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Yeah, that's my helmet. Here's how it is mounted:
The unmodified left side of my helmet for reference. I actually mounted it on the right side:
The mount, plus the piece of Lexan I cut out to fix to the visor bolts of my helmet, along with the black visor plate that I removed and replaced with the Lexan piece:
The camera has a wide angle field of view of around 110 degrees which does a pretty good job without too much edge distortion, and doesn't look like tunnel vision. I like having a little bit of the helmet in the view.
Generally, if you can see my handlebars, that's when I'm sitting on the seat. But if you can just see the front fender bouncing around, that's when I'm standing. I've been working on standing more for better control through the rough stuff. But sometimes I find myself reverting back to old habits.
One good thing about the camera is that it lets you critique your own riding. You can spot things in the video that you never realized you were doing before. Sometimes I watch a clip and wonder why the heck did I take that line?
The camera definitely slows things down and flattens out the terrain, though. If you ever get a helmet cam, don't be surprised if you wear it in your favorite riding area that it doesn't look nearly as impressive on video as it did to your own eyes as it was happening in real time.
The unmodified left side of my helmet for reference. I actually mounted it on the right side:
The mount, plus the piece of Lexan I cut out to fix to the visor bolts of my helmet, along with the black visor plate that I removed and replaced with the Lexan piece:
The camera has a wide angle field of view of around 110 degrees which does a pretty good job without too much edge distortion, and doesn't look like tunnel vision. I like having a little bit of the helmet in the view.
Generally, if you can see my handlebars, that's when I'm sitting on the seat. But if you can just see the front fender bouncing around, that's when I'm standing. I've been working on standing more for better control through the rough stuff. But sometimes I find myself reverting back to old habits.
One good thing about the camera is that it lets you critique your own riding. You can spot things in the video that you never realized you were doing before. Sometimes I watch a clip and wonder why the heck did I take that line?
The camera definitely slows things down and flattens out the terrain, though. If you ever get a helmet cam, don't be surprised if you wear it in your favorite riding area that it doesn't look nearly as impressive on video as it did to your own eyes as it was happening in real time.
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Wow! So that was your helmet, how come it didn't turn? I mean were you that focused on the trail? LOL I thought we would pick up all the side to side movement. Very slick setup there.
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