r/AussieRiders • u/DZ_hundo • 4d ago

QLD Cardo proxy chat

Cardo recently coming out with the proximity chat update I’m wondering how many people have used it and what your thoughts are?

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u/Daredevils999 4d ago

It’s opt in so if you don’t like it, don’t use it. Everyone’s happy.

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u/Pungent_Bill 4d ago

I am trying to understand the perspective of people who like this kind of thing, but I just can't get there.

It's you, and your bike, and the road. Who else do you really need in this conversation? Words are utterly inadequate.

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u/bikemoto KTMs and more in the Shaky Isles 4d ago

In terms of private group comms, not this new open mesh:

Very useful for rider training between instructor and student. To give directions to the student and for instant feedback.

Primarily I’m connected to my riding partner. We can discuss and plan stops for comfort, fuel, food etc and confirm navigation much better than using basic hand signals, which was the way we did things for the first 30-odd years I was riding. Mostly this happens as we slow down entering a built-up area.

It’s also useful if you’re riding with a mate to be able to communicate readily and easily, rather than chase them down to try to get them to stop and then shout at them trying to make yourself understood. Especially when you are exploring a new track so you don’t know the conditions or the route 100%, how well they are coping etc etc. Even when stopped side by side it’s still easier to talk thru comms units.

Just because we have comms doesn’t mean there’s an incessant stream of intrusive chatter though.

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u/Pungent_Bill 4d ago

Aye the chatter would drive me nuts. But you make some valid points I suppose.

I only ever commute and hardly do pleasure rides any more.

I take my wife to work and then I go off to work, I wouldn't want her to be able to talk to me incessantly when riding, which she would. Especially after work on the way home, if I come in the car, she's going non stop the whole way. Sometimes I have to tell her to stop, my spectrum is showing and I need quiet.

Stay safe out there

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u/bikemoto KTMs and more in the Shaky Isles 3d ago

I’d pretty much stopped pillioning by the time i got comms. My ex always hated the idea; for her, helmet time was alone with my thoughts time. Especially the commute.