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Here’s a pic on my handlebars from this weekend – with the GoPro in view for some context. Size wise, the phone really didn’t seem out of place, again, about the same size as the Edge 800. But folks have noted that you can simply pickup a wide variety of gloves that have little tips in them designed to work with the phone. Now, as I noted in my previous review, the unit’s touchscreen doesn’t respond to normal glove touches. Otherwise, the display would turn off before you finished your first few pedal rotations. The one setting I changed that was applicable to riding was to modify the phone’s display timeout to 30 minutes, from the default setting of about 30 seconds I believe. Nor any cover that introduced weird glare. However, despite having both the Edge 800 and the Xperia Active on my handlebars, I never glanced at the Edge 800 – but instead, kept on checking the Xperia Active for my latest speed, distance and HR updates.įor me, it was just the sheer screen sharpness and brightness of it, and the fact that there weren’t any funky oversized protective case on it. It’s funny, by now, I’m pretty used to using a given bike computer on my rides. Use and durability a bike computer replacement: This requires two simple zip-ties, which just wrap through the little holes and help to mount it tightly to your handlebar. But this one is basically about the same as the Edge 800.įinally, time to get it mounted on the bike.

Most phone mounts add a fair bit of vertical height so the phone looks fairly awkward on your handlebars. You’ll notice that the mount is incredibly thin – by far the thinnest overall mount in terms of height that I’ve seen for a phone. Additionally, this would allow you to use the LED flash as a flashlight (turned on permanently) in a pinch on a trail (it’s surprisingly bright). They commented that the camera lens was the most vulnerable part on the entire camera – so they wanted to protect it (which this does). I asked why they didn’t use the LED flash divot instead of the camera lens divot. This little notch acts as a way to help secure everything in place – and does a really good job at it. You’ll notice that the plastic mount has a small little round bump, this bump corresponds with the Xperia Active’s camera lens. Now that we’re ready to set everything up, let’s talk about how your phone connects to the mount.

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The final unit will include a handful of zip ties, which are required for attaching it to your bike.

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So, the full unboxing is quite simply just the single piece of plastic: And that was definitely the case here, no pun intended. Normally I have an unboxing section in my reviews, but as is often the case with products that I get ahead of release or availability, they don’t usually have full packaging. The goal was a super-low profile mount that could happily hold the phone without losing it. Further, it’s always connected, allowing you to stream your data in real-time – right from your handlebars.Īfter Interbike things went quite for a bit on the mount front, but eventually ahead of the holidays I was contacted by the folks from SportyPal, as they were in the final stages of a bike mount that was designed specifically for the Xperia Active.

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Especially once you consider that the phone can run any Android app – including ones like Strava or MapMyRide. Being roughly the same size, and just as waterproofed and durable – it starts to become an interesting platform. Or more specifically, a Garmin Edge 800 bike computer replacement. None would be able to withstand an exciting trainer ride, let alone some time on a rough road.įor many, the use-case was clear: A bike computer replacement. In short, all of the options were half-ass, at best.

I spent considerable time checking out phone bike mounts at Interbike the following week – but none of them really fit the bill. Unfortunately, there really wasn’t a good answer for that. So, with that background, the most common question on my original review post was “When is a bike mount coming out for it?”.

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