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Of the consumer formats, for both standard definition and High definition.
DVD cam = ok quality
HDD cam = better quality
DV = best quality
If quality is not your main concern a DVD cam is pretty convenient.
I wouldn't hold out too much hope of using a DVD cam or a HDD cam on a bike as the vibration will stop the lazer (on a DVD) or writing head (on a HDD) and 'park' it when you go over your very first bump, I have no experience of using a DVD cam on a bike, but I did mount a little JVC MC500 (a HDD cam) on the front of my bike and even a slightly rough road (think: every road in London) parked the write heads even at slow speeds, I imagine that the DVD cam would do much the same.
DV (tape based) is not only superior quality (I have shot stuff on DV for Channel 4 and the BBC - and they are pretty fussy) but does not suffer the above problem, as the tape is wrapped helically and tightly around the record head, so you can strap it to a mountain bike going down hill at 30 miles an hour and it will continue to record. DV, DVD and HDD are now all around the same price (perhaps HDD being a little more expensive).
Your other option would be one of the newer solid state cameras, no moving parts, shake it all you like, it don't mind !