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The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 1:34 pm
by 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

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 3:19 pm
by Alibally
See they've got the Christmas lights on the dome already. Bah humbug

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:12 pm
by 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.

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:08 pm
by 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 :D

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 10:14 pm
by 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.

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:46 am
by Bash On!
Alibally wrote:See they've got the Christmas lights on the dome already. Bah humbug
Thought that was only a U.S. affliction.

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 10:09 am
by 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

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 1:13 pm
by you you
Bash On! wrote:
Alibally wrote: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....

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 3:58 pm
by 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.

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 4:28 pm
by fish
Very nice 2 wheel & music video....
My favorite:

Fish

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 8:27 pm
by gn2
Another two wheel video shot in Edinburgh.....


Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 12:10 pm
by 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

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 12:45 pm
by 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 :D

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

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:58 pm
by Alibally
No shit. How much money did that study cost?

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 2:04 pm
by gn2
The Scottish wildcat can kill you and its not much bigger than a domestic moggy.

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:20 pm
by Alibally
This is me poking a Scottish wildcat with a stick at the highland safari park last year.

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:25 pm
by homie
gn2 wrote:The Scottish wildcat can kill you and its not much bigger than a domestic moggy.
I think this domestic 'moggy' could kill me.

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:58 pm
by GatorGreg
Alibally wrote:No shit. How much money did that study cost?
I dunno - but hopefully no taxpayer dollars were spent.

Alibally wrote: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 :D

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 7:06 am
by gn2
Alibally wrote: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...?

Re: The Edinburgh Commute.

Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:13 am
by Alibally
The cat would be offski hiding in the bushes miles away