You can also easily rotate the phone from portrait to landscape (and vice versa) even as you pedal.

Likewise, the straps fit phones of all sizes, and they don’t get in the way of the phone’s screen or buttons-a problem we had with other silicone mounts. The Wraptor fits handlebars of all sizes and is a cinch to install and remove. Because of the stretchy nature of silicone, we did find that our test phones would vibrate more in the Wraptor than they did in the pricier Quad Lock mounts when we rode on rough terrain, but it was nothing like the rattling we witnessed with other silicone mounts, and even some case-based mounts.

(And as we discovered while riding a bike on a smart trainer early in the pandemic, it also helps you take advantage of the Zwift cycling game’s steering feature, for which you need to have your phone attached to your bike’s handlebars.) The silicone straps that attach phone to mount and mount to bike feel much sturdier than those of other, similar mounts. The Nite Ize Wraptor is a simple, well-designed option for riders who want to be able to mount their phone on their own bike or a bike-share bike, and who generally ride on smooth, paved roads. The Universal Adaptor sticks out from a phone’s case (or back), like most such adapters, which you may find annoying if that bothers you, you might consider buying a separate “bike ride” case for your phone. (Also, you can use the cases and adapters with Quad Lock’s many other mounts, for car dashboards, running armbands, and more.) The indented socket on the back of the case was among the least noticeable of the case-type bike mounts we tested.

The iPhone 8 Plus case we tested didn’t interfere with phone functions, and based on the Quad Lock cases we’ve tested for other guides, we’re confident that it would protect the phone in daily use. Both the phone cases and the universal adapter twist to lock into place on the mount, which in turn clamps onto a bike’s handlebars. In our tests, phones vibrated hardly at all-let alone rattled or shook-in the Quad Lock products, no matter how bumpy the road became. The Quad Lock cases (available for iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, and Pixel) and the Quad Lock Universal Adaptor, combined with the company’s Out Front Mount (which we prefer to the stem mount that comes in Quad Lock’s case-and-mount kits), proved to be the confidence-inspiring solutions for securely attaching any smartphone to any bicycle.

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