Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
Are you recording your rides to make interesting ride videos later or to have footage in case you get in a scrape?
This. If its the latter then you need to cover all bases meaning you'll need at least two cameras. If you only have one camera then front mount it since that's the area of most activity. Frame mount gives the most unobstructed view, but body mounts are the most stable. Save the helmet mount for last. Same configuration as your bike light.
Handlebar mounts are more stable (ie less nauseating) but they're boring AF. You're riding by all kinds of scenery and all you see is the rider's butt in front of you... or the car, or the road, you know what I mean.
True if you ride is packs and aren't in the lead. As for boring part, also true, but you can learn to edit and keep things interesting.
Helmet mounts are more interesting but most people move their heads around WAY more than you'd think and the resulting video is awful.
Which makes them good only as supplemental video.
I used to use my go pro under one of those k-edge combo mounts. Bought a battery pack from amazon that lasts about 5 hours or so, got a big SD card and it was set and forget for long rides.
Gopros are great cameras but they're functions are wasted just as incident footage cameras. For the price of one top level Gopro you can get 3 or more basic cameras just to capture footage.