iPad Mounting Device for Concept 2.

[TodZilla]

Well apparently I can't post any pictures on this forum (I keep getting "quota" errors) so I'll use the proverbial 'thousand words' in hopes of describing my usefull little device.
I've got a model E Concept 2 rower. I've found a way to mount my iPad Air directly in front of the footpads that is stupid cheap and pretty easy to make and enjoy the scenery of BitGym while rowing my not-insigificant ass off and I think this will also work on the models B, C, and D.
So, here's the thing, The model E rower has a "cup" which is mounted to the frame, directly in front of the footpads, and is meant to hold the rowing handle to the frame when the machine is not in use, right?
I wanted to put my iPad in the most convenient, reachable, viewable spot I could imagine. Makes sense, right? That, for me anyway, turns out to be sitting on the frame directly in front of the footpads. So, all I did was come up with a way to hold the iPad there in a proper viewing position.
What I came up with, after scrounging around the garage for a bit, was a piece of 3/4"ID PVC pipe. One end of the pipe sits in the handle retention cup (rowing handle removed obviously) and the other, with a notch cut in it, slips on top of the iPad holding it at a rather good viewing angle.
Dimensions: PVC 3/4" inside diameter, 4-3/4" long, notch is 1/4" from one end and is a tad more than halfway deep cut and somewhat "V" shaped being 1/4" wide at the narrow end and 3/8" wide toward the outside of the tube.
The notch may need a bit of customization depending on what iPad, etc you want to use. But the idea is sound and the device works great on my rower.
If I ever get around to being able to post a pic I surely will!

[Oldcolonial]

Thanks! Will play with this some but having a hard time picturing how the PVC pipe remains attached to the C2. I can see how it would hold the electronics but not how it stays on the C2. Is it that the 3/4" pipe friction fits on to one of the sides of the handle holder?

[TodZilla]

Ok, I uploaded a video on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/ZsXAgerAFGc

[Oldcolonial]

Very Nice!

Thank you

[mdpfirrman]

Someone is going to make that out of plastic and patent it. Sshhhh! Nice creativity!

[billallan98272]

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