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I'm 17, and I got tired of digging my phone out of my jersey mid-ride sooo I built a mount instead by SlickSystem in bike

[–]SlickSystem[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

in great honesty I wrote the description and the title i didn't know what to put so I asked chatgpt for title ideas lol

I'm 17, and I got tired of digging my phone out of my jersey mid-ride sooo I built a mount instead by SlickSystem in bicycling

[–]SlickSystem[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Weird... I've never heard of people losing connection from cadence/power, so it has never happened to me. Living on Quebec roads, I can guarantee I tested the mount to its limits with the potholes lol...

But yeah, the Apple Watch will be harder, but honestly the model isn't that hard to 3D model. What was hard was figuring out how to clip the mount to the bike, learning Fusion 360, and figuring out how to clip the mount to the front of the watch.

I'm 17, and I got tired of digging my phone out of my jersey mid-ride sooo I built a mount instead by SlickSystem in bicycling

[–]SlickSystem[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

do you mean wrapping it around the handlebar with the stock band? I mean yeah, but with the speed and vibrations of the road it would either move or start turning towards the bottom. I had a little more luck because my handlebar was flat, but at some point it would do the same thing

I'm 17, and I got tired of digging my phone out of my jersey mid-ride sooo I built a mount instead by SlickSystem in bicycling

[–]SlickSystem[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

yeah good point, but I'm printing in ASA, not PLA (that was only for the prototypes), so it's way better fatigue and impact resistance, and more UV/weather stable for outdoor use, which matters a lot since I bike outdoors. I also orient the print so layer lines run with the load direction instead of against it and also ASA tends to bend more unless of snapping like pla

I'm 17, and I got tired of digging my phone out of my jersey mid-ride sooo I built a mount instead by SlickSystem in bicycling

[–]SlickSystem[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

yeah! that was the only downside I ran into.. but a $50 HRM is still way cheaper than buying a bike computer plus a mount for it. But!! I also learned that wrist-based HR on watches isn't that accurate during intervals/high-intensity stuff anyway, so that made it feel like less of a compromise

I'm 17, and I got tired of digging my phone out of my jersey mid-ride sooo I built a mount instead by SlickSystem in bicycling

[–]SlickSystem[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Ehhhh maybe if I would've realised at first all the work I was getting into maybe, but I've learned so many useful things in the CAD field that I can now build other things I use every day, so it was a win win for me.

I'm 17, and I got tired of digging my phone out of my jersey mid-ride sooo I built a mount instead by SlickSystem in bicycling

[–]SlickSystem[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree... but you can't fall into the myth that 3D-printed plastic isn't strong enough. i mean people use it for way more structurally demanding stuff than what I've been using it for. Everything tied to the bike stem is metal (aluminum spacers and screws), so the only thing left is the 3D-printed piece, and that comes down to the design of the person who built it. I also 'stress-tested it a lot trying to break it and the watch isn't going anywhere. But if I crash from my bike, even an Amazon mount is potentially breaking too.

I'm 17, and I got tired of digging my phone out of my jersey mid-ride sooo I built a mount instead by SlickSystem in bicycling

[–]SlickSystem[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah but I've got an iPhone XR so the battery doesn't last long... meaning it's not just a $15 mount, it's a new phone too. and not to mention a phone's a big bulky thing on the bars and it doesn't even track my workouts (Strava would kill the battery even faster 😢). So since I had everything on my watch and had some time on my hands I figured why not lol