Garmin Varia RTL515 Cycling Rearview Radar and Tail Light with Edge 830 GPS Bundle

GARMIN VARIA RTL515 – SEE AND BE SEEN

This rearview radar with tail light pairs with your Edge bike computer or compatible smartphone to alert you of vehicles approaching from behind.

Product Highlights:

• Reliable rearview radar lets you ride like you know whats coming
• One radar. Multiple display options. Pair it with your compatible Garmin device, your phone or both
• The Varia app has you covered if youre using your phone as a primary or backup display.
• Shine brighter. Daylight visibility lets approaching vehicles see you from up to a mile away.
• Its small, its 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.
  

  Product Features:

  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.

  Physical Specifications:

  Dimensions: 3.9 x 0.8 x 1.6″ (98.6 x 19.7 x 39.6 mm)

  Weight: 2.5 oz (71.0 g)

  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

  BLE: Yes

  Water rating: IPX7

  Viewing angle: 220

Performance GPS Cycling Computer with Mapping

• Dynamic performance monitoring provides insights on your VO2 max, recovery, training load focus, heat and altitude acclimation, nutrition, hydration and more
• Cycling safety features include new bike alarm, group messaging and tracking, incident detection and compatibility with Varia rearview radar and lights so you can see and be seen
• Includes routable Garmin Cycle Map with popularity routing which helps you ride like a local plus off-course recalculation and back to start; mountain biking model has integrated Trailforks data, including trail difficulty ratings
• Customize with free apps, widgets and data fields from the Connect IQ Store
• MTB dynamics tracks jump count, jump distance and hang time as well as Grit, a measure of the rides difficulty, and Flow, which tracks the smoothness of your descent so you have a score to beat next time
• Battery life: up to 20 hours with GPS; extendable up to 40 hours with the optional Garmin Charge power pack or in battery save mode

Navigate Every Turn

Edge 830 is preloaded with the Garmin Cycle Map, including turn-by-turn directions and navigation alerts that notify you of upcoming turns. Use the bright, responsive touchscreen to create new rides and courses right on the Edge device. To help you ride like a local, popularity routing chooses from the roads and trails most traveled by fellow cyclists. And Edge 830 is smart enough to guide you back to the route or back to start if you deviate from it or decide to head home early. And with route calculation speeds 2 times faster than previous models, youll spend more time riding, not waiting around.

Know Whats Ahead with Trailforks

The Garmin Cycle Map on Edge 830 comes with integrated TrailForks trail data. And with the preloaded Trailforks app from theConnect IQ Store, you can seamlessly sync your rides planned on Trailforks right to your Edge. Trailforks features trails from more than 80 countries, including topographic information, points of interest, heatmaps, trail conditions and much more. It will even guide you to appropriately graded trails based on your technical ability. And when you stop mid-ride, the new Forksight mode automatically displays upcoming forks in the trail,and gives you context by showing where you are within a trail network.Wherever you ride, youll have access to the best, most up-to-date information so you can have a smooth ride no matter how challenging the trail.

Own Every Jump

With Edge 830 on your stem, youll capture every bragworthy stat. It tracks the epic details with new MTB dynamics such as jump count, jump distance and hang time. So, when you huck an incredible 20-footer, youll have the recorded data to prove it. Edge 830 also has ratings for Grit and Flow. Grit rates the difficulty of a ride using GPS, elevation and accelerometer data. Flow measures how smoothly you descend a trail. These metrics are visible in the activity summary at the end of every ride and are color coded on the map of your tracklog on ourGarmin Connect online community, so you know your score to beat next time.

Take Your Training to the Next Level

Your Edge 830 device goes beyond data collection providing dynamic performance insights that can help you beat your best. See how your body is holding up in different environments with heat and altitude acclimation. Get in-ride notifications when its time to hydrate or eat. See if your last 4 weeks of riding were balanced in terms of endurance, threshold and high-intensity efforts. When paired with compatible Garmin sensors, you can even access power curve, a new power tracking metric. No matter where you train, you can sync structured workouts from Garmin Connect andTrainingPeaksright to your Edge. You can also view your upcoming training for the week and launch into the relevant workout seamlessly when required.

Climb Like a Pro

Climbing can become your secret weapon with Edge 830 and the new ClimbPro feature. It automatically shows the remaining ascent and grade when youre climbing while following a route or course. This helps you gauge your effort over the course and see how much you have left to suffer.

Ride with Confidence

When youre cleaning the rock garden at 20 miles per hour, you need a device that takes safety seriously. Edge 830 allows for group messaging and tracking, so you can stay in touch when your friends are out of sight. It also has the assistance feature, which allows you to manually send your location to emergency contacts if you get into difficulty. For even more awareness, pair Edge 830 with our Varia rearview radar and lights o you can see and be seen. And the new PIN-protected bike alarm will notify you on your smartphone if your bike is moved while youre inside getting water or making a pit stop.

SHIMANO STEPS eBike System

Pair a compatible Edge cycling computer with a supported SHIMANO STEPS eBike system, and receive a dedicated eBike status screen, data fields and support for system status and warning messages. In addition to Edge metrics such as time, distance and speed you can also view your assist level, gear position, battery life and remaining range during a ride.

Customize Your Device

Only Garmin lets you customize your device with free apps, widgets and data fields from the Connect IQ Store. Apps such as theAccuWeather MinuteCast let you know when the rain will stop so you can determine the ideal time slot for your ride. And if you plan your rides on sites such as Strava,Komoot or Wikiloc, download those apps so you can have your favorite routes imported directly to your Edge. Or if youre looking for a nearby caf or bike shop, use the Yelpapp to download their locations, and route directly to them on your Edge device.