The bike mount doesn’t have a correct orientation. Try not to break them, but don’t have them loose either since you’ll be putting your phone in jeopardy. It comes with two sizes: Smaller and larger. The Quad Lock mount uses industrial rubber bands to hold it in place. Placement in between the bars could be accomplished in conjunction with any number of aerobar bike computer mount systems though. Though, unlike the slimmer cycling units, it would make things awkward for arm placement. On a triathlon bike, you can use the aerobars to mount it as well.
Further, it’s unlikely you’ll be grabbing there during the course of normal riding:įailing that location, the handlebars work fine too: This is an ideal location since it’s a bit better protected there. I’d suggest the stem (that’s the thing that connects your handlebars to the fork). The mount itself attaches to any roundish part of your bike. Here’s a brief video I shot showing you it in action: To remove the lock, you’ll go ahead and simply press down on the blue portion of the collar, and it’ll release it easily. At which point, the collar comes up and locks the case securely in place. The mount then attaches to the case using their ‘Quad Lock’ system, which means that you place it in at about a 45* angle, and then you’ll give it a turn the rest of the way to lock it in place. The case attaches to your phone by simply snapping it in place (and it will snap). The case, the mount, and the rubber bands. There are essentially three components to the Quad Lock bike mount system. With that, all the pieces are covered, and all the important parts are pictured below: But, if you feel less secure with rubber bands, two zipties have been included. The industrial strength rubber bands can be used to quickly attach the mount to your bike without the annoyance of zipties (cutting them namely, or removing them). Next in the line of stuff inside is the rubber bands and zipties. If you were to attach the case to the mount, it would like just like this: Otherwise, it’s very similar to any normal iPhone case with cutouts in all the right places. On the back you’ll see the bump-out for the lock portion. The blue collar piece moves up/down to release the case when attached. You can see the curved bottom to adapt to handlebars and/or stems. I suppose you could put one of these on a bike too, but I doubt you’d find too many good perfectly flat locations for them on a standard bike. These use adhesive to mount to non-bike locations.
Quad lock motorcycle manual#
Inside you’ll have one iPhone 4/4S case (not compatible prior to that), one bike mount, two identical surface mounts, a pile of rubber bands, two zip ties, and a bunch of paper manual stuffs. Once you’ve managed to open the window and take the stuff out, it’ll look just like below. Inside, its got a little window to let you see the goods. There are two versions available, one with the bike mount (deluxe), and one without (not-so-deluxe) It’s got far more text on it than it needs – looks a bit less open and airy than a typical iProduct, but, it gets the point across.
The Quad Lock case comes in a pretty easy to understand box. Eventually it’ll either go back to them (apparently in Australia), or I’ll add it to the stash of stuff I’ve been meaning to give away.
As you’ll see, there are some important differences between the Quad Lock case and others on the market (some good, some bad), so without further ado, let’s dig into them.Īs a note, the Quad Lock folks sent me out a unit to try out. The generic mounts to me seem kinda overkill, but the bike mount is a bit interesting – and the area I wanted to focus on. The idea being that you plaster these mounts all over creation and can then quickly attach your phone to it.
The case is designed such that you can quickly lock/unlock it with a simple quarter turn and push of a collar operation. At the time, it seemed kinda gimmicky, and in some ways – that still holds true. I had first heard about the Quad Lock case on Kickstarter a while back. Their capabilities, functionality an easy of use have just as extreme of a range. They range in price from under $10 to nearly $1,000 (yup, really). There are numerous iPhone and cell phone bike mounting kits out there on the market today.
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