[Closed] When you don't use a camelbak..

Pocket?
Same as 99% of the rest of the population......

In my fanny pack. Haven't used a camelbak for over a year now.

In my saddle bag - it's huge and only one the road bike along with the frame mounted pump just to send them fully postal

Jersey pocket, in a case.

pocket. Usually jersey pocket.

Jersey pocket, same place as I put it when I have got a camelbak

All my shorts are Madison, and all have a handy wee phone pocket at the sort of side/back of thigh. Or chest pocket on Gilet.

Under my helmet .....................fnarrrr, fnarrrrr

yeah (my) off road jerseys don't have pockets as there is no real need for mamil aeroe boost... so still in the camelback

short pocket/ jersey pocket.

where else did you have in mind?

In a Topeak case on the bars acting as a GPS.

I tuck mine up my undershorts.*

* not really. It goes in my pocket.

Pocket.

Pocket.

in my briefcase.

Leave it in my car.

I'd worry it'd get wet in my pocket, or broken if I crashed on it.

Jersey pocket. If it's looking like it's gonna rain I put it in a small sandwich bag...

A tight fitting or zipped jersey pocket, but I'm always nervous that it is going to get smashed when I crash. I think I may have to invest in a small GPS that I can attach to the bike and ditch the phone altogether.

In an Alkit Fuelpod, mounted on the top tube behind the stem.

Pocket, zipped hip pocket on the mtb or jersey pocket on road/cross bike. Put it in an ikea ziplock bag to keep it dry, touchscreen still works and I can chuck £20 and bank card in there too for emergencies/pub stops.
Phone is in a rugged case and is well insured!
have a garmin on the bars for nav/strava purposes so phone doesn't need to come out too often.

Jersey pocket, inside a wapterproof case thing.

Pocket, or on the bike

Jersey pocket, in a clear pencil case.

Don't take a phone.

matt_outandabout - Member
Don't take a phone.

Zip tie it to my back wheel.

You have to put it close to the hub though or it really slows you down... refer to recent thread on rotating weight for more clarification.

Rear pocket, in a Rapha case (there are better option available now) and waterproof bag.

not taking a phone is kindda irresponsible, esp if riding alone. i always just kept mine in the thigh pocket of my shorts, until i read this! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36955531

"not taking a phone is kindda irresponsible, esp if riding alone"

WOW.

trail_rat - Member

"not taking a phone is kindda irresponsible, esp if riding alone"

WOW.

I'd worry it'd get wet in my pocket, or broken if I crashed on it.

I've tested the crash theory many many times (no need to thank me) and I've never managed to break a phone plus there are plenty of little phone sized dry bags on the market that will still let you pause strava while you recover from a crash... 😆

not taking a phone is kindda irresponsible, esp if riding alone

What if you don't own one? And as for near universal phone signal, LOL!

Turn phone off and put in jersey pocket. If I need to use the phone I can always turn it on, if I can't then the phone isn't going to be of much use to me.

+1 to the response about universal signal. Plenty of places in the Dales and Lakes where there is zero signal and they aren't even remote - unless you call the little table at the back of the cafe "remote".

What if you don't own one? And as for near universal phone signal, LOL!

If you don't use a backpack where do you put spare tubes, pump, waterproof, tick remover, etc? I don't use my camelbak bladder but the backpack is really useful, and that's where I put my phone too.

If you don't use a backpack where do you put spare tubes, pump, waterproof, tick remover, etc?

Pockets generally

the only time ive had to call MR out ... it was at fords of avon.

the only use a mobile phone was there was to hold the map down and stop it blowing away.

I got to a payphone before i got a signal on the mobile phone.

My manservant carries it in the ambulance that follows me wherever I ride. I think it's irresponsible to partake of a wilderness activity without having adequate safety provision

Pockets? On my MTB jerseys or jackets, I'm lucky to have a single tiny pocket, let alone pockets big enough for pump, tube, phone, money, emergency snack, and waterproof. Pretty much essential unless you're only nipping out for an hour, close to civilisation.

Back pocket, sandwich bag if rainy, make sure I fall on the other side, and make sure I have a spare in the other pocket in case my primary one sets me on fire and I need to call for help.

[quote="Vickypea"]Pockets?

All mine have 3, or 4.
Only one i've come across in the last few years that had less were some crappy ladies cut things that my wife (optimistically) bought, that obviously weren't cut for any sort of a woman who rides a bike. So they went back.

I also (when the weather is bad) supliment the pockets with a small saddlebag. So i've got room for extra clothes (which i'll need while moving) in pockets......

In a ziplock back in jersey pocket along with emergency £5. I still find it very strange that MTB tops don't have pockets.

irresponsible for me then. i quite often ride alone, in the dark, in less than familiar territory while im working away & nobody is waiting for me to return... it'd be 7am the next day before anyone noticed me missing, and probably the following day before they'd begin to worry. so i wouldn't dream of venturing out without my phone. not to mention the amount of times i need to look at a map on it or shoot the odd instabanger!

Aquapac with a lanyard round my neck.

If you don't use a backpack where do you put spare tubes, pump, waterproof, tick remover, etc? I don't use my camelbak bladder but the backpack is really useful, and that's where I put my phone too.

Summer sleeveless road jersey under a normal top for bits, tube on bike, phone in shorts pocket. Gilet has a big zip up pocket on the back. Don't tend to bother with a jacket unless it's set for the day - then i'm wearing it anyway.

Pocket.

I don't worry about it getting wet I have a proper enduro spec gnarphone. Not a silly fashion item

Front right pocket of my shorts, in a zip lock bag, screen on the inside so it doesn't get smashed again 🙂

I carry it there regardless of having my back pack.

proper enduro spec gnarphone

You mean a tactical phone?! Swoon... 😉

And as for near universal phone signal, LOL!

To be fair Simon, the minute you dial 999 every mobile carrier will try and connect the call..

The [i]one[/i] time I put a phone in my pocket I washed out on some wet decking at Glentress while testing the girlfriend's hire bike and smashed the screen. Don't think I'd take it if I was going out without a pack 😀

How the hell do people actually manage to pedal with filled pockets on your shorts?

Doesn't the endless clonking and banging on your legs piss you off immensly?

Or don't you pedal very much?

"To be fair Simon, the minute you dial 999 every mobile carrier will try and connect the call.."

Which is wonderful but large parts of this island dont get any signal at all from any carrier.

personally i leave my mobile at home and carry my sat phone and bat signal light.

If I've no bag or suitable pocket I use one of those jogger armbands to hold a phone.

On longer solo rides, there are usually a couple of points per ride where I can text my wife. That way, she knows where to direct searchers if I don't arrive home.

Tucked away somewhere obscure at home.
Why take a phone on a bike ride?

"irresponsible for me then. i quite often ride alone, in the dark, in less than familiar territory while im working away & nobody is waiting for me to return... it'd be 7am the next day before anyone noticed me missing, and probably the following day before they'd begin to worry. so i wouldn't dream of venturing out without my phone. not to mention the amount of times i need to look at a map on it or shoot the odd instabanger!"
I'm the same but ***k know where the phone is most of the time. I don't carry it. Generation thing maybe, might drag the helmet out now that its dark early, might not. Wouldn't use a seat belt if I wasn't worried about being caught.

Never carry a backpack ( bar really wintry rides). Pump is on a frame clip, multitool and tube in seat pack, bottle on frame. I don't carry anything much else. All my kit has plenty of pockets tho - I have only just bought my first mobile phoone - I guess it goess in a front pocket if I bothered to carry it which quite honestly I don't usually

not taking a phone is kindda irresponsible, esp if riding alone.

Do you treat a mobile phone as a mystical skill compensator get out of jail free card? Personally when I'm out riding alone I make sure that I ride well within my ability level. Riding in such a way that you're likely to need the cavalry to come and rescue you is kindda irresponsible. Let's face it if you're able to get the phone out of whereever you've stashed it and are in a good enough state to phone the emergency services with your location and needs then you're probably not badly injured enough to need those services.

In the car, or in a bag in the rear pocket of by bib shorts. If I'm going futher than a limp/crawl from the car I will usually have a pack.

Riding in such a way that you're likely to need the cavalry to come and rescue you is kindda irresponsible

I ride very carefully when alone, but I still have a phone. Anything could happen. Tyre blowout at 35mph on road; frame failure; unexpected crash - I once wiped out on a flat ridgeway trail when my front wheel hit an unseen sapling stump. I could also have a heart attack or something.

Not only that but my bike does break from time to time. Snapped a pedal axle off the other day about 20 miles from home.

Let's face it if you're able to get the phone out of whereever you've stashed it and are in a good enough state to phone the emergency services with your location and needs then you're probably not badly injured enough to need those services.

Friend of mine slipped on ice whilst running, broke both bones in his lower leg. No phone. Had to crawl a mile in the snow with his foot hanging off. He survived of course but I expect he'd have been glad of a phone!

Oh yeah. Saw that bloke having a heart attack at Swinley. He was in no fit state to phone anyone. However the four blokes surrounding him were, and they were on the blower to the emergency services.

In my pocket. If it's raining/wet, in a ziplock bag, in my coat/pocket.

I don't get why you wouldn't ride with a phone: it weighs barely anything and it's there if you need it.

It's not just a question of your own safety. I've not had to use my phone to get help for any self sustained injury, but I've had to call an ambulance on two separate occasions for riders who I've found semi conscious on the trail and another random RTA. With no phone, the alternative would have been to leave a semi conscious/bleeding casualty alone to get help.

Anyway, in answer to the OP: jersey pocket on the road; waistpack on the MTB.

I dislike wearing a backpack, so don't unless I'm on a long ride.

Phone goes in a small saddle pack along with tools, tubes etc. Drink in a water bottle.

Not carrying a phone is deliberately obtuse. Not owning a phone, well....

The same place I put it when I am wearing a hydration pack. Is putting your phone in your hydration pack a thing?

The same place I put it when I am wearing a hydration pack. Is putting your phone in your hydration pack a thing?

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In that in my pocket. The best phone + kit solution yet.

Is putting your phone in your hydration pack a thing?

My pack has a nice furry clean and waterproof pocket for my phone, which it accepts in its normal case so no faffing around with plastic bags or cases and so on. It also doesn't flap around by my legs or otherwise annoy my leg, and won't be damaged in a crash.

Less convenient to take photos or receive calls though.

I've had to call an ambulance on two separate occasions for riders who I've found semi conscious on the trail and another random RTA

Oh yeah, that too - I came across a lad who'd fallen and smashed his bonce a few weeks back. Fortunately emergency services were on their way and he was being looked after by people who had the foresight to bring phones!

Anywhere as long as it won't disturb the ride. On road, in back pocket, on mtb in v slim NF version of a camelback.

But it's amazing how overeliant we have become on mobiles.. How did we cope in the mountains without them? 😉

No-one's relying on them THM. We're just using them as emergency devices. Which isn't a bad thing is it?

As said in the old days you were simply in more trouble if you got into trouble.

I have the ultimate device for protecting my phone whilst out riding - it's called a work phone! Like a hire car it is the ultimate go anywhere, do anything bit of kit. My personal phone stays nice a safe back at home - it's a daft plus sized thing and not the best for carrying in a pocket. My work phone is small, cheap, useless and only rings with bad news so I really don't care what happens to it.

[quote=mikewsmith ]but the phones a bit big

Ah - it would be nice sometimes to have a bigger phone, but that's the main reason I got a little one.

I have considered going a similar way to convert, getting a cheap little phone for use when out and about - stick in a PAYG SIM (when I last checked Asda ones were free and came with a small amount of free credit, so effectively free for emergency use). But then my main phone is supposedly waterproof (I wouldn't go kayaking with it, but I figure it will cope with normal outdoors damp) and small enough - and I quite like having a decent camera and the option of mapping with GPS, along with other interesting stuff like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.peakfinder.area.alps&hl=en_GB. Yes I survived without a GPS in the mountains for a long time, but when I went out this year after a long break and was lacking a bit of confidence in my nav in thick cloud on a snow field it was nice to pull it out and confirm I was where I thought I was.

My phone points the way to the nearest tram stop or train station, and the app within is the emergency ticket home too (although I also have a €20 note and some coins secreted away too for an emergency cake or tram fare).

It goes in middle back pocket usually, unless I also have a GPS or camera, in which case they go in side pockets to balance things out a bit.

Not all jerseys are MAMIL'ed up lycra style. Most of mine are baggy MTB style but with pockets, or generic going for a sensible ride style jerseys.

Dunno how people are fitting phones in shorts pockets... mine would snap in half if you tried that.

No-one's relying on them THM. We're just using them as emergency devices.

Dont wish to derail thread, but wish that was true in life and in cycling.

Most of mine are baggy MTB style but with pockets

Never seen a baggy jersey with pockets. But if arm pockets are anything to go by surely the weight of anything in back pockets would pull the jersey uncomfortably or bounce about?

Dont wish to derail thread, but wish that was true in life and in cycling.

I think that's your fault not the phone's. Don't blame your car for being stuck in traffic 🙂

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In a drybag, obviously. With a lanyard, for retrieval.

Never seen a baggy jersey with pockets. But if arm pockets are anything to go by surely the weight of anything in back pockets would pull the jersey uncomfortably or bounce about?