Cycliq - Fly12 CE

Cycliq fly 6 & 12 is what I have. I also started with GoPro. What I concluded is that GoPro is good for short, vivid, action shots but battery life will disappoint for your use case. On the Cycliq, you need a high resolution to get a tag, which shortens the memory and battery life. I loop the video to ensure I get the more recent video.

Cycliq 12 is great. Good image quality, good battery life, easy software, just no drama.

I’m mixed on cycliq. The one time I had an incident and needed footage, the impact caused the fly 12 camera to malfunction and I was just missing 14 seconds of video. I also had 2 rear fly 6 cameras die after rides in not much rain (wet roads, but not pouring). Customer support wasn’t great. That said I’ve had a front cam, that aside from the lost 14 seconds, has worked well with good battery life for almost 5 years now. The app could be better (if alarm goes off and you have low battery, you can’t turn off the alarm) and it’s overall pricy. Not sure if I’ll get another though.

I have an old silver Cycliq fly 12 on my helmet and it gets video from all directions no problems! It shows how effective my risk management is while riding.

I have a Cycliq Fly 12 front light/camera combo. It is pretty much the only front camera solution with a battery life approaching what you want (with the light off though) without adding power banks.

I wanted the battery life so it was my only option really. It works just fine.

I have the front (Fly 12) and rear (Fly 6) Cycliq cameras. They have a nice Black Friday deal right now as a bundle. There is ambient audio. I've been known to call out tag numbers from close passes so there is no doubt. I live in GA and we don't have front plates and people ask why I have the rear camera and it helps show that a car didn't move over at all when passing. I have friends who have the Garmin Varia radar and they count on the couple of us who have rear cameras if they need footage.

I have the new Cycliq 12 and 6 front and rear cameras and I am happy with their battery life. I am recording at the highest settings and I only get three on my card that came with the camera. For some reason after the card gets full it doesn’t automatically reset and record over what was previously recorded. I don’t know if I missed something in the settings or not. Anyway if I am on a long ride, after three hours I have to reformat the card or put in another card. That’s my only complaint. The image stabilization is outstanding. I still have to figure out how to do my Garmin or Strav overlay on to it.

You can also try the Oakley Vanguards. I use those and I also have a Fly 6/Fly12 combination.

Cycliq.com is also an option out of Australia. They have front (fly12) and rear (fly6) specific cameras. I have both and really like the fly12, the fly6 has some questionable design choices. Both have 7 hours of battery life in camera-only mode. The resolution is plenty good enough to read license plates. The fly12 co-exists with my Garmin 1030 in the front and the fly6 co-exists with my Varia radar in the back using a mount I designed and 3d printed. I think they are a bit over-priced for what they are but I found no other better options for what I wanted.

Cycliq. been using them since 2020. Now rocking Fly12 Sports and Fly6 Pro.