Salmon Falls Road ride (Contour Flex Strap mount on head tube)

This is the first ride with the ContourHD on the new Contour Flex Strap mount wrapped around the head tube. I noticed a bit of rolling shutter on rougher descent sections, so I cut most of that out. I also balanced the audio between climb and descent clips so the viewer isn't blasted with ear-splitting wind noise on descents.

Part of this ride. I forgot my HR strap, so there's no HR data: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/128761676

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• bike
• bicycle
• cycling
• ride
• riding
• biking
• road
• hill
• climb
• climbing
• descent
• descending
• downhill
• salmon
• falls
• el
• dorado
• county
• sierra
• foothills
• california
• contour
• contourhd
• flex
• strap
• mount
• cam
• camera

[jethomsen]

Having the cam on the handlebars, head tube or on the helmet. What do prefer?

[cyclingfun2]

@jethomsen For on-bike mounting, the head tube is the best because it's not as shaky while climbing. When I mount a camera on the handebars, the back-and-forth motion of the bars while climbing makes the video shaky. Helmet mounting is good for eliminating rattling noise from rough roads, and with the 60fps setting I use, it eliminates rolling shutter waviness in the picture. However, I move my head around too much while climbing.

[cyclingfun2]

@jethomsen Also, helmet mounting is good for getting footage of things that aren't directly in front of the bike.

[retardedman10]

looks good man, very smooth

[cyclingfun2]

@retardedman10 Thanks. I think I'll stick with this location for bike mounting.

[ca3crown]

Nice ... seems to be pretty smooth with that new mount. Gotta check it out.

[cyclingfun2]

@ca3crown Thanks :) I think I'm going to buy a second camera and run one on the helmet and one on the head tube so I can continue to get footage of things that aren't right in front of me (and better sufferage ;))

[CharIiePresents]

Hi, Is the flex strap stable and strong? I'm thinking of using it to attach my Contour to a Ski pole to do some nice shots. Would love a reply thanks.