Camera on bike?
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Camera on bike?
I've often thought it might be fun to mount a cheap camera on my bike to catch some of the more bizarre things I see on my commute...like the occasional near right hook and other near-misses, or the guy on the bike I saw today...temp. around 20, in cutoff shorts, with the fluorescent red legs, who crossed the yellow line to pass about 20 cars at a red light. Sheesh.
Anybody ever try such a thing? Maybe with a remote switch so as not to miss those "Kodak moments".
Anybody ever try such a thing? Maybe with a remote switch so as not to miss those "Kodak moments".
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Please check out the guy in bicycletouring101.com, he showed how to install cameras on bikes
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I have used this before. A little shaky but it works.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Bicy...or-under-%241/
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Depending on what you want to spend, Oregon Scientific make a nice helmet cam with an SD card slot. There's also the Tony Hawk helmet cam for a good bit less.
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I've got the old model Oregon Scientific camera. It works OK but I stopped carrying it because I have a beautiful country commute with so few cars that nothing really ever happens to me other than the occasional deer jumping across my path.
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It's a nice idea... but is your camera going to be 'on' when those bizare moments happen? I keep thinking they'll have passed by the time you turn your camera on...lol
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I've often thought it might be fun to mount a cheap camera on my bike to catch some of the more bizarre things I see on my commute...like the occasional near right hook and other near-misses, or the guy on the bike I saw today...temp. around 20, in cutoff shorts, with the fluorescent red legs, who crossed the yellow line to pass about 20 cars at a red light. Sheesh.
Anybody ever try such a thing? Maybe with a remote switch so as not to miss those "Kodak moments".
Anybody ever try such a thing? Maybe with a remote switch so as not to miss those "Kodak moments".
https://www.youtube.com/profile_video...spicyoldginger
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Also, you may want to turn down the sound a bit as wind noise is a bit of a problem.
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Yup, if that's the type of stuff (spontanious) you're looking to capture, you're gonna need a helmet cam with some sort of storage device that will allow you to run the camera the entire ride. I've mounted a digital camera to the top of my bars, and have had some success with pix and vids. Certainly nothing exciting, but here are a few examples: (fyi, Windows Media format)
Also, you may want to turn down the sound a bit as wind noise is a bit of a problem.
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Also, you may want to turn down the sound a bit as wind noise is a bit of a problem.
Urban Ride 3MB
Road Ride 9MB
... Brad
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Brainsan does this quite successfully; here is a link to his commuting movies:
https://www.youtube.com/profile_video...spicyoldginger
https://www.youtube.com/profile_video...spicyoldginger
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Here are a few more. Yes, I know I don't obey the rules of the road sometimes. I know - I know.
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