New Helmet Camera

I’ve entered a new realm,  I've purchased a small helmet camera.  I have a desire to document my mountain biking adventures as sort of a way to leave a legacy I suppose.  Maybe it’s more simple and I want others to see what kind of trails I venture upon.  My hope is when others see how much fun mountain biking is they will want to "Go Ride A Bike" too.

The Contuor HD 1080p point of view camera has been delivered to my back door and is now mounted to my bike helmet.  The camera is very light weight but there was still a need to counter balance it.  A bike inner tube fills the bill and if I have a flat, well, I have a spare tube handy.  I may experiment with other items but for now its the inner tube.

Here is what the camera looks like mounted to the left side of the helmet.  I used the flat surface mount that was included with the camera but the included sticky tape was not going to work on a curved helmet.  So I used Gorilla Glue to secure it to the helmet.  Also, included was a safety lanyard in case the mount fails and the camera comes loose from the helmet.  This is a good idea!

I’ve made some test videos to see if the mount is lined up and everything looks good.  The quality is great as it is 1080p High Definition.  Amazing they can get that out of a small camera.

I’m looking forward to trying this camera in the woods.  So far I'm pretty happy with the set up but more testing is needed.  Handling HD video is pretty hard on my computer too.  The record rate is about 15 minutes of video equals 1 gig of storage and the software is a resource hog.  I have a feeling a new computer with more memory is in the near future.  Maybe a MAC!?

My inspiration for this project comes from a guy in North Carolina that calls himself Sir Bikes-A-Lot.  Check out his web site for more info and a lot more knowledge on setting up a rig like this.  His web site address is www.sirbikesalot.com