My New Camera Mount
 

Tonight I decided to turn an old front reflector holder into a camera mount, it seems rigid enough to hold, as long as I dont bite it too bad. I had to take the below pics with my camera phone, because of the obvious reason. I might be alittle hesitant on using it in the woods, because of the brush, but i might use it on some downhills.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ty/camera1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ty/camera2.jpg

Interesting ... I was trying to think of something similiar recently when I wanted to get some pictures of my commuting route (commuting on my MTB for the time being until my vintage road bike is up and running to my liking). What kind of hardware did you use to fit the tripod mount?

so that you could tape a vid of your riding seesion?

most have a vid function

just change your statement to 'so that you could RECORD a vid of your riding session' so he will be happy!

He has a perfectly happy life pestering(and probably molesting) young boys on the internet.

I had a piece of sandpaper in my pocket and put the camera there... Lens/Screen is ok, but I still hate it how EVERY new expensive thing I get gets ruined by a scratch or something (like my bike for instance, on the first day due to bad parking). Stupid Murphy's law...

Anyway, I'm too scared to make a tripod reflector, since I don't trust myself too well yet.

Its a digital camera with a vid function. I thought it would be fun to record some downhills. As to the hardware, all i did was remove the reflector, I found an old bolt in my tool box that fit the tripod hole in the bottom of the camera, I cut a spacer and tightened it down.

And by the way, i know i am going to bite it my first ride out. stay tuned for pics of my broken camera.

dont fall over the handlebars!

I did the same thing with my road bike. I dunno if I'd trust my camera on the bars of my mountain bike though. In fact, I do know. I wouldn't. Good fo you, though!

... Brad

The question is, how will you get pictures of your broken camera if your camera is broken?

The same way he took pics of his camera mounted on his bike. With his cell phone.

This thread reminded me about something I've been wondering about. We know from previous discussions that current solid state helmet cameras are not up to par with using a proper camcorder, but at what point will the technology catch up? An example of a camera to avoid is the Oregon Scientific ATC-2000.

What is the criteria or the actual specifications one should be looking for? I am not familiar with all the technical specs these things have but what is it that would make one of these chip-based helmet cams worthwhile? Is it the lens? Is it the lines of resolution? At one point the technology will surpass some magical level that makes them more than "good enough", but what is that line? Is there a unit that's come out that actually meets those specifications?

All of your questions hurt my brain.

I'm still wondering about this (see my post above from about a year ago). I don't want to go the video camera route and am waiting for when one of the solid state cameras are ready for prime time.

I've come across a few and am curious if their specs are worth it. Any thoughts on this unit?
http://vholdr.com/

http://vholdr.com/sites/all/themes/v...t/product1.jpg

One thought:

Crappy video.

I agree with grundle rider. The Fps is pretty good, but the resolution is low.

i was just thinking of duct taping and zip tieing my cam to my bike.

Okay, thanks. I'll keep an eye out and ask again in another year. We will get there one day, I'm sure.

I did exactly the same thing it worked for a while and then the reflector bracket broke and tossed the camera on the ground and destroyed the camera.

Switch to a metal bracket. The stainless mounting bars for bike luggage racks work great. So do metal pipe hangers from the home store.

You're forgetting metal brake levers.

Cut before you get to where it branches out, then put your screw for the camera up through.