What it is?
This rearview radar with tail light pairs with your Edge® bike computer or compatible smartphone to alert you of vehicles approaching from behind.
Key Benefits
- Reliable rearview radar lets you ride like you know what’s coming.
- One radar.
- Multiple display options.
- Pair it with your compatible garmin device, your phone or both.
- The Varia™ app has you covered if you’re using your phone as a primary or backup display.
- Shine brighter.
- Daylight visibility lets approaching vehicles see you from up to a mile away.
- It’s small, it’s easy to mount, and it works with just about any bike.
- Get more life out of your radar with up to 16 hours of battery life in day flash mode.
- Maximum Awareness- Varia RTL515 rearview radar provides visual and audible alerts for vehicles approaching from behind up to 153 yards (140 meters) away.
- Multiple Pairing Options- This radar works seamlessly with your edge bike computer or compatible smartphone as well as select garmin wearables or the optional radar display unit.
- Works With The Varia App- This smartphone app helps you increase your awareness by providing graphics — plus tone and vibration alerts — that indicate the position and speed of approaching cars.
- Third-Party App Compatible- When used with a compatible smartphone, varia radar integrates with your favorite apps, such as ride with gps, to overlay your maps with rearview radar alerts.
- Superior Visibility- Alert motorists to your presence as soon as possible with daylight visibility up to 1 mile.
- Compact Design- Easily mount this sleek, compact device on the seatpost of almost any road-use bicycle. The vertical design allows for better leg clearance and a perfectly comfortable ride.
- Peloton Mode- Varia RTL515 features multiple modes, including peloton mode, which provides a low-intensity flash that is kind to other cyclists’ eyes when riding in a group.
- Battery Life- Time spent charging is not as good as time spent riding. Get up to 16 hours of battery life in day flash mode and up to 6 hours in solid mode.
What else you need to know
- Dimension: 3.9” x 0.8” x 1.6" (98.6 x 19.7 x 39.6 mm)
- Weight: 2.5 oz (71.0 g)
- Light Modes: Solid, peloton, night flash, day flash
- Lumens: 20 solid, 8 peloton, 29 night flash, 65 day flash
- Battery Life: 6 hours solid, 8 hours peloton, 6 hours night flash, 16 hours day flash
- ANT+®: Yes (radar, bike lights)
- BLE: Yes (radar)
- ProductSpecViewingAngle: 220°
- Visibility Distance: 1 mile (1.6 km)
In The Box:
- Varia RTL515
- Mounting Kit (includes shims for round, aero and d-shaped seat posts)
- Cables
- Documentation