Specialized ANGi crash detector—worth it?
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Gimmick. I have half a century of riding with no serious injury crashes. So the chances of a crash where I can't use my phone is tiny. Mostly road riding. So if I have a serious crash there is likely to be another road user to phone 999 if required.
My off road riding - often in mountain areas with no phone coverage. I already have a wife that knows what time I am expected to be in touch after getting back to the car.
Not a zero risk obviously but I can't think of any friend or relative who had a crash where this device would have added anything.
I suppose if you regularly ride technical MTB solo in areas with good phone coverage and crash every so often it may be worth it.
Seems it isn't 100%reliable anyway. Googled this
" I bought this so my wife would be alerted if I crashed.
A few weeks ago I unfortunately put it to the test. On my ride my wife was alerted my ride started / the ride was still going when I was in the ambulance so it wasn’t user error as far as I can tell. The crash was plenty forceful - I was driven off the road into a boulder and my Evade 3 helmet smashed into pieces (no head injury so definitely buying another Evade 3). However Angi didn’t detect a crash and my wife wasn’t alerted. I’m a very loyal Specialized customer so I’m very disappointed."
My off road riding - often in mountain areas with no phone coverage. I already have a wife that knows what time I am expected to be in touch after getting back to the car.
Not a zero risk obviously but I can't think of any friend or relative who had a crash where this device would have added anything.
I suppose if you regularly ride technical MTB solo in areas with good phone coverage and crash every so often it may be worth it.
Seems it isn't 100%reliable anyway. Googled this
" I bought this so my wife would be alerted if I crashed.
A few weeks ago I unfortunately put it to the test. On my ride my wife was alerted my ride started / the ride was still going when I was in the ambulance so it wasn’t user error as far as I can tell. The crash was plenty forceful - I was driven off the road into a boulder and my Evade 3 helmet smashed into pieces (no head injury so definitely buying another Evade 3). However Angi didn’t detect a crash and my wife wasn’t alerted. I’m a very loyal Specialized customer so I’m very disappointed."
Edited by irc on Saturday 28th September 11:38
My mate has a Garmin 1080 and had a fall that was minor - pretty much an unplanned dismount. His Garmin detected it and gave him the option of cancelling the alert. This alerts an emergency contact not the emergency services.
Garmin live track is pretty useless. I've used it on solo wilderness type rides and despite being on the move, it can show no progress for maybe an hour which is really worrying for your contact.
The full on device is the Garmin Inreach which is a satellite beacon which alerts emergency services when triggered but requires a subscription. The only people I know with these are mountain guides.
Garmin live track is pretty useless. I've used it on solo wilderness type rides and despite being on the move, it can show no progress for maybe an hour which is really worrying for your contact.
The full on device is the Garmin Inreach which is a satellite beacon which alerts emergency services when triggered but requires a subscription. The only people I know with these are mountain guides.
I mostly ride solo so have used one of these for a few years. No issues. Have to run the ride app & it usually talks to my phone by the end of my street (Agni connected comes up on the screen).
I accidentally activated once too. Riding in torrential rain, I took my helmet off & shook it pretty vigorously. I could hear this siren type thing increasing in volume but thought it was a cop car. Next thing my Sister in Law was ringing me asking me if I was ok. She’s one of 3 listed emergency contacts so at least I know it works.
I accidentally activated once too. Riding in torrential rain, I took my helmet off & shook it pretty vigorously. I could hear this siren type thing increasing in volume but thought it was a cop car. Next thing my Sister in Law was ringing me asking me if I was ok. She’s one of 3 listed emergency contacts so at least I know it works.
) It looks like a nice idea in principle.
I bought an Apple Watch on the basis of an ad that offers something similar, I've triggered it twice on big impacts on my bike, including once crash. My is set to contact my wife and a couple of my riding mates who would actually have half a chance to locate me.
I ride off-road, off-piste MTB trails solo occasionally, and an apple watch wasn't the worst thing in the world.
I bought an Apple Watch on the basis of an ad that offers something similar, I've triggered it twice on big impacts on my bike, including once crash. My is set to contact my wife and a couple of my riding mates who would actually have half a chance to locate me.
I ride off-road, off-piste MTB trails solo occasionally, and an apple watch wasn't the worst thing in the world.
I have one following a prang on a pre work off road ride which ultimately put me in the last 4 beds in resus. Luckily I exited out of the left door or I would not be posting this. Others did not.
Yes an absolute waste of cash until you need it, just like your house insurance. Sure, sometimes you are out of range for a signal but even if you have a signal half of the time it doubles your chances.
Yes an absolute waste of cash until you need it, just like your house insurance. Sure, sometimes you are out of range for a signal but even if you have a signal half of the time it doubles your chances.
Garmin watches / cycling head units have this functionality. Had a couple false alarms but importantly one genuine crash detection message with GPS location to my NOK. She called me to check I was OK. If I had been unconscious maybe a good samaritan might accept the call (or maybe nick the phone).
Other reflections are I was on a remote mountain road so no helpers, you need sensor/device, phone / app installed and network coverage.
Definitely worth it.
Some Garmin devices also have a live tracking function too
Other reflections are I was on a remote mountain road so no helpers, you need sensor/device, phone / app installed and network coverage.
Definitely worth it.
Some Garmin devices also have a live tracking function too
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