My daily "commute"

[morphix]

Here is a quick video I made the other day showing my daily work trek to the sorting office across town.. it's a journey of about 5 and a half miles round trip that takes me under 30 minutes..

[video=youtube;2_8ikxggx1k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_8ikxggx1k[/video]

And no, I'm not riding at 100mph I just sped up in the video in places to make it shorter and quicker to watch in case anyone was wondering lol. I will apologise in advance for the music, you either love it or hate it! I think it sets the mood with the sped up video as I'm normally rushing like hell around 6.15pm to make the 6.30pm last post deadline! Anyway the music sounds a lot better than the annoying wind noise

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Did you see this? Post #9
http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/electric-bicycles/9400-6-months-update-self-build-electric-bike.html

 

[morphix]

Did you see this? Post #9
http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/electric-bicycles/9400-6-months-update-self-build-electric-bike.html

Thanks for the heads up on the mailbox, cleared it now.

 

[steveindenmark]

Thanks for posting this it is a good learning curve. You need to angle the camera up more so it is more horizontal and we see less road and more sky, if you know what I mean. I know it is not easy with a helmet mounted camera.

What camera are you using and what editing suite is it? I want to do a video of my work ride but I have never done anything like it before and need to know where to start.

Steve

 

[morphix]

Thanks for posting this it is a good learning curve. You need to angle the camera up more so it is more horizontal and we see less road and more sky, if you know what I mean. I know it is not easy with a helmet mounted camera.

What camera are you using and what editing suite is it? I want to do a video of my work ride but I have never done anything like it before and need to know where to start.

Steve

Thanks Steve, I'm using a Vado HD pocket camcorder (the Flip Style) and I made a little shoulder strap holder for it which goes onto my rucksack. Getting the camera angle right is a bit trial and error, too high and you get the sky! It's hard to judge on the road..I guess I will need to experiment more to find the optimal height and mark it off on the rucksack strap or something.

Another problem with this approach is that the height of the camera also changes depending on how the shoulder straps are adjusted and even the weight of my bag...something I never considered when I came up with this idea of camera mounting. It also does seem to move a bit more (particularly if my rucksack is empty) than my original mounting approach was actually mounting the camera directly onto my hi vis jacket using velcro.

I have tried many ways to mount the camera onto the actual bike but it's always produced unacceptable camera shake as I have no suspension. I've found wearing the camera is the much better option producing the best results for me. I don't wear a helmet so mounting there is not an option for me.. I also don't like how the angle moves on helmet mounts every time you look or bob your head when pedaling, although I know some people prefer that. I personally prefer a more static shoulder mounting approach.

I might go back to my original idea of finding a way to velcro mount onto my jacket!

For video editing, I'm currently using OpenShot (open source software) in Linux and also AVS Video Editor for Windows which is commercial software.. I find OpenShot is the best there is for Linux, but AVS is more professional particularly for doing credits/title effects.