GoPro

[OakLeaf]

They are big files! Even when I set it to the lowest resolution.

I made DH dig out his old GoPro and bought a youth-size chest harness on sale at REI for running. I wanted to collect some evidence for my observation that drivers target fixate on me way worse when I'm wearing high visibility clothes, than when I'm wearing something less conspicuous. But instead, what's happened so far is that of the three times I've run with it so far, drivers have given me MUCH more room than ever before! Not a big enough sample size to draw any conclusions from yet, but very interesting. I don't know whether to think that they deliberately pay more attention to their driving when they know (or think) they're on camera, or whether it's the simple fact that the harness breaks up the conspicuity of my jersey, making me a less attractive target. I'm very curious now to see whether this persists over time, or whether it was just a fluke on those few days.

[lauraelmore1033]

I bought the accessory kit with the camera and it came with lots of different mounting options, including 2 straps for mounting it on your head (want one?), handlebar,helmet and chest mounts. I tried the helmet mount with an extender since Brian said he didn't want me to shoot two hours of his butt. It looked weird, I will be the first to admit, and elicited a lot of puzzled/vaguely hostile looks while we were riding on the trail. I could see it drawing a lot of attention (possibly not so positive) on the road. I'm STILL tired from that ride, but when I do go out by myself, I'll use the handlebar mount on the recumbent. It seems very unobtrusive, mounted underneath the handlebars. Brian actually found a camera that looks and functions as a tail light and installed it yesterday for his ride this morning. Recent events and general trends in driver behavior have made us both very paranoid! (although, I thought we were already pretty paranoid about dangerous drivers...)

[shootingstar]

Some of those cameras on helmet can have a bit weight... My partner has one....more on cycling routes occasionally.

Hope you enjoy the camera.

[lauraelmore1033]

Some of those cameras on helmet can have a bit weight... My partner has one....more on cycling routes occasionally.

Hope you enjoy the camera.

I didn't notice the weight too much on the helmet when riding on the tandem, but think I prefer it mounted to the bike, since there is a lot less movement of the camera that way. I finally got around to riding the recently repaired recumbent last evening and have a nice little extended montage of the less than savory side of Everett: Homeless dude with mostly consumed liter of white wine, emerging from the black berries to berate me for being on the trail "at this hour"; car full of young men pulling over onto the trail (which is just the shoulder of the road at that point) to let a passenger lean out and violently spew; new graffiti; stashes of beer cans; young people up to no good in the bushes...

[rebeccaC]

I didn't notice the weight too much on the helmet when riding on the tandem, but think I prefer it mounted to the bike, since there is a lot less movement of the camera that way. I finally got around to riding the recently repaired recumbent last evening and have a nice little extended montage of the less than savory side of Everett: Homeless dude with mostly consumed liter of white wine, emerging from the black berries to berate me for being on the trail "at this hour"; car full of young men pulling over onto the trail (which is just the shoulder of the road at that point) to let a passenger lean out and violently spew; new graffiti; stashes of beer cans; young people up to no good in the bushes...

sketchy and the graffiti sounds interesting to me

you know, the monthly ride, 2015 ride picture threads or a new video's of the month thread would be a good place for peoples video's

[lauraelmore1033]

sketchy and the graffiti sounds interesting to me

you know, the monthly ride, 2015 ride picture threads or a new video's of the month thread would be a good place for peoples video's

I'd have to figure out how to edit it then, wouldn't I?

[rebeccaC]

I'd have to figure out how to edit it then, wouldn't I?

there is a free 30 day trial of adobe’s video software ‘premiere elements 13’ and you can buy it off the adobe site for $70 at the moment. I have a friend that uses if for her mountain bike go pro videos and she really likes it and says it's easy to learn.....and if needed there are lots of youtube videos for instruction purposes.