Got some helmet cam footage of YOUR commute?

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  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    I really ought to organise myself to get up earlier and commute down the Devizes to Bath canal path. It's absolutely gorgeous but for safety reasons I can only sensibly average around 13 or 14 mph as opposed to 17 or 18 mph on the road!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--GERlnz-aI

    It beats the bloomin A4 every time though .... :D:D:D
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    The Running Man wrote:
    It beats the bloomin A4 every time though .... :D:D:D

    You know I didn't mind the A4 so much when I did Bath -> London last month. Its actually quite a pleasant road on a sunny Saturday.
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  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    It is a trifle busier at 8.00 in the morning and 6.00 at night :)
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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    Oops - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2HD-WJMW-U
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  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    Minding my own business Friday night trying to dodge the downpours and was heading home down London Road past the Bath RFC training ground.

    Nearly didn't make it through the lights ........ thank God there was nothing on my outside so i could take evasive action!!

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  • jds_1981
    jds_1981 Posts: 1,858
    There's being an amber gambler, then there's just saying 'sod it'

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  • atomboy
    atomboy Posts: 21
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kebj21AgZGo
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  • jibberish
    jibberish Posts: 151
    http://youtu.be/jRHjjoKwguQ?hd=1

    My route home - speeded up a little :-)
  • markhr
    markhr Posts: 265
    Sorry mate, WE don't give a f... :shock:

    ...apparently with added legal and policing issues too. :roll: :?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qycF0raqpg
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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    Dangerous close pass this morning - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iah_XezkkS0

    Hands were on the hoods and she clipped my fingers with her wing mirror as she came past. Just no need.
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  • MadammeMarie
    MadammeMarie Posts: 621
    Mr Plum wrote:
    Dangerous close pass this morning - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iah_XezkkS0

    Hands were on the hoods and she clipped my fingers with her wing mirror as she came past. Just no need.

    That's awful. You should report this driver.
  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    Just made a quick low light test video of the 808#11 720p HD cam.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV7g5VlIiZI

    Granted it's not amazing, but it's not bad at all for £25.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Mr Plum wrote:
    Just made a quick low light test video of the 808#11 720p HD cam.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV7g5VlIiZI

    Granted it's not amazing, but it's not bad at all for £25.

    I fell over watching that :wink: Gawd - the wobbling made me feel a little queasy :lol:
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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Mr Plum wrote:
    Just made a quick low light test video of the 808#11 720p HD cam.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV7g5VlIiZI

    Granted it's not amazing, but it's not bad at all for £25.

    I fell over watching that :wink: Gawd - the wobbling made me feel a little queasy :lol:

    Haha, it is a bit wobbly, just the nature of a camera without image stabilisation.
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  • jds_1981
    jds_1981 Posts: 1,858
    Took a detour and so
    Swains lane
    http://vimeo.com/28864476
    and
    Archway Road
    http://vimeo.com/28865736
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  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    Not strictly my commute but .......

    I shot over to Caerphilly yesterday on the spur of the moment to see the pro riders go up Caerphilly Mountain.

    Jeez they were fast!!! There was a fantastic atmosphere on the hill with people from all over the place screaming and shouting, waving flags and generally behaving like 3 year olds. Great fun.

    Bear in mind this is the route I did about 3 or 4 weeks ago. After 100+ miles I was intent on just getting to the top of this bloomin hill and these guys were racing up it!!!!! Phenomenal.


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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    TRM - you kind of linked to a personal link, not the link of the vid....
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    TRM - you kind of linked to a personal link, not the link of the vid....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIhbpCa45mc
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  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    Thanks Redvee!!

    BTW : Over your way on Sunday : my pal and I are doing a 122 mile ride over to Weston Super Mud and back :D
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    It'll be raining apparently. Got some 1080 footage of Cav as he rode past after the finish today to edit tomorrow.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    redvee wrote:
    It'll be raining apparently. Got some 1080 footage of Cav as he rode past after the finish today to edit tomorrow.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zx1V6W9M5E
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvorbIGnF4I
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    http://contour.com/stories/three-road-c ... my-commute

    Actually saw some other cyclists! Is it just me or is their road sense/positioning not very good?
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7N-tjcroo4
    Close pass by a driving instructor.
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    bails87 wrote:
    http://contour.com/stories/three-road-cyclists-on-my-commute

    Actually saw some other cyclists! Is it just me or is their road sense/positioning not very good?

    I don't know if its just you, the video seems to be loading/buffering at a rate of about 1 second for minute. Don't know if its this PC or the Contour site.
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    EKE_38BPM
    Strange. It was fine when I posted it. Seems very slow now.
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    bails87 wrote:
    EKE_38BPM
    Strange. It was fine when I posted it. Seems very slow now.

    Just tried it on a different PC on a different network and it was fine.
    Boring, but fine.

    Did you make the scalps stick?
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    EKE_38BPM wrote:

    Boring, but fine.

    Did you make the scalps stick?

    :lol: Yeah, I was just amazed to see more than one other cyclist. They seemed to be very 'submissive' rather than taking the lane, and then they switched across lanes without really looking. As I don't see many cyclists I don't know if that's good(no)/normal(maybe) behaviour.

    And I got ahead and one of them started drafting like a girl, they turned off before the hill where I was going to definitely pull away. And this is an actual hill, not Balham bowling green. :wink:
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    and then we get another CLOSE overtake

    http://youtu.be/WtQC0M05Cv8?hd=1


    complaint sent off to Notts County Council.... scared the hell out of me when it happened...

    It's always worse on NSL roads as the traffic is going much faster - we were doing about 22mph at the time.
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  • bythesea
    bythesea Posts: 6
    Bit of a long time lurker so this is my first post as I had a very similar experience this morning . I live on the Mendips and commute 15 miles each way and a few miles are on the A37 . I find most heavy vehicle drivers pretty considerate on the whole but have had plenty of very close passes - no more than 12 inches from handlebars - by lorries travelling at 50/60 mph . Didn't bother me too much for many years but in my forties now and seems more crazy - an age thing perhaps ?
    For sheer consistency of bad overtaking I find milk tankers and agricultural feed hauliers the worst - quarry lorry drivers the best .
    Oddly , I find the mayhem of riding in my nearest city , Bristol , strangely relaxing in comparison
  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    It's getting darker and the ninjas are coming out, even the Police are at it -

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LYRzlU9Qr8

    Bit of a joke really.

    Misty lens because it was spitting a bit, lots of 'damp' in the air.
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