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free_ryder
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 Posted: Mon 30th Jun 8:05pm Post subject: Anyone Know How To Achieve This Angle With A Helmet Cam? |
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im going overseas to ride next week, wanna get some cool footage and thought this angle would be sick.
does anyone know what to mount the helmet camera to? and can it be bought or do you have to make it yourself?
having trouble uploading a pic, but heres a link: http://imagecache02.pixsy.com/01032008/1a/1aa1d4fd-b505-4d6d-9123-7885blahblahblah
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Wobbler
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| Posted: Mon 30th Jun 8:08pm Post subject: |
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Big pole stuck on top of helmet, dh_winner made a vid like this a while back, need to stick a bit o' weight on the other end of the pole to balance it.
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dh_winner
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valium
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| Posted: Mon 30th Jun 9:25pm Post subject: |
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that was a mint vid too! you got a pic of hte rig?
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dh_winner
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| Posted: Mon 30th Jun 9:29pm Post subject: |
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hang on. ill get one.
*edit* ill get one tomorrow.
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TonyT1961
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campervangogh
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| Posted: Mon 30th Jun 11:31pm Post subject: |
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Try using PVC conduit to gaffer the lipstick cam to...the PVC offers light weight and can be bent readily to suit the required angle.
I've used PVC with the anchored end shaped into a triangle similar to a coathanger and wedged firmly into a backpack with the camcorder.
Works a treat
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dh_winner
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| campervangogh wrote: | Try using PVC conduit to gaffer the lipstick cam to...the PVC offers light weight and can be bent readily to suit the required angle.
I've used PVC with the anchored end shaped into a triangle similar to a coathanger and wedged firmly into a backpack with the camcorder.
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found conduit was waaay to flexy and gave ya motion sickness watching it. I went down to mitre 10 and got a piece of 25mm alloy tube. Used an old helmet and the bits holding the tube are actually seatpost mounts for rear reflectors, superglued on the helmet. works a treat. You do need a counterbalance over the back though (we used a heavy ratchet) and you end up with a sore neck after a run because of the weight.
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davethemann
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Looks like some kind of suicide jousting rig. I'd hate to snag it on a branch! 
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dh_winner
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| davethemann wrote: | | Looks like some kind of suicide jousting rig. I'd hate to snag it on a branch! |
 yea i guess it could be used for jousting. I was more worried about catching it on a tree as i go round a corner! Im pretty sure the mounts would break before you neck did tho.
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slowMTB
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Sweet vid Jono - Can you clarify the exact route for me please. Looks like Titz but I am not 100% sure ( haven't spent enough time on the radical stuff yet  ). Not that good errrr yet 
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StyledAirtime
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I made one of those rigs a while back for a vid I did (after seeing your vid which rules)
I used a metal pole , that extended just past arms reach in front of the helmet , then about half that out the back , I used most of a role of gaffer tape (cloth tape) to secure it and a metal spanner and the battery pack for the pencil cam to counter weight ,works a treat.
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