate Media
The FormMount also has fore/aft adjustability and two different lengths of arms, so you can position your computer where your want it, regardless of its size.
Since the initial round of crowdfunding, a host of stretch-goal updates have seen the F3 turn into something more like a all-in-one platform for cleanly mounting a range accessories including GoPro’s, lights and phones to your bike.
Early backers will receive a free GoPro mount and coloured chips to customise their FormMount. These are also available to purchase separately. - Jack Luke / Immediate Media
Initial backers will also receive a little bag of coloured chips that allow you to customise your FormMount to match your bike.
Fitting the F3 FormMount is outrageously simple - Jack Luke / Immediate Media
Fitting the FormMount was a ridiculously simple and faff-free affair.
After briefly scanning the included instructions to make sure we got the washer and extended face-plate bolt combination right, we removed the bottom two bolts from the first bike we could grab, replaced them with the FormMount… and that was it!
Swapping the Garmin mounting plate out for the included Wahoo plate was equally simple - Jack Luke / Immediate Media
The mount is largely self-centering and with a bit of gentle wiggling, our Wahoo Elemnt Bolt was lower and cleaner than ever before.
Swapping the Garmin mount out for the included Wahoo mount was an equally painless affair, with a simple 2mm allen bolt holding it in place and two keyed holes ensuring the mount is oriented correctly.
The bottom of the FormMount is designed to accept mounts for GoPros, lights and other accessories - Jack Luke / Immediate Media
We’re going to be testing out the F3 FormMount over the next few months on a number of different bikes, as well as trying out the GoPro and phone mounts, so keep your eyes peeled for a full review soon.
Do you relish the idea of a cleaner solution to mounting your bike computer or do you live by the #NoGarminNoRules philosophy? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
Jack Luke is the digital editor at BikeRadar and has been utterly obsessed with riding and bike tech for his whole life.
Jack can primarily be found whizzing about at a moderate pace on his array of road bikes from his home in Bristol, but his greatest passion is for cycle touring, bikepacking and ill-advised gravel-flavoured long-distance hike-a-bike-peppered adventures. Jack is also interested in fixed-gear bikes, tandems and anything else that’s a wee bit weird.
With a near-encyclopedic knowledge of cycling tech – ranging from the most esoteric retro niche to the most cutting-edge modern kit – Jack takes pride in seeking out stories that would otherwise go unreported.
After years spent working in bike shops, and as a photography technician and tutor, Jack joined BikeRadar in 2016. He’s now responsible for shaping the overall output of BikeRadar, editing, planning and – when he gets the chance – writing content for the site.
Jack’s also a regular host on the BikeRadar YouTube channel and BikeRadar Podcast, and has contributed to articles for the Guardian and been a guest on BBC Radio Scotland.
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