Foldable Bikes Party: Cycliq Fly12 Front Light HD Camera combo review

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Cycliq Fly12 Front Light HD Camera combo review

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After six-months of prototyping the Fly12 is now ready for market. BikeRadar was invited by Cycliq to participate in the prototyping phase, and during this period we saw what seemed like fortnightly firmware updates, issues addressed and fixed and two prototype units.

Following the groundbreaking success of the Fly6 combination rear camera and tail light, the Fly12 is Cycliq’s front-facing camera/light combo, bringing together a 400 lumen front light, a forward-facing HD camera, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.

The self contained unit also allows the ability to overlay metrics like speed, heart rate and power through Strava integration, and ‘tram lines’ to demonstrate how close that car actually came to hitting you as they passed. There’s also a bike alarm for peace of mind at the cafe.

While the Fly12 borrows a few features from its predecessor like looping video and incident capture mode, it also sees plenty of welcome upgrades, such as a glass lens and 1080p video.

On paper it sounds like the Fly12 is the ultimate all in one solution, but how does it fare in practice? We’ve spent some time with two versions of the prototype units and now the production version – read on to find out if the Fly 12 lives up to the hype

The features

The Fly12 sees an upgraded 2.8 fixed aperture, six-element glass lens, a welcome addition over the plastic lens seen on Fly6. With the camera’s ability to film high quality 1080p 45fps footage or 720p 60fps, the upgraded optics push the Fly12 beyond the realm of the safety camera.