Best Bike Phone Mounts | The Best Cycling Phone Holders 2025 - video Dailymotion

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If you want to mount your phone to your road bike, gravel bike or e-bike then you'll need a phone holder or universal phone mount for your bike.  In this video we take a look at the best bike phone mounts and best phone holders currently on the market in 2025 as well as the best cheap bike phone holder and other unique ways on how to mount a phone on a bike for navigation.  From premium options such as the Quadlock phone mount system to cheaper options from Amazon and Decathlon phone holders, we've tested a host of the best phone mounts to keep your smartphone secure whilst cycling.  This video contains paid partnership on behalf of Cadence

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00:00Where do you keep your phone whilst riding? If the answer is on your bike's handlebars

00:05or you want to have the option of mounting it there then this guide is for you.

00:09We've been out testing a whole host of bike mounts from big brands, from little brands to

00:15premium options down to ones as cheap as a fiver. In this roundup we've weeded out the crap and

00:22you'll find the ones which we found to be the best. As always there are of course links to

00:27all the products featured in the description below.

00:33We'll kick off with what is probably the most famous phone mount brand in the world and it's

00:38no surprise that their products are really rather good, albeit they can be on the expensive side.

00:45The range of quad lock mounts is absolutely vast and we've been testing a range of their products

00:52and would recommend the mag case and you can get that to suit just about every phone under the sun

00:59and then the out front mount pro which is this bit here which is very similar to a cycling out front

01:05computer mount. It attaches to your handlebars with a three millimeter hex key. Once installed the mount

01:12holds the phone very solidly even on gravel rides and it can accommodate round bars from 22 up to 31.8

01:20millimeters in the size. Now if you don't mind paying a premium price then we're very confident

01:26that the quad lock system won't let you down and because you're buying into a huge ecosystem you can

01:32customize your setup until your heart's content. You could mount a light or a gopro under your phone

01:38on your bike or even add a mag wallet to your phone. We also have to give an honorable mention to

01:45this little baby. This is the quad lock handlebar and stem mount. It's a very simple design but it

01:51works very well and it's easy to swap between bikes even in a rush.

01:59We move from the most expensive option on the list to the cheapest. This is the dear fun detachable bike

02:07phone holder and despite a rather rubbish name it proves that mounting your phone to your bike's handlebars

02:13doesn't need to cost a fortune. It attaches via a sturdy rubber strap and a silicon case then hooks over

02:21all four corners of your phone. The price does vary a bit we bought this one for £7.49 but we've seen it

02:29as low as a fiver and it's almost always under £10. It is let's be fair a no frills approach but it does

02:36actually work and will fit phones from four inches up to 6.7 inches and you can also rotate it which

02:43is a rather useful feature. Out of all the rather cheap phone mounts on Amazon that we've tested we

02:49reckon that this is the one to go for and that's probably why you see them often adorning the handlebars

02:56of Deliveroo riders bikes. No it's nowhere near as sturdy as something like the quad lock mount and we

03:02wouldn't want to use this for off-road riding but in most cases it will get the job done.

03:10The dear fun might be good value but what it's not is pretty. In fact not many phone mounts seem to

03:18have ever heard of the word style. That is apart from our next pick the loop mount. Now the loop mount

03:25is a really stylish option for round handlebars which has been CNC machined from zinc. The spring

03:32loaded jaws on the top of the mount pull apart and then close down on your phone securely. You can also

03:37rotate the mount 360 degrees and the action feels really solid and sturdy. This is a quality bit of

03:45kit and we reckon it doesn't look at all out of place on your bars when it's not got a phone in it.

03:50It's available in silver or black and it'll fit a large range of bikes including Bromptons with this

03:58little adapter here. There's even a version to fit your steerer if you want the maximum discreet look.

04:06If you want to get the most out of your phone whilst out on the bike then check out

04:10Cadence who have kindly sponsored this video. Cadence allows you to turn your phone into a fully

04:16fledged bike computer with the customisation of unlimited screens with over 150 metrics to choose

04:23from. It works whether you want to mount your phone portrait or landscape and you can even

04:28set custom colour options for zones and charts until your heart's content. Cadence is compatible with

04:35pretty much all Bluetooth based cycling sensors such as radars, power meters, heart rate monitors,

04:41cadence and speed sensors but there's more. Turn-by-turn navigation, Strava live segments

04:48and even my favourite feature live tracking so that friends, family or coaches can see where you're at

04:55and even your current metrics. If you want to learn more about Cadence then we'll pop a link

05:00down in the description below.

05:02Unfortunately the weather doesn't always play ball with riding bikes and so you might decide

05:10that a waterproof phone mount is best to help protect your phone and everything on it. Our pick

05:16of these would be the Rockrider 900L which is available in two sizes to suit a range of phones.

05:23The roll top proved to seal in the phone and lock out the water and because it's stocked in decathlon

05:29you can get one just about everywhere. It's cheap too, half the price of some of the mounts here

05:34and whilst it's not the most sophisticated design it is made to last and has survived quite a few

05:39months of hard commuting use. We were also impressed with how well we could see through the clear front.

05:46Now that does sound like a given but you'd be surprised at how many fogged up when we were out riding.

05:51Right, what's the best phone mount for taking off-road? Well if you want to ride with your phone

06:00off-road then clearly you're going to want to prioritise phone security over just about everything

06:05else. And for this we would look no further than Mouse. Mouse like Quad Lock make cases for a whole

06:12host of phones and then your phone will lock onto the mount using the case. You can get an out front mount

06:20or I personally like this one which fits onto a quarter turn mount so that you can use it with

06:26an existing out in front mount of your choice. Now that is particularly useful if your bike for

06:33example has aero handlebars or you've got limited space. You've probably heard of Mouse or at least

06:38seen some of their adverts of throwing phones in the air or dropping a laptop off of a roof. Now the

06:44company aim is pretty simple. Protecting your electronics at all costs. Out in testing this

06:50rings true in the bike phone mounts too. The case is one of the most protective out there and the

06:56four claw design really does take some abuse. Now like Quad Lock Mouse has a large ecosystem of mounts

07:03and accessories to choose from and so if you're either clumsy or you want to push the limits of what a phone

07:09mount can do then this is a really good place to look. However the best overall bike mount that we've

07:19tested is also the lowest in profile. What if I told you that this is a phone mount? This is a Fidlock

07:29vacuum patch and it sticks to the back of just about any phone on the market and it can then be used in

07:36conjunction with any of Fidlock's mounts. We were not only really impressed with just how versatile

07:42this mount is but the fact that it's so slim means that we've left one of these on our phone even after

07:48testing. It's just that easy to ignore. The patches are available in either black or clear and the mount

07:54is reassuringly secure. There's a carefully selected set of accessories such as a stem mount option,

08:01in-car accessories too and the design allows you to spin your phone through 360 degrees. It's also

08:08a lot less expensive than other options out there so go and check it out. If you think we've missed any

08:15or if you've got any more phone bike topics that you want us to discuss on the channel then please do

08:21let us know in the comments below. As always if you enjoyed this video then please give it a like

08:26subscribe to the channel and we'll see you next time.

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