GoPro

[ThaiGuy]

Has anyone had any experience with GoPros whilst cycling? I finally got mine mounted and recording my commute to work. I can't seem to get angle and height right without it rubbing against my legs and driving me insane.

 

[MikeW-71]

Where are you mounting it?

When I use mine, it's either on the helmet or on the handlebars.

 

[ThaiGuy]

At the back of the top tube, just in front of the seat.

 

[ThaiGuy]

That's the angle, the handlebars are in the way but I can't get the camera much higher.

 

[rb58]

Bit of an odd place to mount it! Try it on the handle bars.

 

[ThaiGuy]

I didn't want to make it look obvious that I had a camera haha.

 

[ThaiGuy]

Where are you mounting it?

When I use mine, it's either on the helmet or on the handlebars.

I don't have a helmet and the mount I have doesn't swivel, not that I'm aware of anyway.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

From what I've heard, a handlebar mount (but NOT the ones GoPro provide) is a good option, provided you have space on your handlebars for one. K-Edge mounts seem to be highly recommended. I'm using 2 GoPros, one helmet-mounted (helped by the fact that my home country refuses to give cyclists the option of not wearing a helmet, but that's another (sad) story...), and the other is mounted using a K-Edge saddle rail mount and points backwards.

 

[Skyfoil]

GoPro do a chest harness mount that would give a good view, I suppose. I've never tried it though. I use the helmet mount, but find the camera a little heavy. I'm looking for a decent handlebar mount myself.

 

[kelvecion]

My chest harness gives a reasonable view but you need to place something underneath the lower part of the plastic breast plate to raise the angle. This was my first chest-mounted footage without the altered breast plate. As you can see, the angle is too low.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eQ474LQBg8

In the second video I taped balled up sock underneath the harness, much better shot.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2DTrn5x3P8

This allows a far greater field of view.

 

[Bewar3them00n]

I've just bought a Sunco Dream2 from Amazon for £43( new) it's a GoPro clone, 1080 HD and come with a plethora of mounts, clamps, waterproof housing... It's got good reviews on and off Amazon, and at that price, it was a no brainer, at less than half the price of the cheapest Go Pro, removable housing and replaceable battery, basically a clone of the Go Pro Silver.
I'll post my review of it later this week

 

[Sittingduck]

I've just bought a Sunco Dream2 from Amazon for £43( new) it's a GoPro clone, 1080 HD and come with a plethora of mounts, clamps, waterproof housing... It's got good reviews on and off Amazon, and at that price, it was a no brainer, at less than half the price of the cheapest Go Pro, removable housing and replaceable battery, basically a clone of the Go Pro Silver.
I'll post my review of it later this week

Any more feedback on this? Looks quite tempting for under 40 quid!

 

[Mark1978]

I got one of these instead of a gopro. I've used it a good half a dozen times now without any issue. Very happy with it (although the instructions have a lot to be desired)

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Spor...e-170-degree-wide-angle-WiFi/32267452939.html

and then i bought this kit for mounting it

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Gopr...-Head-Mount-Strap-Gopro-Hero/32273414492.html

 

[Jaykun85]

most people can't see you have a camera as there not focussing on that I've seen people with it on the helmet and unless you are looking you don't notice it .. Traffic is coming from behind you mainly so they can't see it on a handle bar.
I have a go pro and have it mounted on the handlebar well kinda its the bit of the handle bar that attaches to the steerer ... for the life of me can't remember the name grrrrr Just converting a time lapse vid of my ride today so will have to see how it comes out

 

[vickster]

It's called the stem