Bicycle mount
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HansK
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As has been mentioned, mounting on the handlebar is not a good location for the type of shots you are looking for. But mounting on the side of the front fork provides a very cool POV shot that can include the front wheel. Another cool shot is to mount a rig on the handlebar so that the camera points back towards the rider.
Another trick to help absorb more of the bumps is to simply lower your tire pressure. Drop the pressure way down but so much bumps or rocks will bang into the rim. It's even worthwhile to do this if you have suspension on your bike.
Another trick to help absorb more of the bumps is to simply lower your tire pressure. Drop the pressure way down but so much bumps or rocks will bang into the rim. It's even worthwhile to do this if you have suspension on your bike.
Bus No. 8
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Thanks, Tony - I may well take you up on that. We'll mostly be shooting in Christiania, which does not allow motor vehicles. But we'll probably shoot some "on the outside" to provide a context for Christiania's place in CPH. Definitely some traveling street shots would be great to establish the bicycle culture there and to help us illustrate our theory that Christiania is a microcosm of CPH itself. But ANYWAY, I guess I'm starting to overstep the bounds of my original post and of this particular forum. Feel free to email (see signature) and we'll keep in touch. We'll be there in September.tlorenzo said:Cool thing, bcheong
Robert - I'm a motorcycle-rider so if you need some shots through the streets of copenhagen then let me know when you're here. I'd be glad to help you out if you want.
Tony
bcheong
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Here's one more pic. It's not much clearer:
Essentially the cardellini (centre jaw) is clamped to the centre cross beam of the main frame. To that there are 2 grip heads attached with the conduit pipe slid between. I drilled a hole in the conduit in which there's a threaded rod/bolt that goes through that and mounts to the cheese plate (which I custom made - although you can buy them at filmtools, etc). For additional support there are 2 maffers clamped onto the frame with grip heads and more rods/bolts in those mounted also on the cheese plate. After all was said and done everything was safetied with safety cable and bungee cord (not seen here)
Hope that helps!
Essentially the cardellini (centre jaw) is clamped to the centre cross beam of the main frame. To that there are 2 grip heads attached with the conduit pipe slid between. I drilled a hole in the conduit in which there's a threaded rod/bolt that goes through that and mounts to the cheese plate (which I custom made - although you can buy them at filmtools, etc). For additional support there are 2 maffers clamped onto the frame with grip heads and more rods/bolts in those mounted also on the cheese plate. After all was said and done everything was safetied with safety cable and bungee cord (not seen here)
Hope that helps!
Bus No. 8
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That's great, bcheong. And it's even the same Manfroto that I have. How did your shots turn out, were they fairly smooth? Did you have any trouble navigating the bike with the camera and mount between you and the handlebars? Were you using a wide angle and did your arms get in the shot? And, lastly, do you have plans, or at least a full parts list you'd be willing to share? I'm feeling inspired and inept all at once.
bcheong
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The shots turned out half decent. I didn't try it with my DVX but with an older Sony Digital8 camera with a wide angle attachment. The bike I used was actually a litle small. A larger frame and larger wheels would probably have worked a lot better and helped to smooth things out. Navigation wasn't bad. I had to ride the bike with my knees flaring out a little as to not bump anything, again a larger bike would have helped. Steering was good, I was able to make full 180 degree turns without any problem.
I don't really have any plans on paper. Just a little rigging ingenuity
. Basically all the parts I used are listed in my previous posts.
I don't really have any plans on paper. Just a little rigging ingenuity
. Basically all the parts I used are listed in my previous posts.
Future user
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Robert, maybe I'm outa my head but why not just ride in the box on the Christiania bike and film away?
Bus No. 8
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Well, because that would be the smart and simple thing to do.Future user said:
No, actually, that's what I'll most likely end up doing, using my DV Rig Pro for shock and stabilization. There's just two of us, so it would be nice to be able to go off and get some nice moving shots on my own while he's working on something else, but that's not a huge consideration.
But what a cool array of ideas and suggestions! It's actually inspired me to play around with the ideas outside of the doc I'm shooting.