epicsteve, thats pretty decent footage. Where and how did you mount the camera.
The Oregon was mounted to the seat-tube just above the front mech. It got in the way of pedalling slightly, so I only had it in place on the downhill bits. It used one of the mounts held in place with cable ties.
the best helmet cam footage is of a very fast rider, following an equally fast rider.
99.9% of helmet cams vids don't even come close...
O don;t see a big issue if people want to replay their rides in the comfort of their own homes, what does get me is the amount of sh*te footage people post on You Tube etc.
Looking for footage of my locals trails pulls up an seemingly endless array of edited footage with titles, music and so on but with some of the most unispiring doddery riding you'll see. I agree that helment cam footage does flatten trails and lose some of the scale of a trail but really, some of the riding is just toss.
It all seems to go hand in hand with the 6" all mountain, trail centre riding, body armour wearing cock-fest that is the public face of Mountain Biking (TM) we see today.
the 6" all mountain, trail centre riding, body armour wearing cock-fest that is the public face of Mountain Biking (TM) we see today
A very long time ago, there was this chap on alt.mountainbike who was a real character. He had been left a shitload of money and land by his father and so lived out in this massive woodland estate in Kentucky or somewhere. I think his father actually ran a papermill or something and all the land was for growing trees on.
Anyway, he *really* wanted to have a helmetcam but all he had was a normal handheld video camera so he built this huge chest mounted rig out of an old chair or something and strapped it on. It was easily as big as his torso, was made out of teak or mahogany and had this whopping great video camera whirring away in the middle of it all.
Off he set and predictably fell off on his first ride. At was at this stage that riding along with 15 pounds of timber strapped to his midrift turned out to be a very poor idea. He fell onto his chest (this was all neatly videotaped for us all to watch) and some of the wood splintered and stabbed him while other bits didn't and snapped his ribs in half.
It has to be one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life not least because he posted the entire video including strapping the thing on, riding along very slowly, falling off, lying on the floor for about ten minutes groaning in agony and then slowly limping home with blood and vomit spread across the lens.
What does it matter what people put up on Youtube?!
It all seems to go hand in hand with the 6" all mountain, trail centre riding, body armour wearing cock-fest that is the public face of Mountain Biking (TM) we see today.
You must be disgusted that so many terrible people have entered the sport and given it a bad name.
I bunged the Go-Pro onto the seat-post, rearward facing using their "Ride Kit" and took it for a quick spin on the trails behind my house. Quite like the effect, as it seems to give a decent impression of speed.
steve that view looks good with a rider behind...
i did a wee film today down the beach,helmet cameras can be used hand held aswell and on bike etc then mixed up with landscape views and even stills and timelapse to break up and make films interesting 
todays mid summer beachride
Helmet Cams: Great until you go for a slash and forget about wearing it.
Helmet Cams: Great until you go for a slash and forget about wearing it.
Not a problem if you're as fat as me...
Not a problem if you're as fat as me...
One presumes you are talking about belly rather than coke can appendages
Nice vid Bruce. I must get down to see that mini-sub wreckage one day.
Surf-Mat - Member
"I don't get it myself. Unless you're very good indeed and can justify making a vid, why video yourself?"
Unless you're very good, why ride a bike? It's still fun. It's not about having people watch your videos and think you're a riding god. My most popular vid is just messing around in the snow, there's some half-decent riding in it but it's mainly just pretty. Cutting the videos is a nice way to spend an hour as well, sifting through music tracks I never listen to and all that.
Also my camera projects some sort of weird protective effect that means nobody ever crashes in front of me 
[/quote]Surf-Mat - Member
"I don't get it myself. Unless you're very good indeed and can justify making a vid, why video yourself?"
Unless you're very good, why ride a bike? It's still fun. It's not about having people watch your videos and think you're a riding god. My most popular vid is just messing around in the snow, there's some half-decent riding in it but it's mainly just pretty. Cutting the videos is a nice way to spend an hour as well, sifting through music tracks I never listen to and all that.
Also my camera projects some sort of weird protective effect that means nobody ever crashes in front of me [quote]
im no riding god...and dont think i am... maybe experianced thats all but i record trails and stuff because once i used to ride motorcycles offroad in scotland...something that is seriously taboo nowadays..we went some amazing places on old historic roads and drove roads etc...for example,
the devils staircase... we went from tyndrum all the way to Ft william offroad on saturday evenings to not annoy walkers...
fort Augustas to clunie dam then onto kyle of lochalsh..all offroad in a day,
the 40 mile drove road through Glen carron...
corryairick pass dozons of times,
peebles to st marys loch and onto yarrow,(had permission for that route)
120 mile days in 12 hours over the cheviot hills...
a coast to coast trailride 3/4 offroad in 18 hours for a friend dieing from cancer...(portpatrick to seacliff (east lothian)
i could go on but i have just an hour of video (but no video player) from over 10 years of doing this and a shoe box full of pics...
but film of these places we went with good friends would be priceless...one of which is sadly not here anymore to enjoy what we do...
which is why i make as many films as i can nowadays...
i dont make films now with affordable cameras for an ego trip or anything but because one day i can look back at the fun in my life...
if they inspire someone else to go ride there bike then thats only a good thing,
and through making films ive won cameras,met a hot dutch girl and made alot of friends too..real nice genuine friends too,
but i cant help it folk keep crashing infront of me when im filming!, 
Bruce - I've still got my Pampera tucked away in the corner of my garage and I think Tom still has his as well. Might need to get mine road legal and give those East Lothian trails and Border Streets one last ride!
steve sadly ive recently sold my motorbike...i see a restless natives uprising in the hills soon!
Why video yourself?
Most of the time I'm videoing the person in front of me.
@ coastkid and epicsteve.
Maybe it's an ex moto thing that makes us do it. 
I've done some filming on the motorbike as well.
That one was shot using one of the Sony bullet cameras feeding into a Canon digital video cameras.
here is some film on my last motorbike (yamaha TTR 600r belgrada
1st tryout with tachyon camera`s, and using 3M snap velcro
tachyon 2010 XC camera 1st tryout; motorcycle ride part 2 of 1
and before that offroad up lammerlaw at sunset using a compact cannon with gorrila pod...
yamaha ttr -sunset trailride,
im wearing my stig suit in both god i miss trailriding 
cos we all ride down mad shit these days and need to include all our mad gnarly shit on our social interaction websites to prove how mad and indeed gnarly we really are. word.
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