The Edinburgh Commute.

[Simon0867]

I've been playing about with how to mount my SJCAM 4000 (poor man's Go-Pro) on the PXC.

Tried the windscreen but far too much vibration. Next tried mounting it on the right wing which was OK but still quite a lot of vibration. Tried a helmet mount which was good, but I just felt a wally ! Last week bought one of those chest mount strap things on eBay and was quite pleased with the result. Filmed my short commute to and from work and the result can been viewed below:

https://youtu.be/3d6vO7OHuoI?list=PLZUQ ... 57MIItlfVZ

[Alibally]

See they've got the Christmas lights on the dome already. Bah humbug

[Mel46]

Nice clarity, and vibrations seem to be at a minimum. I tried my camera on the bike itself and the vibrations were just to much. That leaves a chest mount or a helmet mount, and I think the helmet mount would be too much since my head is just above the tall Givi windshield and picks up a lot of wind. However, the chest mount would put the camera where it is looking through the windshield instead of outside of it. After I fix the bikes I will have to try a chest mount to see what the results will be. Maybe I will get lucky.

[GatorGreg]

Very nice! I watched about the first 10 minutes of it and I have 2 observations:
1) Your traffic lights seem to go from red to yellow briefly before they turn green - I've never seen that before.
2) You have an extremely spooky commute in the dark - in fact with that piano music you had playing I was reminded of the following

[iceman]

They should go > Red, Red & Amber (get ready to go), Green and then Amber (slow down prepare to stop) then Red. If your a cyclist you treat all colours as good to go , if your a BMW or Audi driver almost the same, of the rest a large proportion treat a light that is just about to go red as a 'speed up and go through a solid red' tactic.

[Bash On!]

See they've got the Christmas lights on the dome already. Bah humbug

Thought that was only a U.S. affliction.

[montliz44]

Nice video, Thanks.

Lovely city; I haven't been there in years. Thanks for the visit.

Plus the music goes well with the autumn mood.

More vlogs please!

Johnny

[you you]

See they've got the Christmas lights on the dome already. Bah humbug

Thought that was only a U.S. affliction.

No we have it here too. P155ed of with the xmas ads already. Only another two months of them to endure...

I like sparkly lights anytime of the year tho....

[willie5094]

Nice views of my favourite city, roads very quiet and dark at 7.30am, did you forget to put your clock back an hour last week. Looking at buying the SJcam 4000 myself.

[fish]

Very nice 2 wheel & music video....
My favorite:

Fish

[gn2]

Another two wheel video shot in Edinburgh.....

[Simon0867]

Yes I had forgot to adjust the clock, so it should read 6.30am

The SJCAM 4000 is excellent, used it for all the films I've got on Youtube. Very reliable, easy to use and a fraction of the cost of a Go-Pro.

I've other films taken around Edinburgh on my Youtube page. Most were filmed from my old 50cc Sym so don't expect any speed limits under threat.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 57MIItlfVZ

[GatorGreg]

Speaking of Edinburgh, I just read a story in my local paper about a study done by the University of Edinburgh that confirms what I alresdy knew

Link: Study says cats would kill you if they were bigger

[Alibally]

No shit. How much money did that study cost?

[gn2]

The Scottish wildcat can kill you and its not much bigger than a domestic moggy.

[Alibally]

This is me poking a Scottish wildcat with a stick at the highland safari park last year.

[homie]

The Scottish wildcat can kill you and its not much bigger than a domestic moggy.

I think this domestic 'moggy' could kill me.

[GatorGreg]

No shit. How much money did that study cost?

I dunno - but hopefully no taxpayer dollars were spent.

This is me poking a Scottish wildcat with a stick at the highland safari park last year.

They should probably do a second study to determine whether animals poked by a stick would like to kill their pokers

[gn2]

This is me poking a Scottish wildcat with a stick at the highland safari park last year.

Would you be doing that if there wasn't wire mesh between you and the cat...?

[Alibally]

The cat would be offski hiding in the bushes miles away