Where on your bike do you mount your GoPro?

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2013-04-06 2:48 PM

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Subject: Where on your bike do you mount your GoPro?
Just got a GoPro, gonna go for a ride tomorrow and I'd like to test it out. Any suggestions for where to mount it? It's a family friendly community road ride, so I suppose I'm most interested in catching the fun around me while still making it evident I'm on a bicycle. Nope, I don't have the helmet mount. If you have links to videos, share them here. Thanks, everyone!

2013-04-06 4:54 PM
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Subject: RE: Where on your bike do you mount your GoPro?
I use the handlebar mount.
My camera came with the helmet mount. For your road ride, I would think the helmet would be best as the camera would see what you're looking at.
2013-04-06 5:21 PM
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Subject: RE: Where on your bike do you mount your GoPro?
I have a Contour and mount it on the stem if Road, Cyclocross, or Track, with Tri's under my aero bars, and sometimes on the track under my saddle facing backwards. I just use zip ties.

Here's Lk Steven's 70.3 from last year: http://vimeo.com/45839214

If you look in my Vimeo files you'll see a lot of track racing vids: https://vimeo.com/user9173404

In the pic you can see my camera under the aerobars.



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2013-04-07 5:17 PM
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Subject: RE: Where on your bike do you mount your GoPro?
*snicker snerk* I'm sorry. That Subject line was funny to me.
2013-04-08 10:45 AM
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Subject: RE: Where on your bike do you mount your GoPro?
I mounted mine under the top bar one the downtube for the seat-post (Where your water bottle cage would go under your seat)  The lens has a wide enough angle that it was a cool perspective.  Go get a "Chesty" chest mount too..  Here is a quick little motorcycle movie trailer I did using the chest mount.  Although, on a road or tri bike you might need to position the camera differently.

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2013-04-08 8:17 PM
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ooOOoh, I like the placement of the Contour under the aerobars!

SoberTriGuy, I feel a little weird about wearing a camera on my chest. I'd kinda feel like a three breasted alien, and I don't want to draw more attention to my chest than I already get! :P

For once I'm glad my Ducati doesn't have a windscreen. I'll have an unobstructed view of the road for the camera!



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2013-04-09 12:16 AM
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Subject: RE: Where on your bike do you mount your GoPro?
I put mine on my helmet out mountain biking. Totally caught me look directly at a tree then running right into it. You can hear me screaming like a girl as I go down and then shows the sky as I laid there laughing. On a another crash, my friend gets right in my face. Asks if I'm OK, and asks if I remembered to turn the camera on because "that was AWESOME!!!".
2013-04-09 7:41 AM
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hahaha, Blanda that is awesome! I would totally laugh at myself too.

Is the camera on top of your helmet or to the side? I'm one of those people who gets a little sick watching hand held or really shaky footage so, I'm still thinking handlebars is the way to go.

2013-04-09 4:03 PM
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Subject: RE: Where on your bike do you mount your GoPro?
My falls are so epic, they get celebrated by whoever witnesses them. After they see I'm still alive, of course.

I put it on the front, and usually it's not so bad. It's like you're actually there, especially if you're following someone. Sometimes though I found myself looking down repeatedly to check for issues on my bike, and I'll swing my head once in a while to check my surroundings, but you could easily cut those out, they're few. The shaking I'll get no matter where I put it. A lot of the terrain is rocky.
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