For anyone who rides on the road
Find the close passes in your ride footage.
Upload footage from your bike camera. RydIQ finds vehicle encounters, estimates the gap where the footage supports it, and brings the clips and vehicle details into one ride report.
Post-ride analysis is available now. Live camera alerts are in development.
Example estimate · Pass 1 of 56
5.5ft
Near pass · Chevrolet Traverse
From ride to review · 32 seconds
How close, really?
See how a recorded pass becomes a clear clip, an estimated gap and a report you can review.
We’re inviting riders in small batches. Request access and we’ll email you when your place is ready.
cyclists killed on US roads in 2025, up 4% while traffic deaths overall fell 7%.
NHTSA, 2025 early estimatepasses came within 1 metre (3.3 ft) when 60 riders logged 18,527 passes with a sensor.
Monash University, 2019fewer cyclists killed or seriously injured in the West Midlands in the first year police acted on close-pass footage.
West Midlands Police
The problem
A close pass is a crash that almost happened.
It usually ends as a story: “that one felt close.” Nobody can act on a feeling. A measured gap with the vehicle and plate attached is something police, insurers and city engineers can act on, and when they do, riders stop getting hurt.
How it works
Upload a ride. Get proof.
1Ride with the camera you have
GoPro, Insta360, Akaso, Cycliq or a dashcam, facing forward or back. Upload the footage when you get home. No setup, no calibration.
2Review how close they came
Distance estimates where the footage supports them. Measurable overtakes are grouped as Severe (under 3 ft), Near (3 to 6 ft) or Safe (6 ft and over). Some footage cannot support a distance reading.
3Send the dangerous ones
Make, model, colour and plate, the clip, and a report with the time and place, laid out for a police report or an insurance claim.
Not a mock-up
One real ride. Nobody scrubbed through the footage.
- of riding, uploaded once
- 44 minof riding, uploaded once
- vehicles passed and measured
- 56vehicles passed and measured
- came within 6 ft
- 5came within 6 ft
- identified by make and model
- 53identified by make and model
How we test it
Don’t take our word for it. Check ours.
Detection checks, reviewed footage and physical distance validation answer different questions. Here is what has passed, what we have reviewed, and what still needs evidence.
- 1
Review real ride footage
We review footage from different camera positions and road conditions, including night rides. Those examples help us find failure cases; they are not a published accuracy score.
- 2
Keep the checks repeatable
Stored examples let us check detection, exclusions and severity calls after a code change. The current suite covers reviewed encounters from two rides, using rear and handlebar cameras.
- 3
Validate the distance separately
Matching a rider’s severity call does not establish the error in a distance estimate. We will publish gap-error and range-validation figures when physical reference measurements support them.
- Finds the labeled overtakesEncounters checked by a rider against the footage12 of 12Passing
- Excludes the labeled non-passesReviewed examples of parked, oncoming and other non-passing traffic10 of 10Passing
- Matches the reviewed severity callsThe rider's Safe / Near / Severe labels6 of 6Passing
- Works on night ridesNight footage processed; detected overtakes checked against the videoNight footage checkedPassing
- Checks distance estimatesSaved pass estimates checked for consistent results4 of 4Passing
Where this goes
From reviewing the ride to alerts on the bike.
Today · Beta
Review after the ride
Upload your footage, review flagged encounters and distance estimates, and check the details before sharing a report.
In development
Alerts on the bike
We are developing a rear-facing camera with close-pass detection and rider alerts. Target: Fall 2026; availability is not yet confirmed.
The goal
Safer roads to ride
Build a clearer record of close passes to help riders document incidents and inform road safety work. Any safety improvement still needs to be measured.
The RydIQ camera
In development Target: Fall 2026
Eyes on the road behind you.
We are building a rear-facing camera for cyclists, designed to watch approaching traffic and bring close-pass alerts onto the bike. It is not available yet.
- Planned tool-free mount for standard round seatposts
- A keyed clamp designed to keep the camera level
Real-time detection · What we’re building
- 01 / Detect
Detection on the bike.
We are adapting the post-ride analysis to detect close passes while you ride. Live detection is in development.
- 02 / Alert
A warning you can hear.
Planned audible close-pass warnings. Haptic alerts and head-unit connections are also being developed; compatibility is not yet confirmed.
- 03 / Record
The evidence comes home.
Planned automatic incident clips and supported distance and location data, with post-ride sync to your ride history.
Follow the camera as we build it.
Get development news and availability updates.
Your next close pass shouldn’t just be a story.
Upload a ride and review the close passes. Free while we’re in beta.
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