- Lights, camera, action.
Literally.
This week we are unboxing
the Cycliq Fly12 CE and Fly6 CE
dual function action camera light combinations.
Absolutely loaded with tech,
as you will find out very shortly.
And as ever, with GCN Unboxing you have the opportunity
to get your hands on a set.
Yeah, and not just one of you either.
Five of you will receive
a front Fly12 CE
and a rear Fly6 CE.
Make sure you stay tuned to the end of this video
to find out how you can enter.
But for now though, let's unbox.
(dramatic music)
It's like a surgical precision.
Whoa, there we go.
Ha ha!
The Cycliq Fly12 CE front light,
which is where we're gonna start.
Now, as I mentioned already, it is dual function.
Both light and also camera as well.
Now, the reason being is that it's designed
to be something that will benefit you as a cyclist
when it's on your bike at all times.
So as such, the light has an output of up to 600 lumens,
making it a light to see with, as well as be seen by.
So, great if you're barrelling down an unlit road,
as well as being bright enough
to act as a daytime running light at other times.
And it's also got three functions on there,
three brightness settings rather,
as well as a solid, a flash, and a pulse mode.
All three of those brightness settings.
So you can tailor it to the conditions
that you're riding through.
So very much a proper light if it was on its own.
But what sets this apart, obviously,
from its lighting competition,
is the fact that there is a camera attached as well.
And if that was on its own,
that too is every bit the proper camera as well.
It shoots at 1080p and 60 frames per second
via this super wide angle lens here,
with a field of view that's 135 degrees.
Now, you don't just have to take my word for it,
the proof is in the pudding,
or the footage, as you can see here
at the Red Hook Crit, couple of weeks back.
(man yells)
Ahh!
And indeed in Iceland,
the video of which is actually out today incidentally.
(man yells)
And yes, that's me crashing as well.
Right.
Now one of the important things about action cameras,
to get great footage when you're on the bike,
is image stabilization.
And so this, very importantly,
has six axis image stabilization.
Which is why you can get the footage
that you've just seen
even riding down gravel tracks.
If you watched that Red Hook video
I've just been talking about, you will have seen
that it's pretty wet and miserable in Milan,
which is quite ironic
'cause actually it wasn't that wet or miserable in Iceland,
but anyway, there we go.
Had it been wet and miserable in Iceland as well,
it wouldn't have been any bother for this unit though,
because it is waterproof to a depth of one meter.
Which would be a pretty catastrophically bad ride
if you ask me.
But one of the cool functions
in addition to that waterproofness,
is the fact that the internals of this
have apparently been treated
with some form of nanotechnology.
Meaning that the actual circuitry itself is hydrophobic.
Literally repelling water.
As I said a little bit earlier,
this unit has been designed to benefit cyclists
at all times when you're on your bike.
So, part of that is, of course, down to the light,
part of it, of course, is down to the camera.
But, the real ace card
comes from additional functionality in the camera.
So, when you switch it on,
the camera automatically starts recording
and it will do so continuously
until you switch the unit off again.
Now of course, you might wondering,
well, surely then you're gonna run out of space
on your memory card relatively quickly.
But no!
So the camera will automatically overwrite footage
that is two hours old.
Meaning that it's constantly recording
in case an incident happens.
Either a good one, i.e. you record me falling off my bike,
or a bad one, i.e. it records you falling off your bike
as a result of someone else.
Now, if nothing happens you don't need to, therefore,
go and delete loads and loads of boring footage.
It's doing it for you.
But, if something does happen and you want to save it,
you simply press this button
and it will record the preceding few minutes of footage.
I.e. you see something great, you press the button,
and the footage is saved.
You tell it exactly how many minutes you want
via the companion app.
But, what happens if you're involved in an incident
and you're not in a position to press that button?
Well, do not worry because this unit, apparently,
can detect when you're involved in a crash
via its internal accelerometers.
Meaning that it will automatically save
the preceding few minutes of footage
so that later on you can analyze exactly what happened.
Genius.
Basically then, as well as being an action camera,
it is also a dash cam for cyclists.
Let us move on now, to the rear light.
So there we go,
the Fly6 CE.
Like the Fly12 CE,
but designed for the back instead.
So it shares many of the same features from the camera,
so it shoots at 1080p,
it's got that six axis image stabilization in there as well.
The difference being, really,
is that the light is a red one instead.
So it emits 100 lumens,
it shares the same settings,
so you got three brightness settings,
you've also got solid, flash, and pulse modes as well.
As well, in fact, as a camera only mode,
just like the front.
In camera only mode it will last seven hours of recording,
and if you've got the light on as well,
between four and five hours.
Finally then, both of the Fly6 CE and the Fly12 CE
can be controlled,
perhaps obviously, by the device itself,
but also via
the companion app as well.
So from this, you can turn the lights on and off,
you can set it to record or stop recording.
But then you can also customize a whole host
of other functions.
So, you can set which of the lighting settings
you want to be able to scroll through.
So probably not all nine will be of use to you,
so you can maybe choose your favorite three.
And as I've already mentioned,
you can customize how the camera is recording.
So what frame rate you want, what resolution you want,
and how many minutes of footage you want it to save
when you press that little Q button there.
And then, there is also
a built in editor function onto here.
So, potentially
you don't even need to finish your bike ride
in order to upload your amazing, soon to be viral video
of me crashing just in front of you.
In fact, you can do it from the cafe
where this device will also function
as an alarm for your bike.
Those built in accelerometers
will tell you when the bike is moving when you trigger
that button there.
(alarm sounds)
(sings) Someone's stealin' my Pinarello!
(alarm sounds)
(sings) I'm gonna run after them in my cycling shoes!
Again, that alarm function
kinda comes back to that original aim to design a unit
that is gonna aid cyclists at all times
when it's on your bike.
So you've obviously got the visibility function,
you've got the function to record good footage,
the function to record negative footage
if the incident arises, and then that alarm as well.
So, loads of features then,
to make you want it on your bike.
And very little to make you think
you wouldn't want it on there.
I mean, they're super neat, they're really light,
195 grams for that front unit
and just 115 grams for the back,
and should you wish to take them off,
like, to charge it, it's a pretty quick job.
Pretty quick being the understatement of the year.
It's just an eighth turn mount,
of which of course, there is one in the box.
There's your eighth turn mount.
Ta da!
And, there's also an adapter
to a universal camera mount there.
Meaning that you could still use
any existing mounts that you have,
but, with the added convenience
of being able to take the unit on and off
with an eighth of a turn.
If you've got one question left
I can pretty much guarantee I can guess what it is.
How do you enter the giveaway
to actually try and get your hands
on one of five sets of these Cycliq lights and cameras?
Well, it's as simple as ever.
In the description beneath this video there is a link.
Click on that and it takes you straight through
to the giveaway page.
Not exactly complicated, is it?
Now, as I mentioned earlier on,
we have a video that we filmed
over at the Red Hook Crit in Milan,
where Hank had one of these on his bike
to capture that amazing crash footage.
Definitely worth checking out the whole video.
So if you haven't seen that, do make sure you watch it.
And of course, I mentioned the Iceland video,
where we check out some epic gravel.
Give that one a watch too.