Got some helmet cam footage of YOUR commute?

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  • kurako
    kurako Posts: 1,098
    redvee wrote:
    Kurako wrote:
    Not a great bit of driving but why the finger pointing?

    No pointing, was knocking on the window. Entirely non confrontational from myself.

    Ah ok. I normally just sit behind them and look bored/ p'd off. If they've really been rubbish I tend not to turn the handlebars so the front lights can irritate them.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Kurako wrote:
    Ah ok. I normally just sit behind them and look bored/ p'd off. If they've really been rubbish I tend not to turn the handlebars so the front lights can irritate them.

    I've never know that happen to drivers who've upset me. How annoying would it be to have a Fenix on high beam in your rearview mirror?
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  • Valy
    Valy Posts: 1,321
    Mr Plum wrote:
    Mr Plum wrote:
    My MD80 has packing in already, after only 2 and a half weeks use. :roll:

    I got it working again :roll: Are they usually this flaky?

    Is it a clone or a real one?
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  • kurako
    kurako Posts: 1,098
    redvee wrote:
    Kurako wrote:
    Ah ok. I normally just sit behind them and look bored/ p'd off. If they've really been rubbish I tend not to turn the handlebars so the front lights can irritate them.

    I've never know that happen to drivers who've upset me. How annoying would it be to have a Fenix on high beam in your rearview mirror?

    People can get a bit arsey when you touch their car. If someone is in front its courtesy to turn the bars so they don't get the lights shining in the car. If its been a 'race to the lights' situation I don't bother so hopefully the light annoys them enought to think about not doing it in future.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Hunting in packs, ninja cyclists that is.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEEOjtRl9pQ
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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    Valy wrote:
    Mr Plum wrote:
    Mr Plum wrote:
    My MD80 has packing in already, after only 2 and a half weeks use. :roll:

    I got it working again :roll: Are they usually this flaky?

    Is it a clone or a real one?

    Clone - can't really moan for £7.
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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    Woke up to about 6 inches of snow this morning. This was my commute -

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN2gi086mJ4

    x2 speed, it also cut about about half a mile from where I work.
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  • Valy
    Valy Posts: 1,321
    Mr Plum wrote:
    Valy wrote:
    Mr Plum wrote:
    Mr Plum wrote:
    My MD80 has packing in already, after only 2 and a half weeks use. :roll:

    I got it working again :roll: Are they usually this flaky?

    Is it a clone or a real one?

    Clone - can't really moan for £7.

    In that case you owe it to yourself to delete those posts! :P

    Is it okay now?
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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    Valy wrote:
    Mr Plum wrote:
    Valy wrote:
    Mr Plum wrote:
    Mr Plum wrote:
    My MD80 has packing in already, after only 2 and a half weeks use. :roll:

    I got it working again :roll: Are they usually this flaky?

    Is it a clone or a real one?

    Clone - can't really moan for £7.

    In that case you owe it to yourself to delete those posts! :P

    Is it okay now?

    haha indeed! Yeah it seems ok now...
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  • CXXC
    CXXC Posts: 237
    yayyyy, my mini dv cam has arrived from china, pretty quick service i must say as I only ordered it from fleabay on 25 November. Its way smaller than I thought it would be, and looks pretty smart, I guess I'll see how the actual recording quality goes.

    does anyone have any set-up tips or pearls of wisdom they wish to impart when using/affixing/charging this thing? I've heard that overcharging the battery (how long?) is a big no-no.

    Hope to post a vid soon!
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    CXXC wrote:
    does anyone have any set-up tips or pearls of wisdom they wish to impart when using/affixing/charging this thing? I've heard that overcharging the battery (how long?) is a big no-no.

    Three hours max. Have a look through my posts for pics on bar mounts. I modified a cheap lamp bracket and a couple of cable ties was what I used.

    A short ride up the cyclepath to Bitton for a coffee. No tweaking of the speed in the final edit :lol:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gip91-7OsRY

    Riding up a snowy, metal bridge ramp. Thanks to my fat ar$e the rear wheel didn't slip

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv3NwJqKqsU
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  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    So, as a beginner (cameraman not cyclist) is this ok?

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mini-Track-Day-Ac ... 8520634614
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    bendertherobot wrote:
    So, as a beginner (cameraman not cyclist) is this ok?

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mini-Track-Day-Ac ... 8520634614

    Yeah pretty good - are a copy of the MUVI camera which I have now "upgraded" too after using one of those for just over a year.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    bendertherobot wrote:
    So, as a beginner (cameraman not cyclist) is this ok?

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mini-Track-Day-Ac ... 8520634614

    If you buy that item, you'll be paying £30 over the odds. Search for DVR on ebay and find similar to above but priced around £7, some with the item costing that with free post or others costing £1 and £5+ postage.
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  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    Ta!
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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    Has anyone here used a Kodak ZM1? Only records in 640x480 VGA but is small, waterproof and has reasonable quality in low light. Can get them for about £40. Half tempted as I'm unimpressed with the low light quality of the MD80s as well as the fact that they're not waterproof.
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  • gaz545
    gaz545 Posts: 493
    Mr Plum wrote:
    Has anyone here used a Kodak ZM1? Only records in 640x480 VGA but is small, waterproof and has reasonable quality in low light. Can get them for about £40. Half tempted as I'm unimpressed with the low light quality of the MD80s as well as the fact that they're not waterproof.

    I know someone has used one, if they are on here i'm not sure.
    The important thing to look at is how to mount it. You need to make sure it is secure to reduce wobble.
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    gaz545 wrote:
    The important thing to look at is how to mount it. You need to make sure it is secure to reduce wobble.

    Any recommendations on how to mount a MD80 clone to a helmet to reduce wobble?
    I had mine attached to the mount supplied and the mount securely cable tied to the helmet with the camera poking between one of the vents.

    The footage was OK in daylight, but at night pretty much all that was recorded was a stream of shaky headlights. My helmet is relatively tight on my head (not shaking around).

    Any ideas for improvements?
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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    gaz545 wrote:
    The important thing to look at is how to mount it. You need to make sure it is secure to reduce wobble.

    Any recommendations on how to mount a MD80 clone to a helmet to reduce wobble?
    I had mine attached to the mount supplied and the mount securely cable tied to the helmet with the camera poking between one of the vents.

    The footage was OK in daylight, but at night pretty much all that was recorded was a stream of shaky headlights. My helmet is relatively tight on my head (not shaking around).

    Any ideas for improvements?

    I had the same issue so bar mounted mine but it's still not great - it's an intrinsic problem with the MD80s when they flick into their low light mode so i'm looking at other cheap cams that handle low light better cos i'm too shonky for a Condor :P I should be able to mount the kodak that I mentioned pretty easily using a reflector mount and some of the really strong 3M velcro stuff, just depends how good it is in low light as to whether it's worth £40...
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  • atomboy
    atomboy Posts: 21
    Hello guys,

    I'm new on this forum. Can I sometimes post some older and interesting videos?
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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    atomboy wrote:
    Hello guys,

    I'm new on this forum. Can I sometimes post some older and interesting videos?

    fill your boots...
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97AV0KekBSQ

    Yesterday morning's encouter with a bus and MPV. Had similar with a car this morning which I'll share once I've done the post production cutting room editing.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Todays fool

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BR6pMp9cxo

    Overtakes apporaching a blind bend to save time and gets held at the lights by the cyclist in front not getting away quick enough :oops:
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4bXH0D0Ogs

    Close call with a 4x4
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  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    redvee, maybe its just me but I don't think any of those are worthy of the time spent video editing and uploading. It could be a London thing!

    Anyway, heres my commute..

    http://www.vimeo.com/17864192
  • Mr Sharky
    Mr Sharky Posts: 172
    <sigh> Really need to get my camera working again. :cry:
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  • wyadvd
    wyadvd Posts: 590
    in the snow, most enjoyable ride of my life so far:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mlbx16tPo0
    15 miles each way commuter (soon to be 20)

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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    iPete wrote:
    redvee, maybe its just me but I don't think any of those are worthy of the time spent video editing and uploading. It could be a London thing!
    I have to agree with iPete (I think you should have let the 4x4 go ahead of you), but I also have to ask, what light/s you are using? Loving the spot light.

    BTW, I have only watched the 2nd link. Maybe in the first link you were outrageously cut up by something, but I haven't watched it, so I don't know.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    but I also have to ask, what light/s you are using? Loving the spot light.

    The solid spot light is a Cateye EL320 and the light in epiletic fit flash mode is a Fenix L2D.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Scooter rider, WX60 EKG, you're scalp is mine.

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