How do you transport your mobile while biking?

Porgy

cable-tie it to the wheel.

cee

chedabob wrote:

stubs wrote:

GHill wrote:

Cheap pay as you go in the Camelbak.

+1 what the hell do you need a phone on a MTB for apart from phoning the emergency services or ordering a takeaway to be delivered to the campsite. Getting out on the bike is for getting away from the mobile dog leash every one seems to have these days.

Because sometimes I get royally lost and need Google Maps to get my bearings. Also it's great for when you trash your bike and have to sit at the train station for 2 hours :P

google maps is useless unless you are on a road.

kaytronika

In that MBUK gadget holder they gave away this month.

Then that goes in the centre zip pocket on the back of my cycling shirt.

I've not ridden in the wet yet but if I do it'll be placed in to a food bag to keep the water off it... It's insured anyway.

allthegearnoidea

i bought a hard plastic case of ebay for my berry when i first got it, then it sits in a ziplock plastic bag in my pocket, have had a few crashes and its been fine in the case, (have a couple of the rubber phone skins too which are good but the plastic case has the screen protection)

i do occasionally stick it in the bag on longer rides but being a creature of habbit it tends to go int he right top pocket of my shorts!

underdog

cee wrote:

chedabob wrote:

stubs wrote:

GHill wrote:

Cheap pay as you go in the Camelbak.

+1 what the hell do you need a phone on a MTB for apart from phoning the emergency services or ordering a takeaway to be delivered to the campsite. Getting out on the bike is for getting away from the mobile dog leash every one seems to have these days.

Because sometimes I get royally lost and need Google Maps to get my bearings. Also it's great for when you trash your bike and have to sit at the train station for 2 hours :P

google maps is useless unless you are on a road.

I use mine a lot when out on the bike, put it on satalite view and you can easily see trails on it.

Anonymous

Got satelite imagery maps on my Nokia too. It does come in handy. I often take pictures, but have no idea where I am, at least with the phone i can find out :oops:

bennett_346

I've stupidly cracked the screen on my Nokia by having it in the saddle bag, must of hit off a tool or something.

realnumber 1

allthegearnoidea wrote:

i bought a hard plastic case of ebay for my berry when i first got it, then it sits in a ziplock plastic bag in my pocket, have had a few crashes and its been fine in the case, (have a couple of the rubber phone skins too which are good but the plastic case has the screen protection)

i do occasionally stick it in the bag on longer rides but being a creature of habbit it tends to go int he right top pocket of my shorts!

This is exactly what I'm after, do you have link please? Then I just need to see if they do one that would fit an iPhone sized phone....

allthegearnoidea

this is the one i have for my berry,
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fit-Blackberry-96 ... 519304bd48

they do an iphone one
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Clear-Tough-Plast ... 35a9e434ea

the zip lock bag is one that i got with my ZipFit stuff, fits my phone perfectly,

realnumber 1

The problem is they all leave the screen exposed so you can use it but I'm not bothered about that. I just want something to put it for full protection and take out when needed. + its a HTC Desire I have although the same size as iPhone!

allthegearnoidea

most likey due to them being a touch screen, would be difficult for them to work through the case, the cases are cheap so you could always get one then plastic weld a bit of peerspex over the gap??

timpop

I hudle mine in my pack between the water bladder and the back of the pack.

toasty

GHill wrote:

Cheap pay as you go in the Camelbak.

This. You can get a lot of cheapo pay as you go with decent cameras too, ideal for rubbish bikey shots. Much better than the current load of smartphones.

griffsters

bentes wrote:

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Red Route wrote:

In it's case, In my Saddle bag, no probs!

until your saddlebag falls off. It happens, a lot. And you won't know until you stop somewhere further down the trail and think "FUUUUGGGG"

Happened to my buddy a few weeks ago. The saddle bag zipper opened by itself and droped the phone on top of a looong and steep and rocky downhill singletrack...

I learned this lesson the other week on my very first outing on new bike. I thought i was very organised, saddle bag filled with spare innertube, multitool, light, tyre levers.

Got home and noticed the zip open and....nowt in the saddle bag. *sigh* :evil:

cloudynights

buy a ericsson r310 on ebay waterproof ,shock proof works easy with gloves on job sorted

allthegearnoidea

now, wasnt it the advert for that phone the one with the guy Launching himself on his bike into a pond on his way to work with his phone on the bars??
i'd have killed for one of them when they came out! used to have one in a fish tank of water in the window of the phone shop lol!

Frodo1095

Stick it in the top compartment of my camelbak, have a soft covering on mine but always put it into the webbed pouch inside the pocket so it doesnt bounce around.

kenan

I forward my IPhone to my work phone, work phone goes in back pack and I Phone stays in Van, done

M6TTF

Just stick mine in a sock to protect the screen and bung it in my camelbak

AndyTheRocketeer

in 4th zipped back pocket of jersey, unless the mass of camera, gps, phone drags the back down too much, in which case the phone can go in the sealed pocket of the camelbak.

NDawn

nicklouse wrote:

in the Mule.

Same here, the waterproof pocket is pretty decent.

fletch8928

In my Camelbak, top padded pocket.

I take my phone with me for the rest stops and to taunt my lardyarsd friends of the fact i am eating cake via facebook. Also at the mo to log my routes.

submityournentries

in my mule too, goes in the padded ipod thingy at the top, never been out in the rain yet, if i do i guess ill risk my pocked, cause i always ride in jeans or zippy pocket shorts