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Dave Morgan

• January 25, 2022 18:59

Hi All, I've been bouncing between my Garmin on solo rides and my K2 on group rides because I just don't feel as safe on solo rides with the K2 until they implement Incident/Crash Detection and Notification (here's hoping one day 🤞🏽). I just wanna get a this out there that another feature I find the K2 sorely missing over the Garmin (and Wahoo) is "Quick responses to phone call notifications". With my Garmin, I can feel the phone ring/buzz in my jersey pocket and see who's calling appear on the Garmin display along with a beep. I can then shoot back a quick response from the Garmin like "I'll call you back", "I'm out riding" or just end the call. It's annoying as heck I can do none of this with the K2 so I have no idea if that's an important call I need to pull off and respond to right away or just my kids calling asking when I'll be back. I'm hoping that with SRAM horse power behind them now, these and a few other super critical functions can be added sooner than later, especially since the 2022 riding season is approaching.

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  Roald

  • January 26, 2022 07:33

  The option of sending quick responses to incoming calls, surely increases the necessity for crash detection.

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  Dave Morgan

  • January 26, 2022 09:15

  I'm sure for some...

  The same case can be made for switching screens, accessing the drag down menus or looking at the amazing map when the K2 prompts a turn ahead no?

  Heck reaching for a water bottle or a gel in a jersey pocket, adjusting shoe fit coasting or reaching for the zip on a gilet to get some cool air on a climb... Or zipping it up on the descent 😳

  A case can be made for all of them and more I suppose 🤔

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  Bijit

  • January 27, 2022 19:15

  Hi Dave, thank you for sharing your view through this post. 

  We do see a support ticket was raised and your sentiment has been shared with the proper team. The addition of the "Quick responses to phone call notifications" in your feature request list has also been shared and Roald also agrees on that. 
  
  We do not have a concrete timeline for these requests to be implemented but looking forward to seeing this as a part of future updates. 

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  Dave Morgan

  • February 12, 2022 18:30

  I've personally used this option on both my Garmin and Wahoo for years and find it extremely useful when used sensibly and safely (yes there are many situations where it shouldn't be used). What's cool is I (and millions of other users) love having the OPTION to use it or as some have voiced to not use it. That's what having a choice is all about. Not having it as an option at all means there's no choice, right?

  I was on a gravel ride recently and watched the guy in front of us run straight into a road sign! I and others stopped to help him get back up and the 1st he said was "darn, I was looking down at the map on my bike computer!". He became a chokepoint on the trail, but he was ok and that's what we were all happy about.

  Maybe not having that option to look down or fiddle with anything could be a direction we want to go in, but I'm betting we ALL want that OPTION to make that choice ourselves.

  Stay safe 🙏🏽

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  Andy Edridge

  • February 12, 2022 19:14
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  Hi Dave, apologies, just re-read your request and yes I do believe quick responses would be good.

   

  Removed my previous comment as I misunderstood the question. 

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  Ariel P

  • June 08, 2025 14:55

  I hope to see this implemented soon, it would be great to be able to answer even if it's a yes/no/I'm riding, I'll call to you back,etc

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