Comments on: Bike Video – My Thoughts on the VIO POV

By: Keri

Keri — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:13:31 +0000

Knale,

Thank you so much for those excellent links!

By: Knale

Knale — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:58:04 +0000

Outstanding work with the information videos.

I own the VIO POV 1.5 and use it on my various bicycle rides along with other activities. The mounting solutions that come with the cam are excellent, but if you need to look at more options, Ram Mounts offers just about anything you could want. The quality and functionality is second to none. http://www.ram-mount.com/.

The subject of wind noise is always an issue when filming outside. I always struggled with it until I found the WindCutter. They have a solution specifically for the VIO POV 1 and 1.5.
http://www.thewindcutter.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_113

By: Columbusite

Columbusite — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:46:21 +0000

Such videos are great, but yikes at the $$$$$. I’ve been wanting to grab some video of me vehicularly/properly cycling on a couple of the major streets here, but couldn’t figure out how to secure my digital camera to the frame. I’d sooner duct tape it than spend as much for one of those POV cameras. After all, it has a mount on the bottom where it screws in…I really need to focus on getting that done.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:23:32 +0000

If you watch the local news on TV, you will see a huge foam ball on top of the mike. That’s for baffling the wind. If it is too small or too thin, it doesn’t work.

By: Keri

Keri — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:20:06 +0000

Good point about the wind noise. I really need to put more thought into the mic placement, I have a bad habit of ignoring it when I set things up.

By: Timothy Brown

Timothy Brown — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:14:59 +0000

I think a retrofit for the camera when clamped to the frame would be pretty easy to come up with. Something that would just extend the camera out in front of the cables. But from everything I’ve seen of your video I don’t really think you should change a thing. One thought I had on the microphone the sound is most affected by wind find a way to use your body as the windscreen. Maybe mount the mic facing backwards.

By: Keri

Keri — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:39:12 +0000

Comments like this always make me smile. Thank you!

By: Steve A

Steve A — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:35:03 +0000

Prompted by drummergeek’s comments, the question arises why LAB Traffic 101 courses don’t use video to illustrate things during the lecture portion of the course? It would seem an obvious thing to do and a lot more useful than the booklet and ppt slides. In my course, I didn’t get the impression that a new rider would come away with a clear idea of how to safely ride in traffic.

Seeing is believing!

By: danc

danc — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:55:52 +0000

Thanks Keri!

By: drummergeek

drummergeek — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:15:04 +0000

Keri, your videos and articles, and the Cyclist View videos have been invaluable to me. They have helped me learn to ride in traffic, and in the dark. I can now get to work in different places around town from Kissimmee, like Semoran/Pershing area, Downtown, John Young Parkway / I-4 area, and Windermere.

I feel much more confident now than I did even 2-3 months ago, and am even riding through Lake Buena Vista on Hwy 535 on Saturday evenings. It was pretty busy tonight, but man, for me so far, the right tire track is the place to be. You have so much more room as cars just go around you, and I don’t get honked at because I think they feel like at least I’m trying to stay somewhat to the right.

Thank you for your videos. It helps so much to see how traffic behaves when you ride correctly, and gives you the courage and curiosity to go out there and try it, little by little.