Cycling Vid's

[w00dsy]

convenient that he had a chase camera :P

i was assuming the dude filming was just doing it for his own sake, like how Norbs and a lot of others do.

[CLP]

convenient that he had a chase camera :P

i was assuming the dude filming was just doing it for his own sake, like how Norbs and a lot of others do.

having watched it again, quite possible/likely!

just had the feel of one of countless badass-fixie-in-traffic videos .... that went wrong

CLP

[w00dsy]

i thought that too initially but after he didn't seem to be going to help him i assumed he was just another dude.

[Hz-Lab]

'Bout to go try this thing out, Vid's to Follow later this arvo...haha

[w00dsy]

don't look up and low branches

[Hz-Lab]

Yeah I know, little nervous about that, going to ride possibly the trail in Adelaide with the most low branches and close trees too.. I'm a clown but hey, it'll rock

[norbs]

Looking forward to it. Terrific idea.

[CLP]

'Bout to go try this thing out, Vid's to Follow later this arvo...haha

looking forward to the post from the emergency room
you could probably get a similar shot mounting on the head stem i imagine?

this post reminds me that i should have another bash at my cheapie helmet cam.. i've had 2 tries.. once mounted on the handle bar, which demonstrated that the camera is quite sensitive to road noise/shock, and the second time mounted on the helmet, but i had it aimed wrong so i got a lot of footage of the road

[Hz-Lab]

Well I survived, Got a few runs in. It wasn't too bad actually, quite easy to keep out the way of Trees and stuff. It was a tiny bit too heavy at the front, needed more counterweight. But I was pretty happy how it turned out 1st go. I think I am going to attempt to make a more permanent one out of an old fishing rod. It could even be about another 10 to 15cm longer as well, It was just shy of keeping the bars in view all the time. I could not tilt it down any further as the mounting bracket would not allow it. Something to fiddle with anyway.

you could probably get a similar shot mounting on the head stem i imagine?

Nothing like it really, This locks the Camera to your eyes, It's quite an interesting angle really, seeing every other part of your body move in relation to your head. I'm uploading it now, so I'll probably post it up within the Hour. And yeah, get your camera going, it's great for capturing moments, especially on the dirt, I like showing people the video's when they don't really know what it is we do. It gets them right in to it.

[Hz-Lab]

Here we go...

[Enforcer-J]

Noice. It looks so weird how your head stays still and everything else moves... freaky even.

What trail is that?

[CLP]

Here we go...

looks good... i've seen that kind of shot before, probably more of a fisheye lens though.. . judging by the results, looks well worth the effort

[Hz-Lab]

Noice. It looks so weird how your head stays still and everything else moves... freaky even.

What trail is that?

80 acres downhill @ Happy Valley, on my vimeo page there is plenty of vids of there from other camera angles too

[norbs]

Holy fuck, its John Bowe on a bike!


I love the fact you are puffing at the bottom. I remember doing some MTB stuff at Woronora when I first got a MTB. We did this 6 km down hill. I reckon I pedaled 3 times in total. When I got to the bottom I was fucked. I couldn't believe it at the time. Seeing you puffing reminded me of that day. Excellent stuff.

[Hz-Lab]

yeah it gets ya going for sure. When I 1st started I used to hold my breathe a lot too, I reckon I have a bit more control now but bloody hell, It is actually something you need to think about, especially on the longer trails.

[norbs]

You look like you are going a lot faster than I was too. I was on a steel framed bike with no suspension, so it was quite a harsh ride.

[w00dsy]

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[Hz-Lab]

Oh, and just incase anyone missed it....

this kind of happened on the Weekend...

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[w00dsy]

that's mental.

[Hz-Lab]

Yeah, I generally don't like Unit as the brand seems to attract an amazing amount of Halfwit Tards, but jeez they are good for backing a heap of Aussie & NZ sportspeople to push themselves like this. Especially in the BMX scene. Kudos to them as well for that awesome little edit. They resisted temptation to cut away into more epicness right before he left the lip, If channel 7 produced that it would show the bike going up the ramp 18 different times from 9 different angles and then each in slomo and then go to an add. Good on em for just showing it how it was!!!

[norbs]

GoPro at the Tour of California.

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[w00dsy]

did they jam it up his arse hole?

[norbs]

did they jam it up his arse hole?

Hung off the back of the seat post I think.

[CLP]

did they jam it up his arse hole?

Hung off the back of the seat post I think.

...but i'm sure your method would work too w00dsy ...

[wobblysauce]

Hz put that with some music.. and you have a good video clip.