I am no real fan of bike displays and not really interested in most of the data they provide but there is one thing I am interested in and that is navigation. OK so navigation does yet exist on the Bosch Smart System but it is promised so I wanted to get ahead of the game and fit a Kiox 300 ready for when it does. I was also convinced to go ahead and fit one on the basis that it only needs to be there when I need it.....and most of the time for Forest rides etc I will not have it on my bike. Removing it either means simply removing the display leaving its cradle etc still on the bike, or for the sake of a couple of minutes and one allen key the whole set up can be removed.
So firstly no one seems yet to have stock of the KIOX 300 Retrofit Kit.........certainly not in the UK anyway. No problem. The kit merely consists, a short cable, the bar mount, a cradle ( forward cable outlet or rear cable outlet options) and the Kiox display itself. All of those components can be bought separately at any Bosch dealer ( e.g Bikester). I bought a 250mm cable, bar mount, and cradle with forward cable outlets so I could mount the Kiox 300 behind the bars over the stem.
Fitting the kit is simple. Fit the bar mount and cradle, disconnect the cable going into the LED Remote and plug that into either outlet on the cradle, and connect the new short cable to the other cradle outlet and the LED Remote. Fit the Kiox 300 display into the cradle.
Because Kiox 300 is just a display monitor from the LED Remote all that you need to do now is switch on the system ( the LED Remote top button) and the screen comes on. In terms of set up, all that is really required is to go into settings to do things like set the time, and decide on metric or imperial units.
I also set up a tether on it. It has a tether bar and I tethered it to the bar mount.
Today I did a 15 mile cross country type ride with a good mix of trail conditions. Even on the roughest and fastest sections there was no tendency for the Kiox 300 to be dislodged, and the display, like the LED Remote auto adjusts light levels so it was easy to read all the time.
In the absence yet of navigation there were a couple of screens I found interesting. One was a screen showing cadence. I have never really had any way to determine exactly what a cadence of 70 rpm was like for example.......now I know! I liked having a speed reading again having previously been used to having that on a Purion. I can see some of the other information being useful on a longer adventure type ride......current ride distance, range for each power mode, battery level as a % etc. Not the sort of information I need for most of my riding though.
Total cost c £130.
I just need now to work on a neoprene cover for the cradle so that it is protected when the Kiox 300 is removed from the cradle, and perhaps a screen protector for the Kiox 300 display itself.
So firstly no one seems yet to have stock of the KIOX 300 Retrofit Kit.........certainly not in the UK anyway. No problem. The kit merely consists, a short cable, the bar mount, a cradle ( forward cable outlet or rear cable outlet options) and the Kiox display itself. All of those components can be bought separately at any Bosch dealer ( e.g Bikester). I bought a 250mm cable, bar mount, and cradle with forward cable outlets so I could mount the Kiox 300 behind the bars over the stem.
Fitting the kit is simple. Fit the bar mount and cradle, disconnect the cable going into the LED Remote and plug that into either outlet on the cradle, and connect the new short cable to the other cradle outlet and the LED Remote. Fit the Kiox 300 display into the cradle.
Because Kiox 300 is just a display monitor from the LED Remote all that you need to do now is switch on the system ( the LED Remote top button) and the screen comes on. In terms of set up, all that is really required is to go into settings to do things like set the time, and decide on metric or imperial units.
I also set up a tether on it. It has a tether bar and I tethered it to the bar mount.
Today I did a 15 mile cross country type ride with a good mix of trail conditions. Even on the roughest and fastest sections there was no tendency for the Kiox 300 to be dislodged, and the display, like the LED Remote auto adjusts light levels so it was easy to read all the time.
In the absence yet of navigation there were a couple of screens I found interesting. One was a screen showing cadence. I have never really had any way to determine exactly what a cadence of 70 rpm was like for example.......now I know! I liked having a speed reading again having previously been used to having that on a Purion. I can see some of the other information being useful on a longer adventure type ride......current ride distance, range for each power mode, battery level as a % etc. Not the sort of information I need for most of my riding though.
Total cost c £130.
I just need now to work on a neoprene cover for the cradle so that it is protected when the Kiox 300 is removed from the cradle, and perhaps a screen protector for the Kiox 300 display itself.
Still not back on the bike 
I’m toying with getting one for exactly the same reason, the nav.
Who needs a warranty anyway!?
