Garmin Varia RCT715 Group Ride Test
Miguel Pereira Miguel Pereira
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 Published On Sep 30, 2024

Feel free to scan back and forth and leave a comment if you spot something worth bookmarking. These are all the "event" clips captured by a Garmin Varia RCT715 during a 2.5 hour ride through Plano & Richardson Texas "as is": 1080/30fps w/audio recording.

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And credit where credit's due: no a-hole drivers at all. Everyone seemed to have given us a pretty wide berth beginning to end --even on intersections that would normally sketch me out, big time.
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Some notes:
** The mobile app is a pain the the 🍑 to use to download and manage clips.
** Bluetooth / Garmin head unit integration is finicky. Took multiple attempts to get the radar to be detected on a Garmin Edge 840.
** The radar alerts are pretty much a game changer: changing lanes, knowing when to shout "car back" to go from side by side to single-file in group rides very useful.
** Video quality (judge for yourself) is very hit & miss depending on light conditions and direction. Quality take a nose dive with anything back lighting anything behind you.
** It will confuse a "fast moving" recumbent bike with a car.
** The mic is highly directional. It won't capture any sound source immediately in front of it. Thank goodness, given the content of some of the conversations I was having while waiting for lights to turn.

Timeline
00:00 - Springhill Estates Dr
00:28 - E Parker Rd
02:50 - Dublin Rd (South)
07:30 - (E) 14th St
10:09 - (S) Brand Rd
12:50 - E Renner Rd
17:09 - Starbucks Stop
21:15 - E Renner Rd
28:04 - Telecom Pkwy
30:15 - N Shiloh Rd
31:30 - W Campbell Rd
33:10 - Galaxie Rd
36:26 - Collins Blvd
43:38 - N Collins Blvd
45:15 - W Campbell Rd
45:32 - W Prairie Creek Dr
45:46 - Crestover Dr
47:50 - Canyon Creek Dr
49:27 - W Lookout Dr
51:15 - N Floyd Rd
56:18 - The long road back home

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