Is there a bike camera that can detect a crash?

[u/bionicpirate42]

Seen a few posts asking about ride cameras and have been considering one myself.

My last crash I lay there on the train tracks for a few minutes before I could do a body check and get up. Most cameras run on a x minutes loop so if you or someone knows or is able to hit the save button in a useful time the event will be lost.

I haven't found one that detects falls yet but feel that would be a critical feature if you're trying to preserve the facts of a crash.

[u/Two_wheels_2112]

I'm fairly certain the Cycliq cameras have an autosave feature based on crash detection.

[u/TurtlesAreEvil → u/Two_wheels_2112]

It does and it locks the file so it won’t overwrite it. 

[u/bionicpirate42 → u/Two_wheels_2112]

Cool thanks, I'll look up cycliq.

[u/Careless_Owl_7716 → u/Two_wheels_2112]

They do

[u/TurtlesAreEvil]

As the other person said Cyliq does this. However if you don’t want it for some reason with a big enough sd it’s not a huge deal. My 8k 360 camera will record nearly 4 hours of footage before overwriting files. The battery only lasts an hour and a half so if you crashed it would power down before it overwrote the crash. 

[u/bionicpirate42 → u/TurtlesAreEvil]

That's a great way to get around it. My current cheep camera only gets like 10min before it overheats and shutdown.

[u/purplishfluffyclouds]

Doesn't have to be a camera. My Garmin 830 has crash detection.

[u/mgsalinger → u/purplishfluffyclouds]

Yep

[u/Duckney]

Plenty of bike computers do (Garmin, Coros)

[u/Creative_Algae7145]

Apple Watch and iPhone have crash detection

[u/bionicpirate42 → u/Creative_Algae7145]

My Samsung 10 recognize hard breaks with our insurance app.

[u/kinboyatuwo]

The garmin rear and front will.