Sometimes a peaceful ride without the distraction of a phone is a beautiful thing. But down here in the real world, it's nice to have our phones attached to our bikes for navigation, information or just to stay connected.

So after asking you (amazing community) for advice, I'm testing out four different types of phone mounts for your bike, with some recommendations for the urban cyclist. Here's what you'll see:

0:00 Intro 1:36 Clamp-style mount 4:24 Handlebar bag-style mount 6:45 Elastic-style mount 9:51 Phone case locking-style mount 12:48 The results 14:09 My recommendation

Here are the mounts I cover in the video. Please support your local bike shop, but if you can't, the links below are affiliate links, which means I get a portion any resulting sales

Dollar-store clamp-style mount (don't buy this, I'm not even putting the link) Rockbros Bike Handlebar Bag: https://amzn.to/309HzPi Nite Ize Handleband: https://amzn.to/2S5xI8I Nite Ize Wraptor: https://amzn.to/2S4xoam Quad Lock Bike Mount Pro: https://amzn.to/2EHL7Rs (You also need to buy a case specific to your style of phone, such as this: https://amzn.to/348kbmF)

Thanks to Nite Ize and Quad Lock for providing products for me to test.

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