Recommendations for a bike cam

[Pickled Piper]

As above. Does any one use a bike cam regularly on the road? I don't want a helmet cam, thinking of something handlebar mounted.

Getting too many close passes for my liking.

[mike13]

I did have a fly12, bought second hand as they're expensive, eventually it packed in, so now using go-pro, again bought refurbished. Does the job.

I have a fly6 on my seatpost, just looks like a rear light, again does the job. Wouldn't ride without cameras now.

[Crippo]

You need the new Tooo Cycling camera

https://www.swinnertoncycles.co.uk/tooo-cycling-ca...

[TheDrownedApe]

i looked for a while and settled on the Akaso brand. I tried 3 and eventually bought the V50 X and it cost me £80 at the time. Everything in the box to mount it under my quadlock infront phone mount too. The battery lasts about 3 hours although you get no notification when it runs out.

the only issue is that with the anti-shake feature and the mount, the native footage is upside down but obviously when you clip it in something like VLC you can flip it.

Unfortunately I've used the footage 3 times to report V close passes. the clarity is great too and a 4gb clip provides about 22 mins of footage. this kind delivery guy actually did this twice as he overtook me then stopped for a drop off and buzzed me again after.

Edited by TheDrownedApe on Wednesday 20th March 08:21

Edited by TheDrownedApe on Wednesday 20th March 08:23

[mikecassie]

Pickled Piper said:

As above. Does any one use a bike cam regularly on the road? I don't want a helmet cam, thinking of something handlebar mounted.

Getting too many close passes for my liking.

I use the Cycliq Fly 12 for the front, it's good, can't knock it. I did have a Fly 6 for the seatpost but after one rainy ride it flooded and failed. A friend bought one and it did the same, the waterproofing of the connector is st so wheel spray easily seeps in. Their customer service is not great either, they did refund the cost of the camera, but I'd to send it at my cost to a PO box in Europe, months later I get the package back It had never been collected.

[leyorkie]

Chili tech have a good reputation

https://www.chilli-tech.com/action-cameras

Most expensive model is £99 and built for cycling

[emicen]

leyorkie said:

Chili tech have a good reputation

https://www.chilli-tech.com/action-cameras

Most expensive model is £99 and built for cycling

I had their cheaper version before.

Rattled like buggery fresh out the box. Not the mount rattling, the actual electronics in the casing. Emailed them and sent them a couple of videos demonstrating the problem, was told wind and road noise was normal and sent a link to their website telling me it wasn’t a GoPro.

The on off button started playing up being hard to get to work after a couple of months and it expired completely after 6. Wouldn’t spend another penny with them.

For less money I’ve had various Akaso action cams which in fairness, don’t have the same battery life, but do have much better; build quality, camera resolution, recording quality, accessories included and free postage.

[emicen]

TheDrownedApe said:

i looked for a while and settled on the Akaso brand. I tried 3 and eventually bought the V50 X and it cost me £80 at the time. Everything in the box to mount it under my quadlock infront phone mount too. The battery lasts about 3 hours although you get no notification when it runs out.

the only issue is that with the anti-shake feature and the mount, the native footage is upside down but obviously when you clip it in something like VLC you can flip it.

Unfortunately I've used the footage 3 times to report V close passes. the clarity is great too and a 4gb clip provides about 22 mins of footage. this kind delivery guy actually did this twice as he overtook me then stopped for a drop off and buzzed me again after.

On my cheaper Akaso you can solve this by going in to the menu and inverting the camera so it records upside down, so normal when viewed on computer.

[TheDrownedApe]

emicen said:

On my cheaper Akaso you can solve this by going in to the menu and inverting the camera so it records upside down, so normal when viewed on computer.

yes i can do that but not with anti-shake on

[leyorkie]

Chili tech have a good reputation

https://www.chilli-tech.com/action-cameras

Most expensive model is £99 and built for cycling

[Pickled Piper]

Thanks everyone. I will be checking these out.

pp