Spinning with phone: sweat!

[Jens Juel]

Hi everyone,

I use my phone while spinning but I have a lot of trouble with sweat dripping on the screen (I usually have the phone at the handlebars). Does any of you have a good solution on how to protect the phone from sweat while also having it fixed/mounted on the handlebars?

[OakLeaf]

I don't use a handlebar mount, but to keep my phone dry in a jersey pocket or a running belt, I just keep it in a 4 x 6 heavy ziploc bag. The bags do wear and start to develop pinholes after a few weeks of consistent use, so it's kind of wasteful, but an actual drybag or waterproof case just makes a phone too big to fit in a pocket or belt (and I'm maybe halfway through the 100 bags I bought four and a half years ago ).

I don't think you'd want to put a ziploc in a handlebar-mounted clamp for outdoor riding - you'd have to clamp it down tighter, and it would get more vibration, meaning it would probably wear pretty quickly - but I think for indoor use it would be fine.

[Aromig]

I have a "BiKase" for my ipad that I bought at Performance Bicycles that I sweat all over, and so far the iPad is doing fine. You might check to see if they carry one for phones. It's not super secure (but I'm not going to ride with my ipad on the road anyway).

[ny biker]

If it's a regular bike on an indoor trainer, there are various products that will protect a phone when it's mounted on the bike.

http://www.rei.com/c/bike-phone-moun...-on-bike-packs

If it's a stationary/spinning bike, I'm not sure what would work. Are you looking at the phone screen while you're spinning? If not, covering the phone with a towel when you're not looking at it should protect it. I keep a microfiber towel on the handlebar when I ride indoors to deal with sweat, but a regular hand towel would probably work too.

[Crankin]

Why do you need to look at your phone? Enjoy the ride, even if it's indoors!

[rebeccaC]

Biologic’s WeatherCase works well for rain protection as well as sweat. It comes with a stem/handlebar mount that makes it easy to put on/take off the phone and holds the phone securely to the bike. There are some good bicycling phone apps for both indoor training and for road use now....and i'm sure more to come.

[OakLeaf]

If you're only using it for music and/or audio cues, another option is a waterproofed iPod Shuffle. Wouldn't cost you any more than a quality waterproof box and handlebar mount.

I have one from Underwater Audio that I use for deep water running. So it's actually submerged during my workouts. Works great.

I'm all about listening to my body and getting inspiration from my surroundings, I'm very strongly against music during outdoor running, but there is no way I would be able to keep up my cadence or avoid going out of my mind with boredom, going back and forth in the pool for an hour and a half at 4-5 minutes per lap without music.