My Bike Radar Traffic: The Must-Have Garmin ConnectIQ Add-on for Cycling Radar Users
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2024
- If you're a Garmin user with an ANT+ Radar device, this ConenctIQ data field is something you'll want to know about. It'll record vehicle speeds, passing locations, and even keep count of how many vehicles have passed on a ride. This information can be viewed after your ride in Garmin Connect (Web or Mobile) and over on the MyBikeTraffic website if you upload the activity there.
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Video Index:
0:00 Intro
1:05 My Bike Radar Traffic Details
1:35 What You'll Need
2:07 Sponsor Segment: Shokz OpenRun
3:18 Installation & Configuration
5:33 On-Road Use / Passing Traffic Recording & Analysis
7:44 Radar Speed Accuracy Check
8:48 My Thoughts / Commentary
10:25 Wrap Up
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Can almost certainly guarantee that AMG driver was a cyclist
Or a decent person
I've also been using this for quite some time, and it's incredibly useful. We even used it in a case with an expert witness who was testifying in a motorist-vs-cyclist crash/lawsuit. We were able to prove that the cyclist had stopped at the STOP sign, and then, realizing he'd made a wrong turn, had legally moved into the left lane to effect a U-turn when struck. The absolute speed for the motorist? 55mph in a 35mph zone.
Case was settled very quickly after that.
These radars will NOT improve your safety. They'll improve your AWARENESS and they will BUY YOU TIME. TIME to make choices. 12 Seconds is about what you get, which is usually 6 more than you get via ears alone.
Oh how I wish Garmin still sold their HUD.
being hit by a car my self this is the best product i have ever seen , im now buying a bike computer and now will spend the whole $300 or so just to have eyes in the beck of my head thank you so much
I wish for a feature that logs passing distance as well. In many countries you will break the law if you dont pass at a safe distance. Or make it dangerous for the softer traffic that also uses the road.
Great content. I’ve had it on my Garmin for a while. Super useful information. Also, occasionally gets in trouble because my wife now asks me, “How many cars passed you today?” and I can no longer just say, “Oh, a few here and there.” I had 710 pass me on a 120k route the other day. It makes gravel all that more appealing.
The total number can sometimes be an eye opener. I had a similar thought the other day with 80 or so passes.... and thinking it only takes one of those on their phone or not paying attention to be in a pretty bad situation. And yes... gravel rides are brilliant. It's nice seeing no cars for over an hour at a time! But when one does come along on the noisey gravel road, you'll get a *beep beep* from the bike computer/app before hearing them.
And I can no longer reply “It was me that was passing the cars …”
I was waiting for that bloody magpie to turn up in your shot!
Fantastically helpful video Shane. Thanks for all you do for the cycling community.
Garmin Varia radar has been a game changer for me for riding on the road. Though I remain very defensive in dealing with vehicles that I share the road with, the added information that the radar provides has given me the opportunity to enjoy the scenery a lot more. I am more confident in my safety when using the radar. Thanks, Lama, for continuing the education on how to use these tools effectively!
I still don't see how it makes us safer? It doesn't reduce traffic, it doesn't change the nature of the approaching driver. Quality lights and hiviz clothing might well be a measurable safety.
@@glennoc8585 the flashing pattern changes on car approach. Where I ride, a mostly prefer to ride away from the edge. The radar allows better timing and decision of whether and how much to move across and it does seem to change driver behaviour when they are made aware that you’re aware of them.
The quality and content of your videos is outstanding! Thanks!
Great info Shane. I’ve used this for a while and the extra info is excellent…. It’s amazing how fast some people drive past you. Keep up the great work.
Great video, I think you need Magpie attack detection build in also :-)
More great work Shane. Thanks for sharing. I’ll do the same with my family and friends that have a radar unit.
Thank you for doing an in-depth look into this app. I recall you mentioning this not too long ago and I've been meaning to try it out, so thanks for the reminder and the information about the app.
Thanks Shane for this video, downloaded the software last night and tried it out today. Staggering 722 vehicles counted in 1 hour 45 minute ride. Very useful information, I am part of advocacy group in the Blue Mountains and I can certainly use this to point to TfNSW and Blue Mountains City Council the importance of good cycling infrastructure. Love your work.
722! Hot damn!
I am completely convinced by radar and record information: do you know if equivalent is supported on Karoo2 device? BR
@@antoinepiriou9596 Hammerhead will need to program this data recording into their units.
Best add on I ever bought. Great advice from the Lama
Thanks Shane, I installed this app I believe following your last video on it and Rays article. Good to know I can toggle more data items now. I agree that it should be native to the units and Garmin especially should incorporate the data more into their routing. Nice vid as per usual
Brilliant Shane, I've had this App on for ages, I didn't know it had been updated to show speeds, this is a game changer
Another cracking video Shane , thanks for the info
Thanks Shane, Llama lab does top stuff once again. I had seen you could see the count function a while back, but not the update to read speed. Now installed and ready to test here in the UK.
It's abundantly obvious that what's needed is number plate recording, time, place data PLUS how close each vehicle came to you during passing.
Wow this is amazing. I have the varia and absolutely love it but had no idea about this. It’s one thing to know a car is behinds you but it’s next level to know how many, how fast they are going, distance etc. thank you!
Great video Shane, I'm going to install this right now. And just based on your video alone, I agree this is something that should be installed on all of these devices by the manufactures.
I agree. After watching your video on the light, I bought one. Thanks mate.
Brilliant! Will download this at once!
Thx a lot for that very good information - will immediately install this IQ field 😀
Thanks a lot Shane. It’s a very useful add-on for cycling radar users.
I saw it in another video when you were testing Magene radar. I went and installed it for myself and this is awesome.
The developer explains in his site how some things works under the hoods. He inclusive came up with a protocol to make tests more accurate. He asks from those who can, send the data of the test protocol.
I love this app, I’ve been using it for over a year, and it works flawlessly
I've had this data field on my 1030 for at least 6 months and I'm going to put it on the 1040 solar. It's great info. Having the speed as a data field down the bottom of the screen is a great improvement. I had been waiting with the 1040 as it had been a bit unstable with Connect IQ add ons.
love your work Shane
Thanks for this video. I added it on my 515.
Edit/update:
Did my usual route today and 168 cars passed me today. Insane. This is very useful app to have.
Excellent, very informative and helpful. Thank you!
Great tip gplama! Thanks.
Another public service video from the Lama. Top advice, app downloaded and Garmin unit updated to show this info.
Awesome summary, I think i'll get myself a radar this week.
It would be awesome if Varia units also notified drivers of our existence. If their GPS/Waze would show an indicator of our presence
I love my shockz headphones they are the most sensible option whilst riding or running !
Very Valuable addition to garmin headunits linked with varia (or other ?) radar devices !!
Brilliant video! Installed My Bike Radar the other week per your suggestion. And I've been using Shokz for years and won't ride without them. Wanted to suggest you try them each time I'd see you with earbuds but it's not my place to tell other riders what to do. Hate the Cycling Police who feel it's their duty to comment on everything.....
I’ve recently purchased the RTC715 to pair with my Wahoo and love it. But now after seeing this speed data feature I guess I will have to in the very near future get myself a Garmin head unit. Which is ashame as I love my wahoo and it simplicity. Thanks for sharing. 🚴🏻♂️
I’ve been using MBT since Ray first wrote about it a while ago. It’s a great concept, well executed, and the developer has been very responsive when I’ve had questions. I agree that it should be built-in functionality and I hope Garmin incorporates it and compensates the developer accordingly.
Thanks Shane. Great content as always. I cannot ride w/o radar. It’s a must.
Thanks for the update Shane. Could be very usefull data in case of an accident by which a car is hitting you coming from behind. Not that I wish for anyone to experience this though.
Going to install this later on. Thx
Nice one Lama, loving the radar and with more EV’s and hybrids, some cars at low speed can be silent.
Also shokz link is good for info, but Aussie’s need to visit their au site to buy.
Shokz are absolutely the best thing for riding. You can even hold a phone conversation without violating most operating laws.
I would love for this to become an added feature on all supported Garmin devices.
My 2 must haves for my rides, aftershokz and Varia radar.
Interesting. I personally could not care less about that. I rather use smart bike lights to safe battery by having the lights generally off and turning them on automatically when a vehicle approaches.
When the radar unit can predict the car that will hit you, I’ll be interested. Its very nice for giving a false sense of security.
@@awesomexistence it wont Alan because most rear ends are in the city and suburbs. If you don't wear bright clothing and lights it's not going to do much.
@@glennoc8585 it’s helped me in the city. If a truck is passing on a more direct line it shows red instead of orange.
Thanks. Great information
I think the "why bother, it's might not be valid in a court of law" argument is moot.... much like arguing against using camera footage. In the US, there are some jurisdictions that will not accept video footage, but more and more that do. I think it will be similar here. But either way I believe it would be very helpful if you had this data when working with police... the more data you have to support your case, the better. I also suspect as this becomes more common, drivers will adjust their behavior. If they know that their speed is being recorded, and often that they are being filmed, they might actually start to be more considerate. And thanks for another excellent video.
Very good content, thank you. I downloaded the app from the Connect IQ store to install on my Edge 530, and here are my first impressions:
I included 3 data fields: vehicle count, absolute speed, and last vehicle speed.
With the 7-screen display, the data is too small to read during a ride. I will have to create a dedicated data screen for it to be useful.
The data on Garmin Connect is great. You get vehicle count, and a vehicle speed graph over time.
I have not been able to find the file to upload on the my bike traffic website. I presume I need to use my computer and plug in my Edge device for that.
Overall a great add on. Just need to tweak and play around with it a little more.
Shane - your suggestion @ 9:20 is exactly how I use this data - by checking traffic flow and speed on alternative route options I can see the number of cars and average passing speed - - this in turn, for example, can give me the information to decide if that road that runs parallel to my prescribed or regular route 2 streets over ( in my urban setting here in Japan ) is safer or busier... Interestingly, I sometimes find that roads with more passing traffic have a lesser relative speed - although that doesn't always equate to "safer"....
You're in a more rural setting but I wonder what are your experiences in this regard......................
Wow that is quite something. I can certainly see a future were this will become commonplace and used just as much to convict drivers. Just imagine a few years down the line, the Radar talking to a GoPro, Insta360 or any other action camera telling it to press Record to capture that speeding motorist or even perhaps a close pass.
Fantastic. Thank you,
Fantastic video!!
I'm a late adopter and often late to the party...SO GLAD I stumbled on this video today since I just bought the Varia and had virtually no idea how to use it until now...the device and the add on are indeed safety/piece of mind game changers! Thanks!
use a mirror, then you can see if the driver has seen you.
I agree with you, this should be available on every platform that supports a radar product. I recently got the Varia and I can't believe I waited this long to use a great safety product. Hopefully Wahoo will support this technology soon. I have been using the Aftershokz Aeroplex for about a year now and I liked them so well, I bought a second set to use as my standard headset for work as well.
You can connect the older Varia to Wahoo-you can even go in and change the car icon at shows up on the side. The newer one is locked by Garmin for now somehow.
@@koreydeese890 I have the varia connected no problems, but this software is not supported from what I can tell.
@@justsomedude7556 I haven’t been able to get the my bike radar software to recognise the fit file from my Wahoo Roam either. On the Aftershokz headphones, I’m onto my second pair (first we’re fine until I accidentally put the through the washing machine). I love them and use them on my city commute which is 1/3rd on bike paths. Even better though is using them for phone calls. I can keep working hands free and the microphone clarity is good. They stay on my head or around my neck all day and my wife is a convert too. Couldn’t be without them
nice! thanks a lot!
fully agreed with u!
Been using aeropex for a few years, they’re not amazing sound quality but perfectly fine for keeping you entertained on the bike.
As usual, great video Shane! What data field are you using on your Edge at time stamp 8:50? looks like a power graph of some type - What does the Edge call it? (I love it and want to put it on my 1040). Thank you!
BTW, downloaded & installed the My Bike Radar Traffic widget and used for the first time yesterday - 178 passes logged over a 105km mostly countryside ride, interesting to see the passing speeds on the Garmin head unit. I’d say 40% were above the posted speed limits, by a greater or lesser margin.
Thank you for the video
Thanks for the video. I downloaded the data field and just went for a ride with the garmin 520 plus and the RTL510. The app is not perfect at counting cars. Often when I had a car behind following at my speed it could count the car several times before it even passed. Also occasionally it failed to count a passing car. Id guess that as the vehicle settles at your speed behind, it disappears off the radar until it speeds up and gets detected again, the app counts this as an overtake. If the vehicle repeatedly speeds up and slows down before actually overtaking, 1 car could count several times. Not a fault of the garmin radar I should say. As usual it never failed to detect a car coming up behind - so great! exactly what I want of my radar. Just not so good at working with the app to count the amount of cars that actually passed me.
Great share and very useful info. Buying the radar has been the best decision I have made, and that was also thanks to your recommendation. This information will be very helpful as well. Keep up the good work mate!
Great content. Thx. And now I’m using a rear cam as well in view of road traffic in #hongkong :)
thanks
thanks!!!!
Hopefully, if more and more riders use radar on their bike, that data can be used to make infrastructure decisions to accommodate cyclists. And like you said, it also is useful data to have in the unfortunate chance a rider is struck by a motorist. Thanks again for the great content!
The AfterShokz are brilliant, don't use them for music, just for stats and map directions.
It is interesting that the info exists in the device, and when i bought it, i recall that as one of the main selling points, however, the Garmin Varia Android App does not display that info although the audio beeps are different if the car is slow or fast. I hope they release an update soon that perhaps can roughly speak the driver speed in the audio too, or at least record it in the camera footage, just like they do with the cyclist speed.
Very useful. Installing app.
Love the AMG's. I have been able to identify better routing with this information. But my false alarms are counting against my count. Would like to get that fixed. Great video! Thanks.
Great Work! love your videos ! thanks for your information! best regards from B.A. Argentina! i will appreciate a video with your garmin data screen information... there is a lot of possibilities.. which are better o worst.. in different cases
I have a few years of passing data :-). It all gets saved as an xdata field in Golden Cheetah too.
Hey Shane. I've been watching your videos for a good while and they are always excellent. I have a radar unit and this review of the My Bike Radar Traffic data field has got me downloading it straightaway. I have the basic version but this is superb. I'll have to find out what camera you have on the front. Cheers Shane. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the kind words Eric. On the front of the bike I usually have a GoPro Hero 9 or 10. Soon to be GoPro 11 mini once that goes on sale.
@@gplama Your very welcome, Sir, and thanks also for camera info. I have a couple of old Cycliq fly units and am looking for a possible upgrade. I'll be sure to keep the drivers of Perth honest with this data field. 👍
A traffic heat map would be very useful especially when not on your own local roads.
Hey, Wahoo we're looking at you!
I'll have to see if the field is any better on absolute speeds now. I had found that it jumped in 7mph increments (maybe 10kph?). You could get the general speed, but the real absolute speed was going to be off a bit, high or low, not sure.
This feature right here is what might tip me into finally getting a radar and a head unit. Having a heads up if I need to tactically get off the road would be very handy information.
Also got an email from my insurance company saying that dash cams won’t reduce my premium but “they will definitely expedite determining who was at fault”.
Might get safer roads with a bit of social policing to get everyone to slow down like the AMG
The Garmin Varia is one of the most useful gadgets I have ever bought. I take it out on every ride.
Out of all of the things I've bought for cycling (and the list is long), the Varia is by far the best in terms of the awareness it provides regarding approaching threats (vehicles).
I used to think that hearing cars was enough and thought another gadget was not required. However i was out on a ride with a buddy who had a radar. He shouted to me in front to tuck in as a car was approaching really fast. I managed to move a few inches left (UK) and the car passed within a foot. I'm not sure if it would have clipped me but that warning was enough. I ordered a Varia that night when i got home. Now i won't ride without it.
@@bike.mad.kimbos hearing is pretty good but the radar works better downhill in the wind, gauging speed of approach, when there are multiple vehicles. I found it especially useful for pairs of motorcycles in the hills.
I find the aftershokz are better on the outside of the helmet straps given they are not adjustable.
Bah! Instalei no 1030 Plus, otimo aplicativo! Falei para a minha esposa que passaram 126 carros por mim, acho que não devia rwe dito para ela ( rsrsrsrsrsrrs )😖
I usually listen to podcasts when I ride rather than music. After buying a set of Shokz, I was very disappointed that I couldn’t really hear the spoken word very well at anything above 20kmh. I would love it if they were louder, but sadly I have gone back to my AirPods Pro with noise cancellation turned off.
I bought the shocz headphones, works great with the varia, really helpful if you are hard of hearing like me, not always fool proof but very helpful reminder. Two gripes, I get a bell sound on detection and a ping as the car passes, don’t know if there is any way to change the type of tone? Also the Varia App can only pair with one device at a time, I have two in different countries and its a minor pain when I have to re-pair them. So far a great improvement to safety. Excellent video as ever GP Lama!
Dude. Good intro to the Shockz. Mine are super comfy, offer long battery-life and are genuinely waterproof.
But can you ask Shockz about the plastic coating on the inside of the bone conduction units? Mine have fallen off twice!
Admittedly, the first time it happened was just inside the 1-Year warranty window, and the local agent in Hong Kong replaced them with a new set with no hassles at all. But, the covering fell off the new ones inside of 2 months. It hasn't affected the audio as I can tell, and the headphone still stay in place. It's just annoying.
I wonder if this is a common problem for Shockz users. I'd love to hear from other channel subscribers about their experience.
That said, Shocks are hands-down the best sports headphones I've ever had.
You can't beat them for comfort.
And they don't die when you sweat them up on a hot and humid day.
I've killed 3 sets of sports buds from other brands - I think the salt in sweat just destroys them.
Cheers
I love my Wahoo head unit & wouldn't swap it for anything else but this is where they lag massively behind Garmin.
Yeah, connect iq is really giving me bike computer envy…
Could you mount the Varia upfront (with the light off obviously), to record speed from vehicles approaching you? Along with the camera you have a pretty good dashcam at that point.
Great vid Shane, keep it up.
Any idea if it's possible to simultaneously pair the radar (I have a Magene L508) to the head unit (Wahoo Bolt V2) and a compatible watch (Venu 2) simultaneously? Keen to try out My Bike Radar Traffic.
Yep, that should work. 👌🏼
Thanks to this channel I started using this setup for my last two rides. In a 25mph zone a maniac passed me at 70mph! Sobering to look at live and after I uploaded my ride and showed my wife the next day I was still thinking about it. Maybe tmi? Won’t ride my road bike without it from now on.
So what? You needed a useless piece of technology to tell you that cars pass you in excess of the speed limit?
@@ashleyhouse9690 Why did you bother to watch the video? This technology is far from useless.
Have a a wahoo head unit so unfortunately wont be able to get stats from my Garmin radar. Have been using Shotz on my bike and the trainer for over a year and they are great. Can still hear traffic and don't get sweaty like foam headsets when on the trainer :)
Shawn, off topic. New subscriber. I've watched some of your vids already. Great unbaised stuff Mate! Question . . . I upgraded from the Bosch Smart Hub to the Bosch Nyon a few days ago. I'm ordering the Varia 515. But the Nyon does not support radar. I'm trying to get away from using my iphone on my handle bars (I will until I get a 2nd computer). Nyon nav is hard for me to read. Do you think the Garmin 830 is a good way to go (mostly for the radar and some nav)? I need the Nyon to operate my Trek 2022 Powerfly ebike a FS9 Equipped. I'm 73 and I think the 530 will be too small for my old eyes? Thx
The 530/830 are a very small for navigation. The 1030/1040 series have a much better screen for data and mapping. Those are my go-to units if I'm out riding with Garmin GPS.
I use a rear view mirror thank you. Some say they don't want to know what's coming before they get hit lol.
I love mine, I use it with the wahoo bolt V2. The alerts are loud though. Do I mute it? It would be good bleeping but not as loud.
Yeah I kinda think its a great thing, wrote to the website owner and asked a couple of questions and hew responded as below...
Hello;
Been using your website for a bit and have a couple of questions and maybe a suggestion.
I have a Edge 1030+ and 520+
I've noticed they are both picking up vehicles perpendicular (at least very close) as far as 5 lanes (100 ft or so) away. Does the fit file also contain sufficient info to tell how far to the left (in USA) the auto is? If so can this be added to the info for the rides?
Which brings the other question, what are the data fields for the Fit file??
Have you been approached by Strava, Google, Apple, Garmin etc to farm out this info. It seems to me this would be very valuable info for some of these sites as they are starting to beef up the biking info and the data could provide basically live radar speed info for stretches of road (the DOTs may like this info as well and of course the cops). This could be correlated to accident and injury events and provide the most dangerous stretches of road etc (as well as safer, I think it was
Outside that was tracking bike vehicles collisions and deaths). If the Fit file can determine how far to the left or right a car is 3 feet is the law here (NV) this may also be informative. Some reviews of the varia kinda poo poo it, but if the data can be expanded and become integrated into websites, that alone makes getting a radar unit valuable in and of itself.
Hi,
Thanks for the inquiries. I’m working on a separate project that can detect lateral distance similar to what you are asking, but it’s a separate hardware product using LIDAR that I’m trying to hack together separate from the Varia.
Currently, the Garmin Varia doesn’t report anything other than speed and distance for each car and whether it’s on the left or right. It doesn’t report the angle or any other information you would need to determine what you are asking. It’s possible the Varia already determines this information but doesn’t report it to Connect IQ, in which case they may release a firmware update that would make this info accessible.
Lastly, for my current connect IQ app, I created several custom FIT fields that are stored in the FIT file for each ride as documented below:
RECORD MESSAGES (i.e., stored every second):
radar_ranges … array of eight signed 2 byte integers (should be all lowercase, not sure if that matters for WKO5)
radar_speeds … array of eight unsigned 1 byte integers (also lowercase)
radar_current … unsigned 2 byte integer
passing_speed … unsigned 1 byte integer
passing_speedabs … unsigned 1 byte integer
So in general I think it has great potential to be quite useful for at least the following
Passing distance data
Speed in known speed limit area (particularly if exceeded consistently
Correlated to high accident areas (and the opposite safer areas)
Integration into Google Maps or Komoot (and others) when route planning to determine safer rides
Little radar units all over the world, on a practically live basis, the more the better
correlate fatalities with data (/www.advocacyadvance.org)
Help to improve cycling and pedestrian safety by DOTs, seems to me the DOTs and Law Enforcement would be interested in this data as well
And I dunno a bunch more stuff
I love my aftershokz, but for shower, walking, hiking and running.
It's useless on any bike since either wind noise is too strong or the sound of gravel / trail. it makes you want to use ear plugs, which goes against the purpose of the headset.
Yes, should be standard
Omg I've dreamed of this, no reason to have radar and not know vehicle speed.
I have been using AfterShokz Aeropex in meetings, audiobooks etc for years. While riding, for audiobooks or podcasts these are fine but music quality is just compromised and can't really recommend these to listen music at all. You can but...
Wish to have also the distance at which cars pass by. Hope Radar Devices will add this in near future.
I’m adding this data field. I had no idea it existed
Keep me posted after a ride or two. I'm interested to hear the experience others have with it.