Bike Speaker: the Nizhi Portable Speaker with a Handlebar Mount
Music is often missing on the road, especially on a long ride when you’ve already sung every song whose lyrics you remember. At moments like that your soul asks for music — and music, in turn, can add a couple of horsepower to you and your iron friend 
Luckily, progress doesn’t stand still, and Chinese manufacturers keep spoiling us with gadgets that have decent specs at an affordable price.
I came across something I’d wanted for a long time — a speaker for a bike. Not just a bare speaker that leaves you puzzling over how to mount it, what to connect it to and which batteries to use, but a proper all-in-one bike speaker with lots of features!
Video review
It’s a great gadget — watch the video (in Russian):
What kind of speaker it is
The Nizhi portable speaker for a bike, moped or scooter, with a handlebar mount. Take off the mount and you can put it on a desk and use it as a regular speaker, and the kit also includes an armband — for listening to music while running.
A sturdy protective grille keeps the speakers safe when you carry it around. It’s good for home, the office, holidays, hiking or the beach. A win-win: in summer you listen while riding your bike or moped, and in winter you put it on your desk and listen at home
Features
- stereo: two 2.5 W speakers, decent sound and bass;
- plays MP3 from a USB flash drive and microSD card, with rewind within a track;
- remembers your place in a track when switched off and resumes from it;
- built-in FM radio with good reception and recording, including on a timer;
- a backlit 128×32 color display;
- clock, calendar and alarm — you can wake up to the radio or an MP3 track;
- an 8-preset equalizer and large, easy-to-use buttons;
- AUX input for a phone, player, iPhone, iPod or iPad, plus a headphone output;
- a built-in battery for 3 to 6 hours of music.
Specs and what’s in the box
| Power | 2 × 2.5 W = 5 W |
| Weight | 160 g |
| Size | 8.5 × 5 × 5 cm |
| Colors | black, silver, turquoise |
In the box: the speaker, a bike handlebar mount, an armband and a belt mount, a USB charging cable, a cable for connecting to a phone or computer (LINE IN mode) and a wrist strap.
Just awesome! Too bad I didn’t manage to buy one in time, but never mind — I’ll find one and definitely buy it
P.S. I found it in a Ukrainian online store, and a speaker like this is cheap — about $20–26. There are also plenty of similar ones on AliExpress.