[Closed] How do you protect your phone when riding?

me too smashed 3 so far in past year.

now use a crystal case - cheap from market trader and a berghaus mobile phone holder from Cotswold then in pocket or camelbak as you so far no problems even with a few offs and occasional lie downs - works for me 😀

Inside my lezyne pack there is a water proof and padded neoprene phone sleeve - very effective
(Whole pack is waterproof inc. zips in fact)

dont take it....its perfect ride after ride that way

There was a time, long, long ago, before we had mobile phones. Believe it or not people acutally went riding without them and still managed emergency situations.

I keep mine cushioned against my nice soft thigh in my pocket. Never had a problem yet <touches wood>

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Stick my phone in that and throw it in my bag.

i keep it in my pocket. Never broken one yet.

I divert my calls to my works phone and take that instead.

I have mine either in my jersey pocket or camelbak. I havent broken it yet but it is pretty rugged really. Sony ericsson k700i

I use this

But without the strap and just pop it in the camelbak for a smaller phone bit of foam in the top

take an old one??

A nice and simple solution: wrap your phone (and MP3) player in cling film. Water doesn't get in and it is very cheap! (I don't answer the phone whilst out - only carry it for emergencies.) 🙂

Ages ago MBUK gave away a neoprene phone cover...suited my Sony phone perfectly and was small enough to go in the pocket on the leg of my cycle shorts.

I fell off on the road onto a 3 day old iphone that I had from work. THankfully the damage was only superficial. I have been wondering about what to do though. I currently use a zip lock plastic bag that protects against the wet, but not a fall.
I'd like somthing like a neoprene case with velcro or a zip on the top I suppose. Perhaps I'll try to make one...

Sandwich bag and into the ipod pocket at the top of my camelbak. No problems so far.

rimix - Member
There was a time, long, long ago, before we had mobile phones. Believe it or not people acutally went riding without them and still managed emergency situations.

You are everything that is wrong with this forum. Why not answer the question or keep your gob shut?

Believe it or not, more people actually died on the fells/hills/mountains before the invention of portable communication.

paulrockliffe,
I think you're a bit over the top here. The question is 'How do you protect your phone when riding'
It's a perfectly valid answer to say 'Leave it at home' You may not agree but that doesn't mean it's wrong.

My Macpac has a neoprene pocket for it. Zip lock bag as well if it's raining.
& I have had to use it to get rescue for a downed rider.

+1 for leave it at home. Besides, the cable from the socket isn't long enough to get much of a ride in if you do take it with you.

There was a time, long, long ago, before we had mobile phones. Believe it or not people acutally went riding without them and still managed emergency situations.

Were people just as patronising and unhelpful back then?

Personally I just stick mine in a pocket in my rucksack not wrapped up or anything, its been fine. Used to sometimes use a dry bag but not bothered for a while. Don't have that fancy a phone though.

[i]Believe it or not, more people actually died on the fells/hills/mountains before the invention of portable communication. [/i]

genius. More people died over a very long time than over a very short time. Bet nobody would have guessed that.

i have a Berhaus pocket phone holder thats clipped to the front of my camelbak .

Wrapped in a plastic sandwich bag along with a £10 note then tucked into one of the little mesh pockets inside my Camelbak. No problems with it and I never answer it while I'm out riding.

Only time I've ever broken one was when it was in a jersey pocket, I was doing about 50mph on the road bike down a steep hill on the drops and the thing slid up my back and fell out the top of the pocket onto the road. Unsurprisingly the 50mph impact onto tarmac smashed the phone into 3 separate parts, it took me ages to find it all again!

I have one of those samsung tough phones. Waterproof, shockproof etc. I read a review once about a dude who dropped his into a 4in deep puddle while on a call , retrieved it, shook it out and carried on talking. Mine gets treated with no respect and just keeps working. I have a crumpler neoprene pouch that rides on the waist strap of my camelbak where it attaches on the side.

iPhone inside an Oakley glasses bag inside a plastic zip bag inside breast pocket of my jacket. This winning combo means I can never answer it by the time I've unwrapped it and removed my gloves, so don't let it interrupt my rides.

condom and a body cavity, simple but effective

old phone with payg sim with £10 on it curentley looking for one of the old nokia shock/waterproof ones. usualy just pops in my bag.

Sandwich bag and then it slips into a little pocket, velcroed onto the front strap of my camelbak.
Mostly put a 2-way radio in that though if we're on a big group ride.

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AndyP - Member
Believe it or not, more people actually died on the fells/hills/mountains before the invention of portable communication.

genius. More people died over a very long time than over a very short time. Bet nobody would have guessed that.

I meant normalised for distance riden over a period of time, but I thought that would be obvious. No doubt you realised that and also realise that taking a mobile with you means you're much less likely to die if you get into trouble in a remote area. But you thought you'd post anyway. Genius.

Also, the emergence of mobile phones lies fairly close to the middle of the 'life' of Mountain Biking. But well done anyway.

[i]Now[/i] at last I understand why most of the MTB'ers I see are carrying rucksacks that wouldn't look out of place on the back of a Royal Marine. I thought they were full of tools, clothing and food but obviously it's just layers of padding and waterproofing with a tiny little 'phone nestled safely in the centre.

Don't bother protecting mine,just sling it in the Camelbak,its a company phone,so if it breaks,i'll just get a replacement.

Also note a few replies above where the phone is either in a pocket or in a pouch fitted to a Camelbak strap.....if you're wearing a Camelbak,surely it makes sense to put it in there.Or are you the sad types that just have to answer the phone if it rings when out on a ride?

Got a cheap phone, just goes in my pocket and gets damp. Never wet.

I use one of those small neoprene camera bags by Crumpler [John Thursday 55] fixed to my Camelbak shoulder strap, cost about £8 from T K Maxx.

I think Asda were advertising a Samsung mobile for £10 this week with £5 air time included.

Exped XXS dry bag to hold phone and wallet.

Nappy bag, buried in the camelbak.

I leave mine at home

sandwich bag

I put mine in a thick dry odd sock then in my bag.

helmet mount. Good for reception too. Modifications to make it hands free.

I use a Samsung Solid just put it in the backpack-crashed on it loads and used it in the pouring rain and dropped it in the deep mud- great phone, makes calls and sends texts too!!!

paulrockliffe

"AndyP - Member
Believe it or not, more people actually died on the fells/hills/mountains before the invention of portable communication.
genius. More people died over a very long time than over a very short time. Bet nobody would have guessed that."

I meant normalised for distance riden over a period of time, but I thought that would be obvious. No doubt you realised that and also realise that taking a mobile with you means you're much less likely to die if you get into trouble in a remote area. But you thought you'd post anyway. Genius.

So do you have statistics then, normalised for distance ridden over a period of time for riders who died in the fells/hills/mountains before and after the invention of portable communications?

Or did you just make that up and state it as fact because you think it sounds right?