6 handy phone accessories for your bike (2022)

Car gadgets are now more familiar, but technology can also provide enormous added value on the bicycle. This way you can navigate safely with Maps or find a stolen bike again. These are the best phone accessories for your bike.

1. R2B Phone Holder

For daily bike rides, you can use an R2B Phone Holder to navigate or make hands-free calls on the bike. It is a universal holder that also protects your phone from rain. You place your smartphone in a kind of cover with a zipper, but you can still operate your screen with the R2B holders.

The R2B also has an extra storage space for cards and keys, among other things. You can easily remove it from the bike when you arrive at your location. And if you were still in doubt: it is indeed legal to use your phone on a bicycle holder.

2. Quad Lock Out Front Mount

If you have a Pixel, Huawei or Galaxy S phone, you can safely take your phone with you on a road bike, gravel bike or mountain bike thanks to a Quad Lock system. Ideal for intensive athletes. Quad Lock consists on the one hand of a custom case and on the other hand of a corresponding telephone holder for the bicycle.

The advantage of Quad Lock is the good quality, but also the many accessories. For example, there is another transparent plastic poncho that can cover your phone case in heavy rain. In addition, you can also attach an action camera – such as a GoPro – to the bicycle holder with an attachment. And there are many more applications for the Quad Lock system. For example, there is also a holder for in the car or on the motorcycle.

Via the Quad Lock website you first need to order the right case for your phone and then you can buy the Quad Lock Out Front Mount for the bike.

• Quad Lock Out Front Mount – Amazon.nl – 39.99 euros

3. Samsung Galaxy Smart Tag

You can use SmartTags and Airtags in many original ways and they can help you find a stolen bicycle, for example. Unfortunately, you cannot set up Airtags on Android, as you can expect from Apple, but luckily Samsung has a great alternative for every Android user: the SmartTag.

With a SmartTag you can see exactly on a map where the tag is located. You simply hide this little friend in a drinking bottle on your bike or in a pannier. Of course you don’t have to hope that a bicycle thief will stay within the Bluetooth range of your phone, but there is also the Galaxy Find network for that.

If someone’s Samsung phone comes close to a SmartTag, it will share the location of your stolen bike. Samsung said this summer that 200 million Samsung devices participate in the Galaxy Find network, so that gives you a real chance. To participate in the Galaxy Find network yourself, you need to open Samsung SmartThings on a Samsung device. You don’t need a Samsung phone to use a SmartTag.

4. Ehmann Universal holder Samsung Galaxy SmartTag

If you don’t immediately have a place to hide your SmartTag, or if you want to do it even more discreetly, you can use a holder for your SmartTag. This is a capsule in which you place the SmartTag and attach it with cable ties, for example under your saddle. Ehmann supplies four such holders in one fell swoop, so that you can also store some SmartTags in other places.

• Ehmann Universal holder Samsung Galaxy SmartTag – Amazon.nl – 13.22 euros

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5. LAAS Keyless O-Lock

If you often share your bike with others, you can do so safely with the LAAS Keyless O-Lock. This is a bicycle lock that you can only operate with your smartphone. You can give your friends access via the accompanying app and you don’t have to worry about them losing the key. The LAAS Keyless O-Lock is currently only a crowdfunding project, but it is one of Dutch makers. You can read more about it in this article.

6. Xiaomi Smart4U SH50 Smart Cycling Helmet

You can of course cycle safely with a helmet, but the Xiaomi Smart4U SH50 goes one step further. It is connected to an associated app. When the helmet detects that you have fallen with its sensor, it can automatically notify your emergency contacts and send your GPS location.

Furthermore, the Smart4U SH50 has an LED light at the rear that warns vehicles behind when you brake suddenly. The helmet is resistant to rain and it is made in such a way that there is good heat distribution to prevent you from sweating quickly.

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Earlier on Androidworld we talked about the best phone accessories for the car. Of course, as always, there are many more excellent accessories that you can use on the bike and that is why we are also curious about your tips. Also let us know in the comments if you already have experience with any of the above products.

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