Cycle Cameras / Helmet Cams (GoPro, Drift, Veho, Contour, Fly6, Fly12, SJCAM, Apeman, 1080p, etc.)

I have one but I rarely use it. It is easy to use but wasn't very easy to edit/upload and you can see the joins between the footage and a large black dot where the blind spot is so I lost interest in it (footage below is pre-Covid and was the last time I used it although it is sitting in the drawer next to my desktop and I just pulled it out to remind me of the model/brand.

It's a Linkflow FITT360 and has a rather unique mounting method of sitting around your neck. It felt quite secure and I forgot that I was wearing it.

Example vid here which shows the issues I describe above. You can drag your cursor around the screen to view 360

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqFwFUkxDfM&t=4s

I have a bracket that allows me to attach an Insta360 OneX to the bottom of my drops, in a similar position to one of those bar-end mirrors. It works really well there.

Anyone want a pair of Chilli bullet cams for £40?

Guess they will eventually move from the “wtf do I do with these” drawer to a recycling bin. I feel bad about the purchase, waste and environment wise, tbh.

Guess they will eventually move from the “wtf do I do with these” drawer to a recycling bin. I feel bad about the purchase, waste and environment wise, tbh.

I might be interested - How does the gopro type mount attach to the cam? Looking on their site I can't see the relevant attachments?

Hi Pifko.

I had the cam under my out-front mount. Wahoo on top, this underneath - sorry for the rubbish quick photo. I use a non-Wahoo out front mount and it was very solid with the cam in place.

This is the adapter required:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07M78P84Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Edited to add: these cams are now taken

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It’s not that the Chilli cams are that bad (they are good enough for a passing car’s number plate in not-great light), it’s just that trying them out made me realise they don’t do what I really want.

What I’d like is something that takes a good quality still of the view ahead on those occasions when I’d like a photo but I’m not in a position to take out my phone. More for on-the-move scenic shots, especially for gravel rides, when I am too preoccupied with keeping up or staying upright to contemplate having the phone in one hand. A remote (or at least easily accessible) button would be essential .

Cheap iPhone and a quad lock on your stem so you can just snap it off and take a pic, or carbon bib shorts for easy access?

I use a GoPro 4 that I picked up second hand for about £100 mounted underneath the Garmin or on a chesty mount depending on whether i want to look like I'm wearing a sports bra or not.

I tend to video segments of the trail and then use the software to capture a screenshot from the vid once I'm back home. It's HD quality footage and here's an example of the pics I can capture

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chesty mount

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Thanks @pifko, I have cargo bibs and your suggestions could work: I suppose part of the problem is that with my usual phone, I need to unlock it, then open the camera app, then take a photo. If I had a cheapo phone set up with some sort of shortcut and no lock that might suffice.

@MTB-Idle, those images are excellent, more than good enough for what I am hoping for, shall explore further - cheers!

with my usual phone, I need to unlock it, then open the camera app, then take a photo

Do you? With my Android phone I can take a picture by double pressing the power button to start the camera and then press the volume button to take the picture. Easy, even with gloves on.

You are probably right in that there is some shortcut I have not set up. At the moment double pressing the power button just turns on screen for my fingerprint then switches it off again.

On Samsung it's under Settings > Advanced Features > Side Key, it's probably not dissimilar on other manufacturers

I have an S10. Side key is now changed to open cam with single press, but I still need to unlock the screen, so it’s not going to give me the instant shot one-handed shot I’m after.

The new gopro 11 mini must be not selling too well. Seems like a good deal at £199 https://gopro.com/en/gb/shop/cameras/hero11-black-mini/CHDHF-111-master.html

FYI £199 price is in conjunction with a £50 GoPro subscription

Interesting, are there any key features, benefits or drawbacks versus the standard 9/10/11?

I'm a subscriber and it shows me £299

edit: Spoke (bicycle pun) too soon, there's a sitewide 15% off deal but it's still at £254.99 in the cart.

I'm a subscriber and it was showing my £199 yesterday but £299 today. Either an error or some sort of flash sale?

What is annoying is that similar to Garmin they seem to be releasing new models without any corresponding bargains available for old versions.

I’m looking for a model 9 or 10 to replace my aging 4 mentioned above (it still takes great quality pics but I want some image stabilisation) but there’s nothing of worth out there

It was a flash sale, yesterday only

So I sold my GoPro 8 and bought a Insta360 One RS twin edition, so far only used the 360 lens which I am enjoying.

just using the Insta360 Desktop Studio for my editing, exporting and then using iMovie to merge them together and then upload to YouTube. Anyone do this a different way? Or recommend something else?

Here is the first full length video with the camera and a selfie stick., please let me know what you think -

https://youtu.be/08c-s7E7Lb4

Has anyone replaced the battery on a Fly12? Any tips?

Does anyone use the GoPro Quick app on their phone and have you noticed it has changed recently?

Up until last week I would shoot some footage, connect my camera to the app (this is a simplification of a typically GoPro painful process but that's not important right now) and then browse the footage and capture a still or two.

But this week I connected the camera but all I could do was control the camera using my phone I. E. Look and shoot and record live but for the life of me I could not work out how to view the footage from the ride I had just completed.

Any ideas? Yeah yeah I know, get a different cam etc.

Spotted the new camera boom from GoPro and it got me thinking.
https://gopro.com/en/gb/shop/mounts-accessories/base-boom-bar-mount/AEXTM-011.html

Have done my best to avoid wearing a chesty while riding and have a stem cap mounted option that gives a pretty nice FoV for images and video.

Video https://i.imgur.com/lDY15Fi.mp4

Could this Boom give a better FoV? It would move between bikes a bit easier but is bulkier to take off and carry. The stem cap option likes to rattle loose on a few bikes/terrains, assume official GoPro gear is a bit more reliable.

.. or just get a chesty from ebay.