Celebrated when my Cycliq Fly 12 CE finally bit the dust beyond repair as it kept breaking in one way or another over and over and over and over and over and over and over. and over. The mounts are crap pieces of plastic that I kid you not have broken over 6 times for me. The GoPro mount is the only one I got to work and it still broke twice. Finally after a year and a half and out of warranty, the battery is shot and won't take a charge at all. I had to buy a new $60 SIM card just to verify this was the case.
I've been researching this for the past 3-4 years and originally went with Cycliq because of Team Shop deal and the idea of bluetooth app capabilities. I'm telling you here and now that the only time you will use the app is to setup your camera/light settings. It is completely useless for downloading any video. Don't even waste your time. Just take the card out and upload to laptop if you need it. For real, it's not so much a Cycliq problem here though. All action cams that come with an App to download and edit and share video are kind of crap and it's just because that video is way too big to bluetooth to your phone, hold in ram and then edit. Even your laptop will struggle editing these videos later if that shows you any idea what is being asked here. Not Cycliq's fault per say, but a bit of a false advertisement if you ask me. Wish someone would have posted this for me to find, so I created an account just to do that. Cheers!
RECOMMENDATION:
Drift Ghost XL + NiteRider Light (Or any other 3rd party you know and like) to match your needs. + Optional 3rd Party Mounts
Motorcyclists have been using Drift Ghost X camera for years. I have no idea why it has caught on more in bicycle circles. Also it seems to be a little more aero than a big block on the front of your bike. If I don't mention a feature it's because they both do it or it's not important for bike safety/commuting. Resolution is said to even be better on the edges as far as details go on the Ghost which for License plates is a good thing.
Drift Ghost XL: $150; 8-9 Hours of Batt Life, 1080p, Waterproof, 133g usable with any camera screw in mount (I use a metal one that adapts to GoPro off Amazon for $7)
Drift Ghost X: $99; 5 Hours of Battery life (you can add a batt pack to extend it to 8-9 hours for $30), Water resistant, 120g, usable with any camera screw in mount
Cycliq Fly 12 CE: $250; 8 hours of Battery Life (until its nothing in my case after not even 2 years), Waterproof, 195g, mounts are trash (fly to Mallorca for a trip to film biking and it broke as soon as I got on bike. had to duct tape it on), comes with a light but not near the quality of a NiteRider. I would much rather just add my own light and save the weight.
GoPro (Any Version): Nothing near 5 hours let alone 8 hours of battery life so I don't even bother. If. you are filming 1.5 hour long crit races or just a cool trail or something specific, then yeah check it out, but for commuting and long ride day safety purposes, that's a GTFO of here for me.
-Also, if for some reason you feel you'd like to have 4k for YouTube production purposes they have one of those as well that is also compatible with Huawei phones which we have no use for here in the US.
-Also, search for a discount code