The mounting was on the back and being the typical man, I was positive I could just guess where the brackets needed screws to mount. I would definitely not use anything else, this was a great buyLater edit: Ive had this little brilliant case for a while now and it has taken a few falls. But it has held up and works for my apartment The amount of room needed between the crossbars is more than most kids bikes have. This is a basic simple design. For the first few days that I got this device and it was paired correctly; the sound quality was just not there. Im using the strap from the old model and its very loose. 5 and bought 8. Sound quality is terrible as well. Pictures show them with flash, without flash, soles, and the stretchy elastic portion of the rear band.