Phone Mount Suggetions?

[peterh_nz]

A follow-up to Jeremy McCreary's post.

From Quadlock site:

"We have designed our Vibration Dampener to be used specifically with motorcycle mounts to reduce the levels of high frequency vibrations that can affect the image stabilisation on new smartphones.

Currently this is only a known issue with some motorcycles, not bicycles.

It does however share the same connecting feature as our Stem Cap Cycle Mounts and the Out Front Mounts and can be attached to these mounts if desired for your bicycle. "

So, at least, wouldn't do any harm if used on a bike?

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Peter, I can only see two viable options:

• Use an inexpensive smartphone on the bars and keep your expensive one in the jersey pocket, or
• Buy a proper bike GPS computer and forget all the trouble (Garmin Explore 2 is the least expensive of all classy bike computers).

Once, I listed why a smartphone was the worst option; don't want to list the reasons again but I would start with a poor battery life.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

A follow-up to Jeremy McCreary's post.

From Quadlock site:

"We have designed our Vibration Dampener to be used specifically with motorcycle mounts to reduce the levels of high frequency vibrations that can affect the image stabilisation on new smartphones.

Currently this is only a known issue with some motorcycles, not bicycles.

It does however share the same connecting feature as our Stem Cap Cycle Mounts and the Out Front Mounts and can be attached to these mounts if desired for your bicycle. "

So, at least, wouldn't do any harm if used on a bike?

Lots of subsequent evidence, though, that phone camera damage IS a problem on bicycles with certain phones — specifically, higher-end phones with mechanical auto-focus and image stabilization mechanisms.

More info here.