Anyone have cameras on their bikes?
10-03-18, 08:08 AM
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I ride 52 miles a day on country roads that are arbored archways shaded from the sun and sheltered from the wind. But some drivers think isolated roads give them license to sideswipe bicycles from behind. I can't find any gopros that will last 3 hours or more. The "experts" at Walmart tell me I should use dashcams but that probably won't work. I want gopros that last longer and will connect to wifi so the action will feed directly to my computer and record in real time. Where is this technology?
10-03-18, 09:49 AM
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I think the latest GoPro Hero 7 Black can live stream, but since the battery life isn't great, either backup batteries or external battery packs would be needed for longer rides.
10-03-18, 10:00 AM
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I think most drivers will own up to their mistakes. It's just that we only hear about the rotten ones on the news.
Most did do the right thing, but we never hear about those.
Besides, drivers have insurance. It's not in their interest to run away or lie...the penalty of getting caught lying or running is too high.
Most did do the right thing, but we never hear about those.
Besides, drivers have insurance. It's not in their interest to run away or lie...the penalty of getting caught lying or running is too high.
People do have incentive to not admit fault, because their insurance rates either go up, or if they were extremely reckless, they could become uninsurable. If it were easier to be car-free in the US, maybe that wouldn't be such a horrible disincentive to being honest.
10-03-18, 11:11 AM
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I think most drivers will own up to their mistakes. It's just that we only hear about the rotten ones on the news.
Most did do the right thing, but we never hear about those.
Besides, drivers have insurance. It's not in their interest to run away or lie...the penalty of getting caught lying or running is too high.
Most did do the right thing, but we never hear about those.
Besides, drivers have insurance. It's not in their interest to run away or lie...the penalty of getting caught lying or running is too high.
10-03-18, 11:16 AM
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Inventor/entrepreneur opportunity: a self guided drone that follows you on your ride and can auto-report footage to police and/or news channels upon detecting an incident (rider has the option and a timeframe to override; if not, drone assumes rider is incapacitated and sends the footage).
10-03-18, 11:15 PM
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Inventor/entrepreneur opportunity: a self guided drone that follows you on your ride and can auto-report footage to police and/or news channels upon detecting an incident (rider has the option and a timeframe to override; if not, drone assumes rider is incapacitated and sends the footage).
10-03-18, 11:22 PM
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Yeah, a cheap Activeon camera. I ride during the winter and as soon as we get snow, people start driving even more erratically. My commute is really short, just over 3 km, but it's always better to have it in case someone decides to crash into me.
10-05-18, 09:00 PM
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Bad call. Battery life is a direct function of features and use of functions -- which can be disabled. Besides, you can always add extended batteries to all gopro cameras (and the like).
10-06-18, 06:01 PM
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Yeah, even with extended batteries you have to swap things around to keep a go pro alive. Especially past 10 hours.
The failure mode is that they silently stop working without updating the video with a stop code and then you have to manually recover the video off of the filesystem.
Not what I was looking forward too after a 10 hour ride.
Still, I imagine some people like that sort of thing.
The beauty of the Cycliq is that you just turn it on and ride without a care.
The failure mode is that they silently stop working without updating the video with a stop code and then you have to manually recover the video off of the filesystem.
Not what I was looking forward too after a 10 hour ride.
Still, I imagine some people like that sort of thing.
The beauty of the Cycliq is that you just turn it on and ride without a care.
10-06-18, 06:29 PM
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This ^^^^^^. I've been riding w/ a fly 6 on the back for 2 or 3 years now. I recently picked up an out front mount for my garmin 800 and it has a gopro mount underneath. Even though the camera mounts upside down, I've noticed on a couple of occasions as I'm approaching an intersection w/ a car waiting, I could see them hesitate and then wait, probably because the camera is there. It's a "cho-pro" and the battery life is fine for my ride into and home from work, but it's probably worth having it on there just for the deterrent.
10-06-18, 06:29 PM
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Unfortunately this frequently isn't the case when drivers are under the influence. If they can keep from getting caught long enough to sober up then it can be in their interest to accept the penalty for hit-and-run in order to avoid a DUI with injuries.
10-06-18, 07:06 PM
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I just bought a Fly12ce for the front and the GoPro Session for the back. I bought the Fly12ce because it has the light that I use in flash mode in the front and I bought the Session for the rear for it's size. Still learning how to work them the best, but I think this is going to work well.
10-06-18, 11:52 PM
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Yeah, even with extended batteries you have to swap things around to keep a go pro alive. Especially past 10 hours.
The failure mode is that they silently stop working without updating the video with a stop code and then you have to manually recover the video off of the filesystem.
Not what I was looking forward too after a 10 hour ride.
Still, I imagine some people like that sort of thing.
The beauty of the Cycliq is that you just turn it on and ride without a care.
The failure mode is that they silently stop working without updating the video with a stop code and then you have to manually recover the video off of the filesystem.
Not what I was looking forward too after a 10 hour ride.
Still, I imagine some people like that sort of thing.
The beauty of the Cycliq is that you just turn it on and ride without a care.
10-07-18, 08:24 AM
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I think most drivers will own up to their mistakes. It's just that we only hear about the rotten ones on the news.
Most did do the right thing, but we never hear about those.
Besides, drivers have insurance. It's not in their interest to run away or lie...the penalty of getting caught lying or running is too high.
Most did do the right thing, but we never hear about those.
Besides, drivers have insurance. It's not in their interest to run away or lie...the penalty of getting caught lying or running is too high.
High percentage of uninsured and DUI. Consequences are high. Tracking ability is low. Done.
