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chefisaac 09-30-12 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by WorldPax (Post 14790767)
New helmet has been ordered- Giro Feature, also Take-A-Look mirror (Original version), and some new SPD shoes and pedals- just to treat myself. Oh yeah, and I bought a reflective safety vest yesterday in green.

Great on the mirror. Very nice. Here is an article and video on it if you want to read up a little on your new mirror: Click Here

wbuttry 09-30-12 01:40 PM

i do alittle bit of filming while on my bike i got a motorized bicycle and a 7 speed avalon comfort bike i use for touring. But the best place i found to stick my video cam is on my helmet. If you got the helmet with the breathing holes in it get a flexible tripod off ebay for about 4 to 5 dollars screw it in the bottom of the cam and zip tie the flexible tripod to your helmet. http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqUOKi0..._id=89040003C1And there you go and if a little loose around the head add a little glue or black tape it will hold any micro video cam like gopro kodak any of them with the place to put on a tripod sounds weird but it works great

chefisaac 09-30-12 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by wbuttry (Post 14790797)
i do alittle bit of filming while on my bike i got a motorized bicycle and a 7 speed avalon comfort bike i use for touring but the best place i found to stick my video cam is on my helmet if you got the helmet with the breathing holes in it get a flexible tripod off ebay for about 4 to 5 dollars screw it inthe bottom of the cam and zip tie the flexible tripod to your helmet http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqUOKi0..._id=89040003C1

Do you have that on your helmet? Can you post a pic of it?

wbuttry 09-30-12 02:03 PM

here is the one i got it is taped to my helmet but here is a pichttp://i1.ytimg.com/vi/haDzc5toqoE/2...=1349035334998 here is the video i did last year on my motorized bicycle explaining the helmet mine was taped on at the time holding a flip mino http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haDzc5toqoE

Ridefreemc 10-01-12 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by silmarillion (Post 14786313)
Oh Yeah, I see what you are talking about...I was just wanting something a little more secure than just that one screw mount. That's just tapped plastic. I'm not too sure about the strength of those threads and the vibration that they would be subject to on my bike. But I will google it and have a look..Thanks!

On more thing to silmarillion - I had it on my Ducati motorcycle for many thousands of miles. More vibration for sure, but not as much sharp impact or jarring as on a bicycle.

ItsJustMe 10-01-12 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by chefisaac (Post 14783159)
have you ever wanted to get a cam for the back of the bike as well?

I run dual cameras. I started when I realized that without the rear-facing context, if I were to be hit at certain times it would look like it was my fault even though with the context of what was going on behind me I was actually doing what I could to avoid an accident.

dynodonn 10-01-12 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ItsJustMe (Post 14796069)
......... what was going on behind me......

There are time when I'm reviewing my rear cam videos, that I wish I hadn't seen what really went on.

bergerandfries 10-01-12 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by dynodonn (Post 14796388)
There are time when I'm reviewing my rear cam videos, that I wish I hadn't seen what really went on.

Please explain...just a close pass?

Doohickie 10-01-12 09:48 PM

I definitely recommend a mirror. I have a helmet mounted mirror. Once I got used to it, I've really enjoyed having near 360 degree vision.

dynodonn 10-01-12 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by bergerandfries (Post 14796476)
Please explain...just a close pass?


Pretty much, the one that bothered me the most was the close pass,(their mirror going over the top of my bar end mirror) by a motorist in a vehicle that had an extremely mangled right front fender and bumper from a major collision sometime in the motorist's past, something I missed until I reviewed the video of the incident.


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