Got some helmet cam footage of YOUR commute?

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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Somebody elses commute to work at dinnertime in Florida today.

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

    1300mph is cheating though :wink:
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    This is how I roll.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XW0tbElsQk
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • Sirrus_Lee
    Sirrus_Lee Posts: 17
    redvee wrote:
    This is how I roll.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XW0tbElsQk

    Thought that looked familiar, it's at the end of my road. lol
  • MadammeMarie
    MadammeMarie Posts: 621
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    From last nights commute - yet another close one as an idiot on a motorbike with no respect for his pillion passenger or other road users brushes my front wheel in heavy traffic...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24k-gQ3hfbA

    Did he give you the finger? Report the bastard!!! :x
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    Another idiot WMV... got in touch with Interserve who own the van and emailed them the video. They said they'd get back to me immediately.... well that was 3 days ago!......

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUzYmxb9A6o
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Given the markings on their backs I can safely say that there is no way they would have gone above 30mph and were sitting at 28mph which was just that little bit too fast for me :(

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6m26paMohc

    One of those manoevures that you don't expect :roll:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x50e_Qg8oI
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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    MadammeMarie wrote:
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    From last nights commute - yet another close one as an idiot on a motorbike with no respect for his pillion passenger or other road users brushes my front wheel in heavy traffic...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24k-gQ3hfbA

    Did he give you the finger? Report the bastard!!! :x
    Already did :)
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    The driver cuts across two lanes and stops at the lights in the bus lane then tells me I should be in the cycle lane, not the middle of the road and then plays dumb when I try to explain things to her.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib5egIvrEDQ&
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • Mr Sharky
    Mr Sharky Posts: 172
    redvee wrote:
    The driver cuts across two lanes and stops at the lights in the bus lane then tells me I should be in the cycle lane, not the middle of the road and then plays dumb when I try to explain things to her.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib5egIvrEDQ&

    To be fair... I don't think she's *playing* at being dumb... :wink:
    Hairy-legged roadie ( FCN 4 )
    Occasional fixed ( FCN 6 )
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    Dulux Decorator's Centre Van doesnt just jump a red, pretty much ignores it completely.....

    http://youtu.be/Z6ytikcQhNk
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Ever scraped the exhaust on a speedbump?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPmu1D43NQk
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4KvTK8XBTU

    Same incident from different angles.

    A question for you. A set of TLs triggered by the weight of a bus going either way but only green for the side triggered by the bus. Am I right going through the red light?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLnJFM0GH04
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  • sperkins
    sperkins Posts: 18
    Someone stuck this on reddit (not me)
    http://vimeo.com/24136878
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    sperkins wrote:
    Someone stuck this on reddit (not me)
    http://vimeo.com/24136878


    I am sitting here with my jaw hanging open in absolute disbelief. How is he not dead?
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  • Mr Sharky
    Mr Sharky Posts: 172
    sperkins wrote:
    Someone stuck this on reddit (not me)
    http://vimeo.com/24136878
    Oh. My. God.

    Dickhead for actually trying to squeeze through there at that speed when it was clear that the bus was moving off... but how close to the turning car was the bus???

    Interesting that the cyclist filming never stops.... think the driver of the car turning would be interested in knowing that footage existed in the event of an insurance claim.

    Madness! :shock:
    Hairy-legged roadie ( FCN 4 )
    Occasional fixed ( FCN 6 )
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    The importance of taking primary - or how not to get squished...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4YaWEYr3I
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • Noddys
    Noddys Posts: 5
    Just made a short film of our commute last week. Helmet cam mixed in there in small chunks. Check it out:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd4RG_Xf3wc

    What do you think? should we make more films? or spend more time in the office we were riding to?

    Cheers.
  • Allez Mark
    Allez Mark Posts: 364
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    The importance of taking primary - or how not to get squished...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4YaWEYr3I

    I think you need an eyebrow trim :)
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    Allez Mark wrote:
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    The importance of taking primary - or how not to get squished...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4YaWEYr3I

    I think you need an eyebrow trim :)

    Lol, not eyebrows, thats 'haircam' (patent pending) ... this new Specialized helmet has such good airflow that it sucks the hair, or what little is left of it, straight up in front of the cam! :D
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • Mr Sharky
    Mr Sharky Posts: 172
    Noddys wrote:
    Just made a short film of our commute last week. Helmet cam mixed in there in small chunks. Check it out:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd4RG_Xf3wc

    What do you think? should we make more films? or spend more time in the office we were riding to?

    Cheers.

    I don't think I'd make it into work every day if that was my commute!! Nice one! :P
    Hairy-legged roadie ( FCN 4 )
    Occasional fixed ( FCN 6 )
  • Bowden2017
    Bowden2017 Posts: 40
    nice commute, nice film
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    Trek 1.2
    Old custom MTB
  • puncturemagnet
    puncturemagnet Posts: 52
    @ Noddys

    Wow, what a great commute and a great film too, thanks for sharing <)

    Craig
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    Very cool, more videos showing commuter fun please! 8)

    Tempted to do some more filming, not sure if I'll get odd looks with the chesty mounted down Embankment :lol:
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Got footage this morning (I hope) of an almost insane overtake by a BMW kn0bjockey.

    I'm not sure if it was him seeing me (very) late into the manoeuvre or my blatant pointing at my helmet cam that made him dive in between 2 cars he had no gap for, but I was fully prepared to dive into a hedge if he'd carried on.

    I'll post it later and let you decide....
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  • dcurzon
    dcurzon Posts: 290
    currently adapting my motorcycle cam eqpt onto the bike, hopefully the footage will come out ok! Sample of it used on m/bike: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y5je5d8Qq4&feature=relmfu
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Here it is:

    http://youtu.be/SQ6bAavNttI?hd=1

    Oh, and I used my camera to complain for the 1st time today. Sent the email about an hour ago and got a reply from the MD within minutes.

    I'll not post anything on here, as the response is very positive but the screenshot is REALLY telling and the film... well... damning. (only happened less than 5 mins before this film happened)
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    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • tigger123
    tigger123 Posts: 60
    I'm not sure if it was him seeing me (very) late into the manoeuvre or my blatant pointing at my helmet cam that made him dive in between 2 cars he had no gap for, but I was fully prepared to dive into a hedge if he'd carried on.

    Looks like he had a juggernaut sized gap to get into there. Plus he was approaching a zone that required him to slow down which was probably indicated by the word Slow painted on the road and the triangular warning sign.
  • unixnerd
    unixnerd Posts: 2,864
    Got footage this morning (I hope) of an almost insane overtake by a BMW kn0bjockey.

    Someone in a Renault did that to me near Aviemore last year only a lot faster, frightened the heck out of me. Only just missed me. Almost certainly didn't see me before overtaking.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    tigger123 wrote:
    I'm not sure if it was him seeing me (very) late into the manoeuvre or my blatant pointing at my helmet cam that made him dive in between 2 cars he had no gap for, but I was fully prepared to dive into a hedge if he'd carried on.

    Looks like he had a juggernaut sized gap to get into there. Plus he was approaching a zone that required him to slow down which was probably indicated by the word Slow painted on the road and the triangular warning sign.

    I've looked at the vid a few times because of your post - the car behind brakes hard to create that gap, it wasn't there when he tried to pull in.

    and why would someone try to overtake a line of cars like that knowing that a slow section was coming up and he wouldn't make it past in time? Unless he fully intended to go tanking past the whole lot...
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Unless he fully intended to go tanking past the whole lot...

    May I refer you to the MTB forum's ex-resident BMW driver
    Surf-Matt wrote:
    Just been out in our diesel estate - overtook SIX cars (and a lorry) in one go.
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • tigger123
    tigger123 Posts: 60
    I've looked at the vid a few times because of your post - the car behind brakes hard to create that gap, it wasn't there when he tried to pull in.
    How can you tell? You can't see his brake lights nor did his bonnet go down really hard. That gap was at least 4 times the length of the BMW X6, so that would make the gap 64 feet long and like I said in my previous post Juggernaut size. The UK size for a HGV is 54 ft 2.

    I think you are making this out to be something it really isn't.

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