I have a canon S100, same general form factor as the other S series cameras and it fits in a little bento box with plenty of room for snacks.

I don't understand how taking a picture *while riding* would be easier with an optical viewfinder? How the heck are you going to look through that thing while riding? ANyway, if you're actually moving, just aim and hope for the best... oh, and take a bunch of shots.

After my nth nikon coolpix just died for no good reason, I stopped buying nikon compacts. I've bee very pleased with the image quality in my s100 and my wife's panasonic lumix. Cell phone pictures have come a really long way but if you want to print one (or display on a large computer monitor) a compact camera is still superior.

Megapixels have gone past the point of stupidity - sensor size is more important to your final image quality. I saw a phone ad the other day for a cell phone camera that had 41 megapixels? Good grief.