@ Fear & Trembling & Simple Simon. I think it seemed closer than maybe it actually is for a few reasons; the camera was clamped on the left hand bar so has a little bias; It's at bar height not head height so the cars seem parallel rather than below, and the wide angle was 'zoomed.

I will admit I do ride *fairly* close (probably just over a foot from the kerb and maybe 2 feet from parked cars - but I have also have 4400 time-slowing ability and have not yet had a close 'dooring' incident. I've seen some in the making but so far got out of the way in time.

My girlfriend rides further out and it's all about what you're comfortable with but to be honest I don't like being out that far and would far prefer to be on guard for the occasional 'door opening possibilty' than the constant stress of having impatient Londoners revving to get past. I also don't think it promotes great driver/rider relations being 'in their way' as they would see it.

I ride a lot of roads with bus-lanes and I go centre lane a lot then so I'm not a total nihlist.
I'll probably change my tune when the big door happens tho

As for the footage - no special damping (other than those £10 forks).

The clamp is quite heavy and just clamps like a gripping hand to any tube. It's not so great but it's watchable. Someone should build a mini-steadycam for bikes. They would rock!